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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 3 Nov 2001.
Nerd Boy, episodes 86-92

Nerd Boy, episodes 86-92

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  _|_  *    `|.__|.'   *
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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 ___||    | | | _
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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
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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)  {-} |=
 \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\       #// (\

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