X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,4e66530106467f8f X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-22 11:55:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!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, episode 254 Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:55:45 +0200 Lines: 64 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1027364141 30011570 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:18433 "llizard" skrev i meddelandet news:jd6ojug49349pqau7di9ulhd92tv92thp1@4ax.com > In article , "Joaquim > G�ndara" wrote: 8< > Okay, first things first... I always go to the site to read the strip > so that I won't be distracted by your explanations. #254 is brilliant. > (I smiled broadly) Great. :) > What ARE you going on about? Are you saying that this is another one > of those dashed-off strips that you don't think are really funny? Nope. I'm just saying that it was harder to make than most strips. I tried several different punch lines and a couple of different first panels. One of them had NB start out head down in the ground, but I couldn't come up with a good transitional panel where he popped out of the ground AND managed to say his whole line. It just looked awkward, so I went with less action. > Please stop apologizing for those. I suspect that one of the reasons > that they work so well is the very fact that they ARE off-the-cuff and > unplanned. Well HAH! This one -isn't- off-the-cuff. It's as off-the-cuff as they come. Heck, I only made it to be able to segue into the next strip, how's that for planning? > ___ ha > _/ | ,^^%--- ha > |_____| _/>\ \ ha ...you're _pretending_ to be a > --- == >/ pretentious writer/artist type??? > [_ejm_] __>,^ > | | //| | > > ... > > ___ ha > _/ | / *snort* > |_____| |,^%--- ha > --- == < \ ha ...pretty good imitation! > [_ejm_] __ \ > \ > | | __| /\/>,^ \ > > -- > ___ > _/ | > |_____| ,^^%--- > --- == _/<\ \ no offense intended, Joaquim > [_ejm_] __ > \ > | | __| _ /\>^^ None taken, I was smiling broadly as I read your off-the-cuff three- panel strip. :D Actually, I'd rather come off as a pretentious artist to balance out the oft geeky comic strip content. I guess my ruse has succeeded! BWA-hahahahahaaaaa! -- OO Joaquim G�ndara | Official Nerd Boy site: .||. | http://nerdboy.port5.com (UK) bb jg | http://nerdboy.xepher.net (US)