X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,58c5ad82d332efb3,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-19 17:07:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!130.133.1.3!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 46-48 Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 02:11:29 +0200 Lines: 128 Message-ID: <9obc0n$bu71i$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1000944472 12524594 213.242.128.42 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:7680 What does -that- . thing do? Dunno. ____ - o - ` , _((__)) _|____ ~.. OO | \\ (_)|[__]|\| .>>. .//. -|) \) \_| ...|\| ______________ || __ bb _ |_____.----.__|\| __________ You built I'll switch . it, right? it on. ____ - -o- - ` , _((__)) _|____ ~.. OO | \\ (_)|[__]|\| .>>. .||'-|) \) \_| ...|\| ______________ || ___ bb |_____.----.__|\| __________ * * * * * \ << __ _ _\ __ / _ / __ >> / << /|_||_)(_ |_/|_)\_/ / || >> << /_| || __)| \| \/ \ /_ .. >> << / \ >> / * * \ * * What the heck just happened? Beats me. `__ _ , >''(/.. OO- |/ .. \| ,, Giants! //>> \V/ \V/ , ||_\ |_| oo "|| | | -||. ________ kk ____ d b ___________ || ___jg --- This one started out as a doodle that later became the last frame. It was actually the same doodle that had earlier spawned the hideous Java bug. It was basically just a regular guy that slouched and had a funny looking head shape. I gave him glasses and thought, "Hey, that looks like Nerd Boy." As I'm writing this, I realise that this is probably not the best writing process. However, I then recall that the renowned creator of Bob the Angry Flower, Stephen Notley (from which I have received e-mail! "Well, I must confess, I'm not exactly the biggest ASCII cartoon fan in the universe, but it looks like you got something going there. Robots and chicks are always cool, and there's always more to say about 'em."), exercises the exact same process. --- Your machine turned Sure looks us into giants?! that way. `__ _ , >''(/.. -OO |/ |/ Giants! Where? //>> // \ ` , ||_\ ||_| .. -- "|| "| | .||. ,-)) _______ kk ____ b b _________ || _ |(( ________ So fix it Why? This is cool! already! See how scared they are? `__ _ , >''(/-- OO- |/ \| M0N5T3RZ! //>> / \\ \ ,,, ||_\ |_|\\ _ -- "|| | | " - -\\- _______ kk ____ d d ________________ )\_ _____ Target sighted! ` __ On the other hand... ..\ __ ` _ ___ _ -||_ >''(/oo -OO //\\`-----. / |/ |/ \\//.-----'/____ //>> // \ _____|__|_____ ||_\ ||_| _/___/__________ "|| "| | (-( (-( _ _ _ _ jg______ kk ____ b b ____________________ \-\ \-\_________ --- My motto is "Unexpected is fun". --- They're about Quick! There's the machine to shoot us just that made us big in the __ because we're big! first place! ..\ ` __ _ , ___ _ ||_ . >''(/oo OO- //\\`-----. / ____ - o - |/ _ __\| \\//.-----'/____ ___((__)) _|__ //>> '--/ \\ _____|__|_____ | | \\ (_)|[__]| ||_\ |_|| _/___/__________ |=|) \) \_| ...| "|| | |" (-( (-( _ _ _ _ _|_|_____.----.__| ________ kk ______ d d __________ \-\ \-\_________ ___ \_\ Yes! We made it! Huh? HEY! We're . _ _||_ Throw the switch! normal sized . //`------/ | again! ____ - -o- - \\.-----/_____ ` , _((__)) _|____ ____|______ ~.. OO | \\ (_)|[__]|\| __/___________ .>>. .||. -|) \) \_| ...|\| ( _ _ _ _ _ _ _____ || ___ dd __ |_____.----.__|\| _________ \_____________ Yeah... So... That Now I remember; it's Oh, just messing thing only moved us a teleporter. But... with ya.` ___ a bit so we -looked- Why did that guy \_\ bigger 'cause of the want to shoot us? _ _||_ perspective? | . //`------/ | / ____ - o - \\.-----/_____ ` , _((__)) _|____ ____|______ ~.. OO | \\ (_)|[__]|\| __/___________ .>>. .||. -|) \) \_| ...|\| ( _ _ _ _ _ _ jg_____ || ___ bb __ |_____.----.__|\| _________ \_____________ --- Now go back and read NB's first line in the previous strip: "Sure looks that way." I swear, I must be some kind of genius or something, because I didn't plan that. I mean, I had planned the ending of the story arc (there's a first), but I hadn't meant NB's line to be a little subtle clue like that. Go figure. -- http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ "LOOKS that way." \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [-[-]-\\ , I'm a GENIUS. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {-} |= \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\