Nerd Boy, Episode 262

"llizard" <lli...@NOPOLLUTIONwildmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> In article <aj1aml$17ni3k$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de>, "Joaquim
> G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote:
> >"llizard" <lli...@NOPOLLUTIONwildmail.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> >> In article <aiuurn$172q7b$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de>, "Joaquim
> >> G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote:
> [snip]
> >>    ____
> >>   /| OO|
> >>  | |.|||    ,^^%---
> >>  |_|_bb|  _/>\  \ You didn't jinx it by saying something.
> >>    ---  ==  > \   I read it on your site first and immediately
> >>  [_ejm_]  __>,^   wasn't wild about the second half. I think
> >>   |   |  //| |    I would have laughed at the end too if
> >>                   Nerd Boy had been silent in the final frame.
> >
> >Hmm... Yes, I guess I could have done another depressed Nerd Boy thing.
> >I just felt like he should flip out, maybe because I've been reading
> >the early strips, where that was his reaction to more or less everything.
>
> The flipping out expression on Nerd Boy worked well, as did Fan Boy's
> expression. (quite funny) It's the words that didn't work for me. If
> you must have words, here's a suggestion: "ermmm... PURRS LIKE A
> KITTEN! ...AFTER YOU, FANBOY" (the shouting is intentional)

You know.. That -would- have been funnier. :)

> obASCII-art: kitten
>
>                  ^-^ )
>                 =';'=
>                   ||\\                        ejm

happy kitten doing stretching exercises...

                     )
                =^-^=
                 // <<                        ejm/jg

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"Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote in news:aiuurn$172q7b$1@ID-
102694.news.dfncis.de:

<snip #262>

Well, I'm gonna try out this "constructive criticism" stuff...
First off, I liked the strip (I was laughing out loud at the
second frame :).  I'm going to have to agree with llizard on
the last frame, though.  Could've done without the exclamation
from NB.

And maybe it's just me, but I don't seem to read the strips
-entirely- in order.  In this one, the last frame was very busy.
After the third frame, my eyes were drawn to NB's statement
before I saw the robot crashing into the hovercraft (which is a
terrible waste of a hovercraft, btw!).  If -I- were to arrange
the strip, it'd look more like this:
--
   So you're saying the               Exactly! Quick,
 hologram that took Mandy            to the hovercraft!
is somewhere in space?  ` ,,,         ,
                          '..      \OO
                          .||.      ||.
                       ___ || _____ dd _____


            Huh. Why not call it the          Give it a rest.
              "Nerdmobile" while  ` ,,,          ,
                 you're at it?      '..        OO
                                     ||       ((
                         ___________ |\ _____ b b ____


                               There she is, interstellar
           .-------.    ______  hyperdrive raring to go.
          /         )__/_____(      ,    ,,,
         /_|\______/   _____|     OO     ..'
        (____________///////(    .||.   .||.
  ______  _|_        ```````` ___ dd ___ || ______


                  \ `    /
               -  *CRASH!* -
              `. -.  || ,-  *fzzzt*      AND WE'RE OFF
             __  '.  []   .-   ______  TO A GREAT START!
          '-.  `.    ==~   -__/_____(      ,     ,,,
            ---  _ *meep* \   _____|     @@      oo'
               .-'_    _ |`\///////(    -||-    .//.
      _________  _(_  |     ```````` ___ dd ___ // __________jg

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The only things I changed were this:
  - Frame three was moved a bit left
  - Frame four was moved a bit right, and one line down (for spacing)
  - 'jg' was moved to the end, but that's unrelated
The effect I saw was the camera panning left with Fan Boy standing
still.  This layout makes the frames a bit more consistant.

'Nerdmobile'... heh... :)

-Phydeaux

____     On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 01:28:50 +0200
\__/___  Joaquim G�ndara ran through the
 LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art
     |   waving an axe and screaming:
    / \
>                                            There she is, interstellar
>                        .-------.    ______  hyperdrive raring to go.
>                       /         )__/_____(      ,    ,,,
>                      /_|\______/   _____|     OO     ..'
>                     (____________///////(    .||.   .||.
>               ______  _|_        ```````` ___ dd ___ || ______

Haha it looks like the space ships I used to draw when I was 8. Or
something out of Commander Keen.
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"Bateau" <Its...@Not-A-Real-Address.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> ____     On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 01:28:50 +0200
> \__/___  Joaquim G�ndara ran through the
>  LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art
>      |   waving an axe and screaming:
>     / \
> >                                            There she is, interstellar
> >                        .-------.    ______  hyperdrive raring to go.
> >                       /         )__/_____(      ,    ,,,
> >                      /_|\______/   _____|     OO     ..'
> >                     (____________///////(    .||.   .||.
> >               ______  _|_        ```````` ___ dd ___ || ______
>
> Haha it looks like the space ships I used to draw when I was 8. Or
> something out of Commander Keen.

W0000t! Commander Keen r0x0r y0!

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