 Press and Letters
Fri. Dec. 13/2002 I love your commicts! they are so funny, I lauf every time! -- SamWiseLover ---- >HI :), can you believe I just found your comic strip???, what was I missing!!!, this is so good :), you are great and this comic is totally awesome, I can say that I'm not like any of your characters, well, maybe a little Rosie, but no to much :), I mean I don't think I'll be making line, buying tickets, totally ,but not making line :). Anyway I love and I'm really happy that you are making this :), also the song it totally cute :), I truly enjoy it :). Be well and take care. Monica Thu. Dec. 12/2002 Hi! I would just like to say how much I enjoy your comic and the intricate story and subplots you have created! The characters are a joy and I love it when I open my e-mail inbox to see a "Waiting for Frodo update"! I've told everyone I know about it and sing the song constantly. But what I'd really like to say is how much I love how you also add in little tidbits from other shows. ie the Trekkie, Star Wars, the "save farscape" sign, etc. It's hilarious to know that I'm not the only one liking all of those things! Keep up the awesome work, please! And of course....ONLY 6 MORE DAYS TO GO!!!!!!!!!! Woo-Hoo!!!!!! ~amanda~ Tue. Dec. 10/2002 I have to compliment you on your very engrossing comic. You do other Tolkien fans proud! Fuzzy ---- Thanks again for all the humor; it helped pass the weeks. My friends and I have our tickets as well. Enjoy! Laura ---- I just discovered the Waiting For Frodo website, and the link to Urban Tapestry. I'm sure you've received many compliments, but I wanted to add mine. Wonderful song, and I really enjoy the way your voices blend so nicely. You can count on me to buy one of your CDs. Well done! Fuzzy (who is also Waiting For Frodo... even my wife is excited!) ----- Hi Debbie: I see you have your tickets for TTT. I know you are going to love it. I had the very good fortune of being invited to a press screening in Birmingham Michigan on the 4th of December. The movie just blew me away!!! One thing I can almost guarantee is that you will be simply amazed at Gollum's performance in the movie. Mr. Jackson and WETA have just raised the bar to a lofty height as far as CGI characters are concerned. I think Mr. Lucas could learn a thing ot two from them!! Enjoy the movie, --- Got my tickets too!! 8 days to go. Carl Sun. Dec. 1/2002 Hello, I just wanted to say that I really love your Waiting for Frodo song, (I annoy all my friends by singing it all the time!) and comic strip. It never fails to make me laugh! Keep it up! I hope that someday I'll find a Waiting for Frodo comic strip book on the shelves of my local bookstore! ;-) ~Lara~ Fri.Nov.29/2002 LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ---- Absolutely love your Waiting For Frodo strip! Haven't been disappointed with a single one yet! What happened with the guy who's in line for Return of the king? You're wicked, mate! :) Bravo! ---- GAHH KFMGDKGH that is the FUNNIEST SONG EVEEEERR I LOVE IT SO MUCH! Fahr told me about it...its SO great! hahah i WILL check out that comic --- I ADORE your comic strip and Waiting For Frodo song. Me and my friends go around singing it constantly. It's just so great because it relates to us in so many levels (I as well have a Frodo goblet from BK). Great to have you here. :D Kate ---- Absolutely love the comic! Reminds me so much of my friends and me. Can't wait to see more! Ringwench it is so funny! i think it's great that your bringing other movies into it too. my favorit is the one where eric stays at the ROM exibit impersonating an ent. pure gold. i also wanted to know if you had a links page, because i have a small website, and i would like it if you could link to it, because i'm definatly adding waitingforfrodo to my links. i'm also wanted to ask if you were bading the comic in toronto, because i noticed that one of them has snow in the bacground and you refer to the ROM. if i'm wrong (which is very likely, because i'm slow), please tell me where Rosie and Sam live (other than in line). thank you for your time! Larial Nov.22/2002 Hey! I love ur comic strip! I hate having to wait so long for the movies to come out, and ur comic strip is really helping pass the time (I spend a lot of time in chat rooms, so 4give me 4 all the ur, u, 4give, bcause, and so on in this letter, lol!). Just a little while ago a girl who sits next 2 me in my science class was counting down the weeks 2 TTT on my binder, lol! neways, I've really enjoyed the comic strips! -Becky
Nov.15/2002 Hello Debbie! If I haven't told you before (my memory is like a steel strainer) I really enjoy your strip, and I'm glad you're carrying on with it! Would you consider, after the box set of the extended version of all three films comes out-- [Welcome to my fantasy.......!] --would you consider publishing your entire strip in book form? best, Kate K. Nov.13/2002 Howdy! I writing you just for congratulate you for your Waiting for Frodo comic strip. It's awesome! You got fans all the way to Brazil! Congratulations! Best regards, Andre Nov.12/2002 Debbie: Thanks for today's strip! Rosie is definitely me...I just got notification from Amazon that my copy is on its way! I really love your strip. Thanks. Karon --- re: "Extended DVD" That one is adorable! I feel the same as Rosie feels today:) Daniel Nov.3/2002 I just stumbled upon your comic (from theonering.net or tolkienonline.com, one of the two) and it is amazing! Why I like it so much is hard to say, maybe it is because I really can relate. I've watched the DVD every day since August 6th, I've read the book (or books) more times than I can count. Soloclin P.S. I still can't get over the fact that Sam broke up with Galadriel-er, Gladys. --- Dear Debbie, I love you comic and hope you keep writing it as long as you can! I am, as "they" term, a LOTR convert. I didn't love LOTR until I read the book two weeks before the Fellowship was released, now I can't get enough of it! Your comic shows that there are many different ways to get your feelings known. Anyway, I'm counting the days to when each movie releases and reading your comic makes "Waiting For Frodo" a lot easier! sincerely, Megan D. Oct.28/2002 It was nice that you did a strip about Richard Harris. Keep up the good work. -Wendy Oct. 5/2002 Me and my friend LOVE the comic. It was so hilarious. I think you should do more on BILL THE PONIE tho... LOL LOTR fan Aug. 27/2002 Hi! I JUST discovered your comics (waiting for frodo) and they are so cool! I think you're really cool too! Your website's a bit hard to navigate though, and it seems like there's more than one website! You know what, I used to be a Star Trek fan too before LOTR:FOTR came out. That totally blew me away. I guess there's just not enough room in my already crowded brain for TWO obsessions. It's amazing that you can keep so much stuff in your head! It's weird, cos I never thought a star trek fan could be a LOTR fan as well, and the feedback I got from a lot of other trekkies was that LOTR sucked. Oh well, I guess you've proven that wrong! Sorry for all the exclamation marks. But I think you're cool and your website's cool and your husband sounds really cool too. (does that sound corny?) Is he a LOTR fan too? I would love to have my own website but I don't have time cos I've got my EXAMS COMING UP!!! But it's the last year of high school so I'll have plenty of time to check out other cool stuff on the web like your website. I love people who make personal websites without making it boring. And I REALLY love people who actually know how to make a decent website before making one. Do you like elves? How did you get to know those guys at weta? Does sam exist? Where did you get your idea from? Do you like Legolas? (I'm not going to ask you if you think he's cute cos your husband might get offended...) He would be my favourite character in LOTR if he actually HAD a character, if you know what I mean. I always thought character development was a bit lacking in LOTR, but oh well, you can't please everybody, and LOTR is truly a masterpiece, which only a genius like Tolkien could have written of course. I like the way Boromir was played in the movie though. He really seemed to develop as a character (upon second viewing.) The other characters seemed a bit neglected though. By the way, I'm 17, female and living in Australia (but Toronto sounds really cool!) I've been to Canada but it was Vancouver, in winter, it was really cold and we didn't do much. Well, I think I've blabbed on enough. Sorry if I've bored you, but seriously, there is no one around here that shares my appreciation of LOTR! They all think I'm an obsessed fangirl who needs therapy. They either run away (more like try to sidle away), ignore me, or surreptitiously change the subject whenever I try to start a nice, clean, intellectual discussion with them. Unfortunately the only other fangirl I know is now a Harry Potter convert. (I'm not there yet.) And she only liked LOTR because of Legolas. Hmmf. I suppose *could* share my ravings with other rabid fans on the net, but, like I said, I won't have time to have a netlife until after the dreaded exams. I have read the books, all 3 (after I saw the movie though--I would never have picked them up if it weren't for Peter Jackson...) It took me AGES, but I did it! I'm quite proud of myself actually. I'm amazed how many people there are who still haven't read the book. Now all there remains for me to do is to read it again, and again, and again... Wow, I just added another 2 paragraphs. I do go on, don't I? I'd better wrap it up now... Well...*ahem*...Thanks for all the joy you've brought to the world of LOTR fandom with your wonderful creativity! (does this sound weird coming from a high school kid?) May your fanaticism? obsession? live long and your website/comics/other creative outpourings prosper :) That's all for now.
Bye! -- Silvya PS. I was a Trek fan for 4 months before LOTR, which is a record considering my average obsession lasted 2 weeks. But LOTR's still hanging in there though! I think it's going to set a new record. PPS. I still think Vulcans are cool though, in a weird way. My fave character (was) Spock. Nothing to do with pointy ears though. Of course not. PPPS. why is your site called electric penguin? (reprinted with permission) Thanks to ElijahFan.com for mentioning my comic! Aug. 27/2002 i love the comics! rosie's my fav! i love the bill the poney ones:) keep it up! Tom Aug.26/2002 That damned Waiting For Frodo tune/chorus has been whizzing through my head. Insidious, I tell you! A. Aug.18/2002 I've just gone to your strip via a link on TorN - what a cool series of comic strips! For all of us who are insane enough to get depressed just thinking about the length of time for TTT to come out your site is a tremendous morale boost! :) Keep the strip up, please! Nicole Aug.18/2002 Hi there!! I suppose you get a lot of mails, nevertheless, I just had to let you know how much I love your comics!! They are absolutly fantastic :D :D We are a group of friends, being rather LOTR obsessed ourselves, so, these strips hit the point pretty good *lol* Please continue your great work and thanks a lot for putting it online and giving everyone the chance of enjoying it !!
bye Aug, 18, 2002 Dear Ms. Ohi, My name is Mariel, and I've been reading 'Waiting for Frodo' for... months? Since before the movie came out at least. Anyway, I just today started to explore your site some more because I wanted to let you know - I love it! (You gave me a scare when you didn't update for more than three months.) It is both entertaining and interesting, while still respecting LOTR - it seems many people these days feel they have to mock parts of the book to get a laugh. But I now know more - you write as well! ^_^ So I shall certainly be looking into that, as well as listening to your music - while I'm there, why not? I just wanted to thank you, and please keep up the good work! cheers,
Mariel March 18, 2002 Dear Debbie, Just wanted to say thanks for a comic that is consistently funny, yet warm as well. It brightened my Monday morning considerably. Laura
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Saturday, October 20, 2001
The Toronto Star
Excerpt from an article titled "Passing Time While Waiting For The Lord": "And if that doesn't work: Try the Lord of The Rings board game or read the brilliantly named online comic "Waiting For Frodo" (www.waitingforfrodo.com) by Toronto's Debbie Ridpath Ohi.".
Wednesday, October 17, 2001
Shift magazine
Friday, October 5, 2001
I just thought I'd let you know that us here at the coal-face are really
enjoying Waiting For Frodo!
Even though we're working on it we still can't wait for the movie to be
finished.
Not long to go now!
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Thursday, October 4, 2001
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