Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 30 Aug 2001.
Nerd Boy, episodes 18-21
alt.ascii-art
· 5 messages · 30 Aug 2001 - 1 Sep 2001
We have to stop these run-away wheel chairs!
I should be able to decrease my speed by
steering into that soft grass by the road.
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Damn this city and its fire
hydrants! HELP! AAAAAAHH!!!
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As usual, theory does not equal practice. This is the first time I've attempted
a real profile of Mandy, btw.
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Somebody stop this wheel chair!
I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE!!
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..aaah... Stupid
anticlimaxes.
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I kinda like anticlimaxes.
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Huh? Tycho, Not Kansas, Gabe,
where are we? that's for sure. Featuring Tycho &
` ,,,_ __. , Gabe of
`.. .. Penny Arcade
(<( )=) fame!
________ bb ___ dd ________________________
AUGH! My T-shirt! When did I get I believe I can
That's not Pac Man! a crew cut? explain that,
` ,,,_ __. , , gentlemen.
`,, \'' OO
-(<(- )=). .||.
________ bb ___ dd __________________ dd __
Never mind that. You must retrieve
Poor Pac Man... Who're you? the Sacred FluffBunny before
` ,,,_ .__ , , John Romero awakens and
`,, .. OO wreaks havoc upon the
.(<(. (=( .||. land! Make haste!
________ bb ____ bb _________________ dd __
That was quite a
fall. Are you ,-. ,-.
ok, Nerd Boy? ' : ` /Mental note: Wheel chairs, fire hydrants\
` : \ and on-line comic addictions don't mix./
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.>>. ||_ .-. qq .
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Thought I'd include this just to round off the story arc. Penny Arcade is
another on-line comic -- uh, I mean, a -real- on-line comic. It's over at
www.penny-arcade.com. Tycho and Gabe are both the main characters and the makers
of that comic, and if you aren't familiar with them, you'll probably just go
"Huh? Pac Man? John Romero?" Thing is, they're gamer freaks. Most of their stuff
is only "funny-haha" for gamers, although most of it is also very "funny-weird"
for just about everybody who isn't a schizophrenic.
I e-mailed the guy who does the writing (Tycho Brahe, but that's not his real
name, DUH!) and asked if I could use Tycho and Gabe in my comic. He wrote, and I
quote: "You're welcome to use them. They look very nice, asciified!" I was all
aglow for a week or so. (Hey, I'm a poet and I didn't know it! Actually, I did.
:P)
I thought it was fun to adapt Gabe's (if Tycho writes, then what does Gabe do, I
wonder?) funky style into NB-style ASCII. The downside of this strip is that
there's no real joke. For some reason, I thought that the "punchline" in this
strip was funny when I made it. Now I just look at it and think "Yeah, ok, but
where's the joke?" Actually, the funniest part is "Make haste!", IMO. :)
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I'm bored, let's go Like what?
do something. ,
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I know! Let's go ride Are you crazy?! I nearly
wheel chairs down that broke my neck! I had to stay
steep slope again! at the hospital for 3 weeks!
That was fun! ,
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Ok, let's go.
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One last strip for the road, since it's wheel chair related. It's a standard
gag, but there's also some character development here, I think. Here we see that
Mandy is more of an airhead than a cruel bitch, which is kind of both what I
like and dislike about her. She never really bitches, she just -is-, and that's
enough. It's like that old joke where there's a long list called "How to get her
horny", and the list called "How to get him horny" is just "Show up".
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http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___
__ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ "Make haste!"
\ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [-[-]-\\ , Heh heh. I'm
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ so funny.
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> Huh? Tycho, Not Kansas, Gabe, > where are we? that's for sure. Featuring Tycho & > ` ,,,_ __. , Gabe of > `.. .. Penny Arcade > (<( )=) fame! > ________ bb ___ dd ________________________ > > > AUGH! My T-shirt! When did I get I believe I can > That's not Pac Man! a crew cut? explain that, > ` ,,,_ __. , , gentlemen. > `,, \'' OO > -(<(- )=). .||. > ________ bb ___ dd __________________ dd __ > > Never mind that. You must retrieve > Poor Pac Man... Who're you? the Sacred FluffBunny before > ` ,,,_ .__ , , John Romero awakens and > `,, .. OO wreaks havoc upon the > .(<(. (=( .||. land! Make haste! > ________ bb ____ bb _________________ dd __ > > That was quite a > fall. Are you ,-. ,-. > ok, Nerd Boy? ' : ` /Mental note: Wheel chairs, fire hydrants\ > ` : \ and on-line comic addictions don't mix./ > ~.. _ : o > .>>. ||_ .-. qq . > __ || ______ (_)\\)[ ] ____________________________.\\.____jg > What I don't get is how Tycho & Gabe fit in to the storyline. Is it Nerd Boy's dream or what? -- Robert
> What I don't get is how Tycho & Gabe fit in to the storyline. Is it Nerd > Boy's dream or what? > > -- Robert Yep. I was going to draw cloudy stuff, but then my idiot brother told me it was obvious. :\ -- http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ Sheesh. Brothers. \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [.[.]-\\ , \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {-} |= \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\
Joaquim Almgren Gandara wrote: >> What I don't get is how Tycho & Gabe fit in to the storyline. Is it Nerd >> Boy's dream or what? >> >> -- Robert > > Yep. I was going to draw cloudy stuff, but then my idiot brother told me > it was obvious. :\ > > -- > > http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ > __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ Sheesh. Brothers. > \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [.[.]-\\ , > \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ > /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {-} |= > \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\ > > > It WAS obvious...
hola Groot Bees, soy una robusteza! >Joaquim Almgren Gandara wrote: > >>> What I don't get is how Tycho & Gabe fit in to the storyline. Is it Nerd >>> Boy's dream or what? >>> >>> -- Robert >> >> Yep. I was going to draw cloudy stuff, but then my idiot brother told me >> it was obvious. :\ >> >> -- >> >> http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ >> __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ Sheesh. Brothers. >> \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [.[.]-\\ , >> \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ >> /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {-} |= >> \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\ >> >> >> >It WAS obvious... Not to me. adi�s amigo de la robusteza! -- | _ .\ ~~ _ ^~ | <')_,/ , ; .\ >(')__, . ` ' , ,______________._ *BANG* | (_~=/ \._`.'. .\ (_~_/ _, '------:_______ ;==( *BANG* | ='- \=~_) ; .\ ~^~~^~ ` (_~_/ | | `-\ \ *BANG* | -'= .\ ~^~ ~^~~^~ `~' \_; |ICQ:11367619 EMAIL:bateau:-)jupiter-io.net SITE:www.flashback-aw.net
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