X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,bf4a0bdf85151bb7 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-03 03:12:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.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 G�ndara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episodes 238-241 Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 12:13:36 +0200 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1025691152 18385193 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:18014 <238> This is actually how -I- feel sometimes. However, I don't yell at people, only Nerd Boy might be crazy enough to do that. The strip started out as a diddle. I wanted to draw someone with long hair, and after lots of goofy hairstyles, this was the one I came up with. Then it turned into a "Nerd Boy with attitude" strip; a continuation from NB233-236. <239> Here I wanted to point out the change in Nerd Boy's attitude. -It- turned into a Fan Boy joke, and there's a hidden little joke there for NIN fans who have all of the lyrics memorized. <240> Pretty straightforward. This was actually the end of NB239 originally IIRC, but it got too long and now it's its own strip. One joke spread a bit thin, if you ask me. <241> Feeling that the last few strips didn't have enough art, I decided to draw something a bit bigger. Originally, I was going to have Nerd Boy say "Don't even try, punk." Then the monster would become fixed in mid-air from fear. However, that would clearly be a big waste of a nice character, so I made a story arc out of it instead. Then I got tired of the whole thing and had a lot of other stuff to do, hence the two months or so of non-productivity. -- OO Joaquim G�ndara .||. http://nerdboy.port5.com bb jg