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Chris has earned about... $5,000.00 after 7 years of exposing himself to ridicule. All the while, he has avoided steadier work, and has failed to improve as an artist. Now, of course, this is a little subjective. Vincent Van Gogh earned no money as an artist in his lifetime, but most people would call him an accomplished artist. The better question is would Chris consider Sonichu a success?
Sonichu is not a success, because Chris has fallen short of his goals.
If Chris had more modest goals, he'd be a happier man today, and maybe even would be able to call himself successful.
Sonichu is not a success, because Chris has fallen short of his goals.
- Chris has not become wealthy.
- Chris has not acquired a sweetheart.
- Chris has not fathered Crystal.
If Chris had more modest goals, he'd be a happier man today, and maybe even would be able to call himself successful.
There are definitions of success.
Has it made Chris famous, and has he left his mark on the world?
To an extent.
Has it made Chris happy, wealthy, and gotten him a girlfriend?
No.
If Chris could embrace his inner Ed Wood, he could be so much happier.
Though reading up about a giftedly bad crossdresser and Chris' semi-acceptance of reincarnation, I start to wonder...
Has it made Chris famous, and has he left his mark on the world?
To an extent.
Has it made Chris happy, wealthy, and gotten him a girlfriend?
No.
If Chris could embrace his inner Ed Wood, he could be so much happier.
Though reading up about a giftedly bad crossdresser and Chris' semi-acceptance of reincarnation, I start to wonder...
Depends how you define success.
Sonichu has been read by a very large audience of people, that much is true. There are plenty of creative people out there (me included) who would love if their work were able to achieve the audience Sonichu has.
Of course, nobody likes it, it hasn't made money, and it's done nothing to improve its creator's life, so there's that.
Sonichu has been read by a very large audience of people, that much is true. There are plenty of creative people out there (me included) who would love if their work were able to achieve the audience Sonichu has.
Of course, nobody likes it, it hasn't made money, and it's done nothing to improve its creator's life, so there's that.
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Like others have said, it depends on how you define success in this case.
Chris originally intended for the comic to be his masterpiece, his magnum opus. It was supposed to be the catalyst for him becoming world famous, Sonichu becoming an icon, working at Sega/Nintendo, getting china and all that. In Chris' eyes Sonichu is a fantasy epic, but to everyone else Sonichu is garbage.
But so far the only audience Sonichu has managed to capture is a niche audience on the internet who pay attention to it because its just so amazingly bad. And the only kind of fame Chris has attained is getting endlessly harassed and monitored on the internet.
I'd say Sonichu is a success, but not in the way Chris intended it to be. No wealth, no girlfriend, no Crystal, no games, but lots of entertainment for certain people on the internet for sure.
Chris originally intended for the comic to be his masterpiece, his magnum opus. It was supposed to be the catalyst for him becoming world famous, Sonichu becoming an icon, working at Sega/Nintendo, getting china and all that. In Chris' eyes Sonichu is a fantasy epic, but to everyone else Sonichu is garbage.
But so far the only audience Sonichu has managed to capture is a niche audience on the internet who pay attention to it because its just so amazingly bad. And the only kind of fame Chris has attained is getting endlessly harassed and monitored on the internet.
I'd say Sonichu is a success, but not in the way Chris intended it to be. No wealth, no girlfriend, no Crystal, no games, but lots of entertainment for certain people on the internet for sure.
Success as what?
Psychological Warfare?
A "what not to do" primer when it comes to how to not write or draw?
A "Unibomber Manifesto" for blaarm-hating TRANspotters?
No. It is a failure.
The amount of money he made of it is a fraction what a competent and committed artist/writer could have made in the same time period.
Psychological Warfare?
A "what not to do" primer when it comes to how to not write or draw?
A "Unibomber Manifesto" for blaarm-hating TRANspotters?
No. It is a failure.
The amount of money he made of it is a fraction what a competent and committed artist/writer could have made in the same time period.
Sonichu was not the primary reason for Chris making a couple grand. That reason was Chris and people wanting to see how he would completely twist their requests.
After all, he was desperately trying to push the pre-drawn pictures to sell along with the customer-request commissions. To my knowledge, they did not sell.
There was time were he cutting locks and fantasizing over female fans.
I guess at one point Chris got to experience those feelings of success from Sonichu. I kind agree with Enceladeans, theres lots artistic individuals that would consider the exposures, criticismism and feedback a success in its self.
As for Sonichu, it's the author dragging him down.
I guess at one point Chris got to experience those feelings of success from Sonichu. I kind agree with Enceladeans, theres lots artistic individuals that would consider the exposures, criticismism and feedback a success in its self.
As for Sonichu, it's the author dragging him down.
As it stands its more of a success than it ever should have been (like you said, world famous among a niche audience online).
I think it could have been a success. Have you seen Axe Cop? Sure he'd have to Change some things and maybe get someone to redraw it...but I can see it actually selling in this age of "fail blog", rampant pop culture references on TV shows, and hipsters (America's last desperate subculture) drenching themselves in irony.
Axe Cop's charm comes from the fact that its writer is a (non-man) child with an overactive imagination and its artist is an adult who knows how to draw.
Sonichu is the exact opposite. It's the work of a manchild with no imagination and who can't draw.
Just realized that Chris made more money than Vincent Van Gogh... i think Vince is crying in his grave right now.
Damn, this world is fucked up, i tell ya.
I honestly get more enjoyment from Sonichu than any Van Gogh painting. Then again I admittedly do not appreciate fine art.
Well it was a success in that it helped him vent his rage at the time.
And I guess it's got the potential to be famous in an outsider artist kind of way.
And I guess it's got the potential to be famous in an outsider artist kind of way.
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Mark Twain said: "To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence." By that definition the answer is simple: YES!
