Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 3 Nov 2001.
Nerd Boy, episodes 86-92
alt.ascii-art
· 15 messages · 3 Nov 2001 - 6 Nov 2001
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 _|_ * `|.__|.' *
---
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 ___|| | | | _
---
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
---
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) {-} |=
\__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\
> _ _ > \ / > * || * * > / \---._ * > AAAAUGH! * (=)(=) ) `. * > ` * \--/--\-. \ * > OO |/)| | * > -\\- _ * ( _[__]' / * > jg bb _|_ * `|.__|.' * >--- >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. pc and mac both have full screen as long as you have QT PRO! (wich has a "present" button where you can choose it to present the movie fullscreen) but as you need to pay for the pro version (yeah right ;) ...
On Sun, 4 Nov 2001 00:49:57 +0100, "Joaquim Almgren Gandara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote: > Brains... > ____ *hissss* , Brains... > \,-/ xx~ > / /\ -==- > _____ /_/b_\ ______ /| Is the "brains!" bit a reference to the Goats comic? http://www.goats.com/ [1] , http://www.brains4zombies.com/ Cheers, Philip [1] Specifically, the storyline starting at http://www.goats.com/archive/991026.html -- Philip Newton <nos...@gmx.li> That really is my address; no need to remove anything to reply. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
On 2001-11-04 cla...@lords.com said: >>> >>> Where's Linda? We broke up. >>> ` , ,--. >>> ~.. ,-------- OO --. | \ \ >>> .>>. |`-._____ || ___`-. +-+-+ >>> jg __ || __ |__|______ bb ___|| | | | _ >>> Awwwww. Poor Nerd Boy. You're probably heart- Hmmmm. Yeah, this will work. broken. Here...let Mandy o make it all better! \ o ~..oo ,--. ,-----.>>||.---. | \ \ |`-.___\\ \\ ___`-. +-+-+ ________ |__|____|| bb ___|| | | | _ ............. : _, _ (\ : :` | |-| (_\: ;;;;;;;;;;;;; So...Linda! Do you come here ,,////, often? What's your sign? ,//////\\ / // [.]-[.] / *sigh* Why do I always | _\) o attract the nerds? || \ \__/ __ o / \ \__/ ..# | | ,--|\. \ /./|( --|~~~~|---| |----------------Y----------------------------------- |: . | |_| (__) aa|____| ______ \__$__\ Oooooh! Nerd Boy! That was amazing! Uff da! \ / ,--------------. b |`-.____________`-. ,--. ________ |__|_____ _ _ _|| | | | | \ \ p \ < +-+-+ '---- `\~.. /`__\\ __. >> oo \ \ ~ ~ -- Annie Ascii -- budding 14-year-old ASCII artist .,,,. ##### ##### (~~~))) Well...it COULD happen! ## ## ## ## _ _ ((() / ####### ####### (^ )))) ## ## ## ## ~-((((() ## ## ## ## / ))))))
"Philip Newton" <pne...@newton.digitalspace.net> wrote in message news:3ur...@4ax.com... > > Is the "brains!" bit a reference to the Goats comic? > > http://www.goats.com/ [1] , http://www.brains4zombies.com/ 8< Actually, no it isn't (it's probably more influenced by a Simpsons Halloween special than anything else), but thanks for the link. Cool comic. And the brains4zombies website is hilarious! :D Hey, look, they have my brain for sale: http://www.brains4zombies.com/brains.html?brainType=CelebrityBrains&celebrityID= Joaquim%20Gandara -- http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ Duuuuh... \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [x[x]-\\ , \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {-} |= \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\
> -- > Annie Ascii -- budding 14-year-old ASCII artist > .,,,. > ##### ##### (~~~))) Well...it COULD happen! > ## ## ## ## _ _ ((() / > ####### ####### (^ )))) > ## ## ## ## ~-((((() > ## ## ## ## / )))))) -- http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ Uh... No. \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [.[.]-\\ , But it was \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ funny. /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {v} |= \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\
On Sun, 4 Nov 2001 12:57:32 +0100, "Joaquim Almgren Gandara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote: > Cool comic. Rather bizarre at times, but yes, I think I like it. I haven't read it for long, though. > Hey, look, they have my brain for sale: At 20% off! I'll buy two! Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <nos...@gmx.li> That really is my address; no need to remove anything to reply. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
On Sun, 4 Nov 2001 12:59:49 +0100, "Joaquim Almgren Gandara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote: > > -- > > Annie Ascii -- budding 14-year-old ASCII artist > > .,,,. > > ##### ##### (~~~))) Well...it COULD happen! > > ## ## ## ## _ _ ((() / > > ####### ####### (^ )))) > > ## ## ## ## ~-((((() > > ## ## ## ## / )))))) > > -- > > http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ > __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ Uh... No. > \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [.[.]-\\ , But it was > \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ funny. > /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {v} |= > \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\ I think this is the first conversation I've seen that consisted only of empty message bodies. Talking signature heads... pity I don't have one :) Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <nos...@gmx.li> That really is my address; no need to remove anything to reply. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
> > -- > > Annie Ascii -- budding 14-year-old ASCII artist > > .,,,. > > ##### ##### (~~~))) Well...it COULD happen! > > ## ## ## ## _ _ ((() / > > ####### ####### (^ )))) > > ## ## ## ## ~-((((() > > ## ## ## ## / )))))) > -- > http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ > __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ Uh... No. > \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [.[.]-\\ , But it was > \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ funny. > /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {v} |= > \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\ -- ,----------------------. ooooo I tell you something: | Kudos to | / /// I love you both. More | Joaquim Almgren Gandara| . . / of this good work please. | who invented a great | < ) / | ascii comic style. | \_- | `----------------------' utis |__/
On Mon, 05 Nov 2001 12:58:05 +0100, utis <ego...@lycos.de> provoked the following text: >> > Annie Ascii -- budding 14-year-old ASCII artist >> > .,,,. >> > ##### ##### (~~~))) Well...it COULD happen! >> > ## ## ## ## _ _ ((() / >> > ####### ####### (^ )))) >> > ## ## ## ## ~-((((() >> > ## ## ## ## / )))))) >> -- > >> http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ >> __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ Uh... No. >> \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [.[.]-\\ , But it was >> \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ funny. >> /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {v} |= >> \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\ >-- > ,----------------------. ooooo I tell you something: >| Kudos to | / /// I love you both. More >| Joaquim Almgren Gandara| . . / of this good work please. >| who invented a great | < ) / >| ascii comic style. | \_- | > `----------------------' utis |__/ -- Peter Punk ,---------------------------. \ / -./ Ever seen barbed wire talk?\ ---\\\\--- \ Now you have :-) / / \ `---------------------------' Castrate my email adress to reply. It's 10 o'clock. Do you know where your child processes are?
On 2001-11-05 ego...@lycos.de said:
>--
>,----------------------. ooooo I tell you something:
>| Kudos to | / /// I love you both. More
>| Joaquim Almgren Gandara| . . / of this good work please.
>| who invented a great | < ) /
>| ascii comic style. | \_- |
>`----------------------' utis |__/
--
Annie Ascii -- budding 14-year-old ASCII artist
.,,,.
##### ##### (~~~))) Danke.
## ## ## ## _ _ ((() /
####### ####### (^ ))))
## ## ## ## ~-((((()
## ## ## ## / ))))))
On Mon, 05 Nov 2001 19:42:21 GMT, ppu...@damthatspam.chello.nl (Peter Punk) wrote: >On Mon, 05 Nov 2001 12:58:05 +0100, utis <ego...@lycos.de> provoked the following >text: > >>> > Annie Ascii -- budding 14-year-old ASCII artist >>> > .,,,. >>> > ##### ##### (~~~))) Well...it COULD happen! >>> > ## ## ## ## _ _ ((() / >>> > ####### ####### (^ )))) >>> > ## ## ## ## ~-((((() >>> > ## ## ## ## / )))))) >>> -- >> >>> http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ >>> __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ Uh... No. >>> \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [.[.]-\\ , But it was >>> \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ funny. >>> /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {v} |= >>> \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\ >>-- >> ,----------------------. ooooo I tell you something: >>| Kudos to | / /// I love you both. More >>| Joaquim Almgren Gandara| . . / of this good work please. >>| who invented a great | < ) / >>| ascii comic style. | \_- | >> `----------------------' utis |__/ >-- > Peter Punk ,---------------------------. > \ / -./ Ever seen barbed wire talk?\ > ---\\\\--- \ Now you have :-) / > / \ `---------------------------' > >Castrate my email adress to reply. > >It's 10 o'clock. Do you know where your child processes are? -LOL-
"utis" <ego...@lycos.de> wrote in message news:m3e...@ID-87814.user.dfncis.de... > > > > -- > > > Annie Ascii -- budding 14-year-old ASCII artist > > > .,,,. > > > ##### ##### (~~~))) Well...it COULD happen! > > > ## ## ## ## _ _ ((() / > > > ####### ####### (^ )))) > > > ## ## ## ## ~-((((() > > > ## ## ## ## / )))))) > > -- > > > http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ > > __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ Uh... No. > > \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [.[.]-\\ , But it was > > \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ funny. > > /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {v} |= > > \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\ > > -- > ,----------------------. ooooo I tell you something: > | Kudos to | / /// I love you both. More > | Joaquim Almgren Gandara| . . / of this good work please. > | who invented a great | < ) / > | ascii comic style. | \_- | > `----------------------' utis |__/ > -- http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ Woah, this is totally \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [.[.]-\\ , getting out of hand! \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ Thanks, utis. /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {v} |= \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\
> http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ > __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ Woah, this is totally > \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [.[.]-\\ , getting out of hand! > \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ Thanks, utis. > /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {v} |= > \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\ ________________________________________________ | ____________________________________________ | || _ _ || || \ / || || * || * * || || / \---._ * || || AAAAUGH! * (=)(=) ) `. * || || ` * \--/--\-. \ * || || OO |/)| | * || || -\\- _ * ( _[__]' / || || jg bb _|_ * `|.__|.' * || Especially this one I like ||____________________________________________|| very much. This work, clearly |______________________________________________| belonging to avantgardistic Minimalism, signifies a ))),, milestone in 21st century's / /// ascii art. . . . / / \\ < ) / -C\ \_- | \_/ __|__/L__ / \ ___ \ \ / V __ |--\ \__/-- --utis
"utis" <ego...@lycos.de> wrote in message news:m3b...@ID-87814.user.dfncis.de... > ________________________________________________ > | ____________________________________________ | > || _ _ || > || \ / || > || * || * * || > || / \---._ * || > || AAAAUGH! * (=)(=) ) `. * || > || ` * \--/--\-. \ * || > || OO |/)| | * || > || -\\- _ * ( _[__]' / || > || jg bb _|_ * `|.__|.' * || Especially this one I like > ||____________________________________________|| very much. This work, clearly > |______________________________________________| belonging to avantgardistic > Minimalism, signifies a > ))),, milestone in 21st century's > / /// ascii art. > . . . / / > \\ < ) / > -C\ \_- | > \_/ __|__/L__ > / \ > ___ \ > \ / > V __ > |--\ > \__/-- > > > > > > --utis LOL!! -- http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ Milestone \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [-[-]-\\ , indeed... \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {v} |= \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\
Related ASCII art in the Gallery
Explore these categories from our collection of 11,000+ artworks:
Make your own ASCII art
Turn images, text or 3D into ASCII, or draw your own – right in your browser.
About this thread.
These messages were posted publicly to the newsgroup
alt.ascii-art
in 2001 and are mirrored here unchanged as part of the Historic Archives – only email addresses are masked.
The artwork and text belong to their original authors: if you copy a piece, keep the artist's initials or signature intact and credit them where you can.
Are you one of the authors? Contact us to get your posts attributed, connected to your artist profile, or removed.
Report this message
Help us keep the archive clean and accurate. Reports are reviewed by a person – nothing is changed automatically.