Re: ascii cows...

In article <4Bd...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, Dave Bird
<dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> In article<382...@iNOdirect.ca>XeMu1, llizard
> <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> writes:
> >But further searching brings me to realize that this cow was created by
> >Daniel Au. (I found this in dejanews in a thread about "mad cow")
> >
> >                                       /;    ;\
> >           FIERCE COW|             __  \\____//
> >                                  /{_\_/  \ `'/___
> >                                  \___   (o)  (o  }
> >       _____________________________/          :--'  growl| roar| narf|
> >   ,-,'`@@@@@@@@       @@@@@@         \_    `__\   /
> >  ;:(  @@@@@@@@@        @@@             \___(o'o)
> >  :: )  @@@@          @@@@@@        ,'@@(  `U==U'
[snip]
> > ;;'`; :   )                  :  / `; ;      -Daniel Au-
[snip]
>  I got it from someone else...........
> 
>                                  /;    ;\
> -- Regards,                  __  \\____//
>    XEMoo.Moo.Moo            /{_\_/  \`'\_/__    (cow  by P.Kistner
>   <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk>   \___   (o\  /o  }   <upg...@sunyit.edu>)
> _____________________________/          :--'   ____________________
> http://www.xemu.demon.co.uk/   \_     `__\  ---[ now you've made me ]
>                                   \___(o'o)    [_really MAAAaadd!___]
>                                     `===='
>     "So many idiots, so few comets"         ..OldTimer on ARS

Hmmmm!  And Andreas Freis has this cow attributed to Bill Ames....

                                       /;    ;\
                                   __  \\____//
                                  /{_\_/   `'\____
                                  \___   (o)  (o  }
       _____________________________/          :--'
   ,-,'`@@@@@@@@       @@@@@@         \_    `__\
  ;:(  @@@@@@@@@        @@@             \___(o'o)
  :: )  @@@@          @@@@@@        ,'@@(  `===='
[snip]
 ;;'`; :   )                  :  / `; ;     Bill Ames


It seems that this discussion has come up before:
..................................................
: On 1997/04/21, Re: Mad Cow Artist Recognition Spunk1111
: wrote:
:          
: In article <5j8if0$k...@orm.southern.co.nz>, cfb...@southern.co.nz (Colin
: Douthwaite) writes:
: >According to Allen Mullen it was Targon ( Ed Wisniewski )
: >Here is the original from the Targon collection. Unfortunately
: >Targon tended not to sign his individual pictures and as a
: >result other names got attached to his artwork. I have appended
: >his name on this posting. The Targon original is a little different 
: >to the Bill Ames version which must have been diddled.  
: >
: >
: >                                             /;    ;\
: >                                         __  \\____//
: >                                        /{_\_/   `'\____
: >                                        \___   (0)  (0  }
: >             _____________________________/          :--'
: >         ,-,'`@@@@@@@@       @@@@@@         \_    `__\
: >        ;:(  @@@@@@@@@        @@@             \___(o'o)
: >        :: )  @@@@          @@@@@@        ,'@@(  `===='
: >        :: : @@@@@:          @@@@         `@@@:    ~~
: >        :: \  @@@@@:       @@@@@@@)    (  '@@@'
: >        ;; /\      /`,    @@@@@@@@@\   :@@@@@)
: >        ::/  )    /   `,'~~~~~~~~~~~:  :~`,~~;
: >       ;;'`; :   )`vvvv             :  /  `; ;
: >      ;;;; : :   ;                  :  ;  ; :
: >      `'`' / :  :                   :  :  : :
: >          )_ \__;      ";"          :_ ;  \_\       `,','
: >          :__\  \    * `,'*         \  \  :  \   *  8`;'*  *
: >              `^'     \ :/           `^'  `-^-'   \v/ :  \/
: >----------  Targon (Ed Wisniewski)
:
:...............................................................
>Actually I don't think Targon ever posted in alt.ascii-art newsgroup
>but Allen Mullen seemed to get Targon's collection from other sources.
>Also Allen Mullen himself never posted a lot to alt.ascii-art but
>had quite a number of postings in rec.arts.ascii during its most
>active period from 1993 to 1995.

So there it is. I think I defer to anything said by Colin, especially if
it was confirmed by Allen Mullen. They were both here much earlier than
most of us and kept pretty accurate records, as far as I could see.



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