X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,d4b4a57e7d05af5e,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-03 15:47:37 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsmi-us.news.garr.it!newsmi-eu.news.garr.it!NewsITBone-GARR!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213.242.128.42!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim Almgren Gandara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Nerd Boy, episodes 86-92 Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 00:49:57 +0100 Lines: 268 Message-ID: <9s1vmn$10om90$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1004831255 34363680 213.242.128.42 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:9573 As I mentioned last time, I've had writer's block. I got over myself and managed to produce a daily strip anyway. --- There, my program is now officially bug free... ` _ O |_) |_(._[__] * * ___ | |b| | ___ Now for some surfing. Hey, the new Lord of the Rings trailer! ` _ O |_) |_(._[__] _________________ | |b| | ________________ What the.. I need QuickTime to play it? OK, installing... ` _ O |_) |_(._[__] _______________________ | |b| | ________________________ _ _ \ / * || * * / \---._ * AAAAUGH! * (=)(=) ) `. * ` * \--/--\-. \ * OO |/)| | * -\\- _ * ( _[__]' / * jg bb _|_ * `|.__|.' * --- Total lack of joke. The only point is basically that I hate QuickTime. I'm sure it's good on the Mac (is there a fullscreen option in the Mac version?), but it totally sucks on the PC. I kinda like the big QT "motherbug" though. --- Hi Linda. Hi. ` __ , ,--. OO ,---- #.. -----. | \ \ .||. |`-.___)| ______`-. +-+-+ ___ bb ____ |__|___ \\ ______|| | | | __ Halloween's coming up. Nah. Have you decided on a __ , ,--. costume yet? `OO ,---- #.. -----. | \ \ .||. |`-.___)| ______`-. +-+-+ _____ bb ____ |__|___ \\ ______|| | | | ___________ ,--. ~.. ,-------- OO --. | \ \ >> |`-._____ || ___`-. +-+-+ _ |\ ________ |__|______ bb ___|| | | | ____ Where's Linda? We broke up. ` , ,--. ~.. ,-------- OO --. | \ \ .>>. |`-._____ || ___`-. +-+-+ jg __ || __ |__|______ bb ___|| | | | _ --- Suddenly, the slump was over. I like this joke, and apparently so did others. This strip marks the end of the Linda era, although she might appear in later strips, of course... Also, note that this strip is the first to use shadows and lighting, albeit subtle. --- Imagine... Soaring above the Are you talking about roofs of skyscrapers, saving a stupid game again? civilians from evil-doers... , `OO ..~ .||. .<<. bb || City of Heroes is And furthermore, you're -not- stupid! ` , SuperNerd, so why would OO ..~ you need a stupid .||. .<<. superhero game? bb || * OO ..~ .||. .<<. bb || And now, breakfast. , OO ~.. .||. .>>. jg bb |\ --- Another good joke, IMHO, and City of Heroes is -not- stupid: www.cityofheroes.com. --- Bloood... BloooOOoooOoood. ____ , \OO/ /||\ __________ /_db_\ Brains... ____ *hissss* , Brains... \,-/ xx~ / /\ -==- _____ /_/b_\ ______ /| Nice costume, Brains... __ , Mandy. , \OO xx~ /||. -==- ___________ /_|b ________________________ |\ __________ Huh? What RUN LIKE Brains... costume? ` __'_ , THE WIND!! , (*meep*) ~.. \OO/ - xx~ .>>. //|- -==- __ || _____ //db_\ __________________ /| ______________jg --- I actually wrote this one way back in August 11th, five days after I made the very first Nerd Boy strip. I made a few cosmetic changes and uploaded it. Ah, the joy of premade strips. Instant strip. Just add water! Actually, don't.. watch it, you'll.. Oh, great, you shortcircuited your keyboard. Are you happy now? --- WHENEVER A PROGRAMMER IS IN TROUBLE... WHEREVER THERE ARE BUGS... ____ YOU'LL FIND.. /____\ /| |\ \ | |`. | | | `--. _ _ __ _ _ _ | | | | | _ _ _ _| _____\ | | | \ /_\ |/ `| | `.| | /_\ |/ ` / | \____/ \_|_ |_/ \_ | \| |/ \_ | \_| | ___OO/ .\/ - exterminator @ cyberspace - / > HE CODES FASTER THAN HE HAS A SECRET IDENTITY! A SPEEDING BULLET! Hi. _ *clickety-click!* , (_| O___ OO [__]_.\ '||. | | <\ dd AND... ACTUALLY, THAT'S IT! Which is why I want to Have you heard? Scientists beta test City of Heroes. , say that a braindead gerbil is `OO ..~ actually less boring than you. .||. .<<. bb || jg --- I have a vague feeling that the punchline is one that I discarded while writing another strip. Although it is rather amusing throughout and the punchline is OK, this is not a very good strip. You might like it (and I hope you do, 'cause let's face it, that's all that actually matters) but I feel that there's something inherently bad with strips that are just ads with a joke pasted on as an afterthought. Sure, it's not paid for, but still... --- OH MY GOD! A girl that has a hammer for a head, just like me! ` ___ !? ___ ()..) ()..) .((. .>>. \\ || Um... Hi. Get lost, freak! ` ___ ___ , ()..) (..() || .>>. || || BOOOHOOOO!!! ___ , ___ (;;() *sniff* ()..) *bawl!* -\\- .>>. / \ || Isn't it a bit late Treat? for trick or treat, , Mandy? ` OO ..~ .||. .<<,___ jg bb ||(oo() --- Someone (and by "someone", I mean brojek) asked me "How's HammerHead?" when I was having writer's block. Thank you. Someone else (and by "someone else", I mean llizard/ejm) is a big fan of Mandy and her outright malevolence. Thank you too. Hey. "Mandy the Malevolent". That has a nice ring to it... --- OO ..~ __||____ .<<. ______( ` bb \____________ /| ______________________ OO ..~ __||____ .<<. ______( ` bb \___ || _______________________________ OO ..~ __||____ .<<. ______( ` bb \___ || _______________________________ OO ..~ __||____ .<<. ______( ` bb \___ || _______________________________ Why are you staring I don't know, I just got at me like that? , the feeling that something `OO ..~ funny was about to happen. __||____ .<<. jg______( ` bb \___ || _______________________________ --- Xerox art. I made this in a rush after I got back from a Left Hand Solution concert. My automated "today's strip" script was minutes away from revealing my tardiness to the world when I finished the strip above and uploaded it. -- http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ Even if something's \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [.[.]-\\ , no good it's \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ still -something-. /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {-} |= \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\