Chris-chan
- This article is about the TRUE and HONEST Chris-chan. For the online personality falsely claimed to be Chris-chan, see Ian Brandon Anderson.
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| Other names | CWC, Christine Weston Chandler, Christian W. Chandler, The King of All Lolcows, The TRUE and HONEST Chris, Chris-chan |
| Occupation | Comic book creator, YouTuber, illustrator, musician, doctor |
| Years active | 2000-present |
| Spouse(s) | Kacey Devoria |
Christian Weston Chandler (born February 24, 1982), known online by his screen name Chris-chan, is a professional doctor, comic book creator, musician, and former current YouTuber.
He's best known for his hit web series Sonichu.
Early life[edit | edit source]
Christian Weston Chandler was born as Christopher Weston Chandler into a loving family on February 24, 1982. Not much is known about his early years, but in 1984 he had an encounter with an abusive babysitter named Rochelle, who locked him in his room. For years after this incident, he was silent. His parents took him to the doctor, where he was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome.
Despite these major difficulties, Chris persisted. Only a few months later, he rediscovered English, and began to rapidly gain reading skills. His parents objected to putting him special education, and despite all his difficulties, he excelled in a normal school. When he was seven years old, his parents thought he was blessed by God Himself, and as such changed his name to Christian. Mere weeks later, he figured out how to program his own game with his dad's help. By his entry to third grade, his teachers considered him to be "exceptionally gifted". He finished elementary school with perfect grades.
Middle school was a significant period in his life, as he won $1,000 to spend on Sonic games. Despite being a fan of video games and playing them every day, he still got perfect grades in school. He made many friends during this time, despite his mediocre social skills.
Education[edit | edit source]
High school[edit | edit source]
High school is widely considered the best time of Chris' life. During this period, he made some of the best friends he ever had, Clyde Cash and Jack Thaddeus. He also made many girls who became his friends, although most pitied him due to his Asperger's. They didn't hang out with him much outside of school, unlike Jack or Clyde. He graduated high school on the honor roll, with everyone applauding him. He described his graduation as being dreary and depressing, although he pretended to be happy.
College years[edit | edit source]
During his first year of college, Chris felt unhappy, since he and his two friends in high school had to part ways. He did receive the news that Jack and Clyde were dating by this point, which cheered him up a little bit. However, he was still sad most of the time, and girls wouldn't talk to him as much anymore. He was bullied by a ginger during this time, and as such developed an unnatural hatred for gingers. He had many encounters with the manajerk Mary Lee Walsh, which ended with a short suspension. What happened between them is unknown, but it is assumed that Mary Lee Walsh used her powers to summon an army of damn, dirty jerkops, who dragged him to the ground. He almost got suspended, but thankfully, GodJesus came in, killed the jerkops, sent Mary Lee Walsh to 99942 Apophis, and replaced her with a man named Jimmy Hill.
As his new year's resolution in 2000, Chris decided he would find new friends. Within a few weeks, he befriended Mao, Sean, and Evan. Evan had been drawing comics since high school, and the group quickly gained interest in drawing them as well. Starting in late February 2000, the group began distributing comics around the school. The school's principal, Jimmy Hill, took an interest in these comics, introducing his own character. The four greatly liked this idea, and as such, began production on the greatest webcomic ever made: Sonichu.
Career[edit | edit source]
Cartoonist career[edit | edit source]
On March 17, 2000, production of the Sonichu series began. The story revolved around a hedgehog-looking creature that had the ability to electr. Even thought the comic featured somewhat crude drawings, Chris-chan showed an ability to create complex characters and narratives that explore the socio-political situation of our current world. One of the main topics that these series focused in was the Autism Spectrum, explored with the "Asperchu" character, a creature similar to Sonichu but with the exception that he had Asperger's Syndrome; Asperchu was not that good at social interaction, so the titular character of the comics helped him with this. Some people see Asperchu as Chris's self-insert, but this is a stupid idea.
Sonichu was first shown to Jimmy Hill, who said that it was "The best thing I've ever read". Afterward, it was published in the local newspaper, which somehow ended up with an approval rating of 132%. However, despite these successes, The Amazing Sonichu never reached that much success. Sonichu material continued to be released, although after Chris graduated from college in 2004, production slowed down majorly.
Clyde Cash and Jack Thaddeus soon found out about Chris-chan's comics, and greatly approved of it. Chris, Mao, Evan, and Sean were also very popular due to their comic. They continued to produce more of it, with a page coming out every single day from 2000 to 2004. After the four, dubbed the "Asperpedia Four" by this point, graduated college, production of the comic slowed, with only one page coming out every few weeks due to the fact they only communicated via email. However, Chris's friends still enjoyed Asperchu and read new pages as soon as they came out.
The Sonichu comics would have such a lastful impact on the Internet, that they would later inspire the Sonic the Hedgehog and Pokémon franchises, despite the fact that they had started existing decades before the Sonichu series actually began.
Musical career[edit | edit source]
Albeit short-lived, Chris-Chan proved to be a highly skilled musician during his musical career as a guitarist.
Legal controversies[edit | edit source]
Impersonation[edit | edit source]
In 2004, a "high functioning" autistic male by the name of Ian Brandon Anderson discovered Sonichu while he was suspended from college for harassing people.[1]. He didn't actually read the comic, as shown by the fact that he couldn't grasp its several layers of socio-political criticism.
He decided to steal it create his own version of Sonichu, and it mostly went unnoticed due to its many flaws. Not even his parents liked it. This comic highlighted his blatant homophobia, egotism, poor grasp on reality, and his underlying homosexual and transsexual desires. Thankfully, only his parents saw it, and they were just a bit too dull to realize this.
On November 3rd, 2007, the Encyclopedia Dramatica website found about Chris-chan's works, and an article about him was created. , Ian Brandon decided to create a userpage and fill the page with misinformation, claiming that he was the real Chris-chan. However, this would later backfire him, as ED would start calling him
Upon finding about Ian's false claims, Christian W. Chandler didn't waste time and started spreading around the Internet the truth about who the real Chris-chan was. When Ian realized that he had been caught, instead of coming out as an impersonator, he tried to keep the illusion by fabricating proof of his self-proclaimed authencity as Chris-chan. The real Chris-chan, instead of taking legal action, decided to start a psychological fight with his impersonator by proving that he was better at everything he did, until Ian Brandson got tired of keeping his façade and finally came out as a faker.
After several years of psychological warfare, Chris-Chan realized that there was no real value in fighting against a severly damaged individual, and as a result, decided to let the impersonator held the title of Chris-chan as well as the copyright to the Sonichu brand. Despite this, Christian still won this battle: while he left the comic industry to pursuit a job as a doctor, the false Chris-chan's mental state slowly degraded to the point of going to jail for sexually abusing his own mother.
