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In an effort to keep these more readable, from now on I’m just going to be spotlighting one email per entry. But enough meta, let’s get down to some mail!

Do you have an affiliate program? How many orders do you fill each month? What is the most popular subject area? What trends or cycles present themselves through the year? How large is your in-house staff?

That’s the entire email. No “Hi there!” No “I have a few questions if you don’t mind…” Just, gimme gimme gimme. And some rather private info to boot.

But, since I’m such a super duper guy, here’s your answers:

No. None of your business. I’m not telling you. Sod off. My wife, kids, two cats, a dog and numerous dust bunnies.

See some mail cartoons at Andertoons…

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Oh, it’s been too long… Get set for some mailbox!

Hello. I am going through a child support battle with my kids dad, and I would love to get a cartoon of a man in jail because he did’nt pay his child support. I want to send a message to him not to f**k with me!

thanks.

I dunno about other cartoonists, but I think the “Don’t f**k with my child support” market is ready to explode!

I am working on a book, and after seeing For the Love of the Cubs, thought you might make a great illustrating partner. I live in the Chicago area – perhaps we could talk by phone so I can describe what I’m working on?

Sorry, wrong Mark Anderson. Here’s the guy you want. (BTW, I tried to find his site, but no luck…)

Looking for the Mark Anderson from Harry Carey’s in Chicago on 11/16/05 who illustrates and we discussed writing…..My apologies, I have misplaced the website addy given me.

Yeesh! Someone wanna help me find this guy? He’s missing out on a bunch of work. (Note to self: change name to Walt Disney.)

Dear mr.Cartoonist, Your work is great! I enjoy moments seeing your cartoons portaiying our days of pretence and illusion living urban lives!

Please carry on good work….

Who knew a simple farm boy would eventually portray urban days of pretense and illusion. Seriously, I’m just happy if I can get a cow to look like a cow.

I work for a small weekly newspaper. We like your cartoons and would like to publish one each week on our “fun & games page” (for free) and give you a “plug” for your website. Is this something you would consider?

Wow, how can I pass up an offer like that?! Like this — no.

I got the cartoon fine. I’m so glad I found your work to include in our publication.

Since we’ve started running your cartoons, one of the local weeklies has started perhaps the world’s worst comic strip, obviously drawn by a relative of the publisher. It is SOOO bad. The word balloons are positioned so it’s very hard to tell which order one is supposed to read them. It’s drawn in so crude a style I cannot figure out what drawing tool was used to create it–and I was a visual design/illustration major. It looks like maybe the artist used a twig dipped in tar. This week, it was a two panel strip with the second panel just a copy and paste of the first, with different words in the balloons. So awful.

Man, do we look good!

That’s about the best email I’ve gotten in forever. And a good note to end on. Thanks!

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OK, you should all know the drill by now. Let’s do this thing:

I’m all about makeing you happy.

I’m all about spelling.

Wow!! You’re doing a great job coupling shitty drawn cartoons with incredibly unfunny jokes! You’re a real pro at this, I can tell you’ve been doing this for years and that you have a real knack for it. I would use for my website for sure, maybe then I can solve the problem of people visiting my site. Well at least you don’t have that problem! Not to knock your andertoons or diminish you genius, but I think a good cartoon would be of this guy at his desk all sad and agry saying, “I really suck and drawing and jokes”, that’d make a sweet toon. Well feel free to contact me, I’d like some personally made toons for me. BEST REGUARDS, Your pal, YOU SUCK!!!!

Note to self: work harder to please angry loner demographic.

Hi,

I’m managing online promotions for the DVD release of the hit Cartoon Network show Pet Alien. Two themed DVDs – Pet Alien: Atomic Tommy and

Pet Alien: Aliens Unleashed – have just been released and each features four wacky episodes of this family-friendly animated series.

We’ve created a fun microsite, http://www.buzztone.com/fox/petalien/ , where you can watch sneak-peek clips from the DVDs. As many of your users have children, I thought this content might interest them (just in time for the holidays!).

I would appreciate if you could help spread the word about the release. You can get your own Pet Alien banners to place on your site here: www.buzztone.com/fox/petalien/hostme.asp . Every day over the next 15 days, we will randomly choose a webmaster that is hosting a Pet Alien banner on their site to win a copy of one of the DVDs!

If you can put something up, please send me a link to where the banner is located and your mailing address so I can send you the prizing.

Oh boy! An opportunity to whore out my blog for a chance to win a DVD they can’t give away! And just in time for the holidays!

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Yes, it’s time for more Andertoons mailbox!

This is a new-ish feature where I respond to a few of the odd emails I receive on a fairly regular basis.

(Note – Names have not been included, but the quotes themselves are exactly what I received, minus the bold formatting.)

“ola senorita”

First off, if my bilingual wife is to be believed, I’m pretty sure it’s “hola” and secondly, last time I looked down there, I was pretty sure I qualified for “señor.”

“Can i make cartoons?”

You can, but you may not.

“OK, my friend is a comic, And he will give you the words and scene, And you will draw it.”

OK, whatever you want! Just please don’t hurt me!

“hello ilove tom and jerry please see me thaks”

Again with the Tom and Jerry! Yeesh!

“are u krezzy”

Must… fight… urge… to answer… as Snoop Dogg…