Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 31 May 2004.
Nerd Boy, episode 544
alt.ascii-art
· 13 messages · 31 May 2004 - 2 Jun 2004
I bought a cat. You bought a cat?!
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Yeah, it's a.. Where is it?!
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She's in my room, Here kitty kitty!
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Oh, and it's a | _^_^
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I seem to have a penchant for weird stuff now.
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Joaquim G�ndara wrote: > Oh, and it's a | _^_^ > MegaCat 5000! \ ' / =v= | *MEOW* > .--. ` `. ,,, ,' \J_/`. > | | OO - 'oo - | \ > | | .||- -\\- ||| ( \ > jg | | bb \\ ||| _\|`-' > > ----- > I seem to have a penchant for weird stuff now. Damn. And there was me looking forward to someone beating the challenge of a 2-line high cat. I really liked this comic though - that last bit is a killer. Rowe -- You can get anything you want on Alice's NNTP. You can get anything you want on Alice's NNTP. Telnet over, it's a simple hack. Port one-nineteen is where it's at. and you can get anything you want on Alice's NNTP.
Rowe Rickenbacker <use...@templeofdreams.net> wrote: : Joaquim G�ndara wrote: : > Oh, and it's a | _^_^ : > MegaCat 5000! \ ' / =v= | *MEOW* : > .--. ` `. ,,, ,' \J_/`. : > | | OO - 'oo - | \ : > | | .||- -\\- ||| ( \ : > jg | | bb \\ ||| _\|`-' : > : > ----- : > I seem to have a penchant for weird stuff now. : Damn. And there was me looking forward to someone beating the challenge : of a 2-line high cat. I really liked this comic though - that last bit : is a killer. Still I'm afraid Mandy's uncle's rocs are beyond the capabilities of this cat. Perheaps it was shipped under no warranty etc... brojek.
Rowe Rickenbacker wrote: >Joaquim G�ndara wrote: > > > Oh, and it's a | _^_^ > > MegaCat 5000! \ ' / =v= | *MEOW* > > .--. ` `. ,,, ,' \J_/`. > > | | OO - 'oo - | \ > > | | .||- -\\- ||| ( \ > > jg | | bb \\ ||| _\|`-' > > > > ----- > > I seem to have a penchant for weird stuff now. > > >Damn. And there was me looking forward to someone beating the challenge >of a 2-line high cat. I really liked this comic though - that last bit >is a killer. / _(=`)= `(_,_,), lbm A cat. _(^^) /`(_,_,), lbm A cat looking at something behind it. _ ( `)= ( ( \ \ _____) )_ (______/__) lbm A snake. -- .-'`-. / | | \ / | | \ |___|_|__ | ||<o>| <o>`| || J_ )| `|`-'__`-'|/ | `--' | .-| |_ .-' \ / | |`-. .-' `. /| | \ / ````' | | \ |_____ | | L .-' ___ `-. F F | | ||`-.___ .'.-' | `-. `. J J / | || _.> / /| | |`. \ | | |/ | ||_.-' / / | | | `. `. F F | |============================== J / | | | \ L J J | | `:::::::. `:::::::. FJ | | | |L J/ / | \ :::::::. :::::::\ J |() | () | () | () | J L/ | | ::::::: :::::::L | F | .-'_ \ | | LJ | / L :::::::: :::::::J | L | / \\ | | | L | | :::::::: ::::::::L | L || ):|| | | | /| L :::::::: ::::::::| J | ||:._.'::|| | | |----' | | :::::::: ::::::::| .---. J | |J:::::::|| | | | _/\ | :::::::: ::::::::| /(@ o`. LJ | \:::::/ | | | |---'\ | | :::::::: ::::::::| | /^^^ J L | `-:-' | | | F | \ | J :::::::: ::::::::| \ . \vvv LJ()| () | () | () | F F | \ \--._L :::::::: ::::::::| \ `--' J \ | | | | J J \ | | :::::::: ::::::::| \ `. \ \| | | | / / | | | :::::::: ::::::::| L \ \ \ | | |/ /| | | .-'| :::::::: ::::::::| | \ `.`. | | .'.' | | |/ /`L :::::::: ::::::::| | L | `.`-.____|.-'.-' | | | <`. \ :::::::: ::::::::| | | | | `-.______.-' | \| |_`::\ `. :::::::: ::::::::| F | | J\ | | | | /: \::. \:::::::: ::::::::F / | | L\|--| | _.--|:: `::\ `.:::::: .:::::::J / F J J |\\|-.____ |__.-' |: \::. \:::: ::::::::F .' J L \| >|| `--' J |' .`::\ `.:' .::::::::/ .' F J |//JJ | L |---. .--\::. \---. .---. <---< J L |< |J |\=/| ( _ \=/ _ `::\ `. \=/ _ \=/ _ \ / J |\\|J | | / )_) | (_) \::. \ | (_) | (_) | / \ |--|J |//\\ / //\ //`::\ `./\ //\ / .' \| |L ` )/ )` `' '|`---// `---// `\::. \ `---// `---' .' VK________| L_\ ' /___/ ' | |___//______//_____`::\ |___//_________.'_________ F F J`` -'| | | | | \:_| `-' | "" | J ` | | | L | |\ |\ /| /| |\ /| | | \ | | \ | \ // // | \ || |\ J | `. | ||\\ ||\\ // // ||\\ || || L F )`---\ || >> || \\ / | << || \\ || || | J / `. ||// || || //|| \\ || || || || J J ( `-. |// | \ || |/ || \\ | \ || || || `-.__/ `---. `. |<< ||\\|| || >> ||\\|| || || | J `. ) ||\\ || \ | || // || \ | || || / | `-----' || >> || || || // || || \\ || / F ||// || || || << || || \\|| J J | / |/ || |/ \\ |/ || \ | J | |/ \| \| \| \| `-.-' K I N G O F T H E M O N S T E R S
"Rowe Rickenbacker" <use...@templeofdreams.net> skrev i meddelandet news:2i1...@uni-berlin.de... > > Damn. And there was me looking forward to someone beating the challenge > of a 2-line high cat. I really liked this comic though - that last bit > is a killer. I wasn't aware of such a challenge. Or maybe I was and forgot. \-.-/_ m m _/)_,' jg Dreaming that my sig is a rat. \-.o/_ m m _/)_,' <O~ -- OO Joaquim G�ndara .||. http://www.Nerd-Boy.net bb jg
Joaquim G�ndara wrote: > \-.-/_ > m m _/)_,' jg Woohoo! :) Rowe -- You can get anything you want on Alice's NNTP. You can get anything you want on Alice's NNTP. Telnet over, it's a simple hack. Port one-nineteen is where it's at. and you can get anything you want on Alice's NNTP.
"Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> skrev i meddelandet news:2i3...@uni-berlin.de > "Rowe Rickenbacker" <use...@templeofdreams.net> skrev i meddelandet > news:2i1...@uni-berlin.de > > > > Damn. And there was me looking forward to someone beating the challenge > > of a 2-line high cat. I really liked this comic though - that last bit > > is a killer. > > I wasn't aware of such a challenge. Or maybe I was and forgot. > > \-.-/_ > m m _/)_,' jg > > > Dreaming that my sig is a rat. > > \-.o/_ > m m _/)_,' <O~ Curled it up in a ball. ,-\-.-/ (__-.m m jg Looks better if I cheat with a third line. _ _ ,-\o.o/ (__-.m m ~O> A real rat! Get it! -- OO Joaquim G�ndara .||. http://www.Nerd-Boy.net bb jg
"Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> skrev i meddelandet news:2i3...@uni-berlin.de > "Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> skrev i meddelandet > news:2i3...@uni-berlin.de > > "Rowe Rickenbacker" <use...@templeofdreams.net> skrev i meddelandet > > news:2i1...@uni-berlin.de > > > > > > Damn. And there was me looking forward to someone beating the challenge > > > of a 2-line high cat. I really liked this comic though - that last bit > > > is a killer. > > > > I wasn't aware of such a challenge. Or maybe I was and forgot. > > > > \-.-/_ > > m m _/)_,' jg > > > > > > Dreaming that my sig is a rat. > > > > \-.o/_ > > m m _/)_,' <O~ > > Curled it up in a ball. > > ,-\-.-/ > (__-.m m jg > > Looks better if I cheat with a third line. > _ _ > ,-\o.o/ > (__-.m m ~O> > > A real rat! Get it! Aww, it escaped into its hole! `-m\o.o/m Keep watching the hole, it might come out. -- OO Joaquim G�ndara .||. http://www.Nerd-Boy.net bb jg
"Joaquim G�ndara" > Aww, it escaped into its hole! > > `-m\o.o/m > > Keep watching the hole, it might come out. Well now we caught you, Joaquim! You provide us with stories in such a way that we imagine everything you want us to imagine! Let me explain: Nobody (at least not me) would have been able to decipher `-m\o.o/m as "a cat in front of a mouse hole seen from within". But now - after all this "challenge" here and "tricky 3rd line" there and a final "Aww..." it's completely natural. Wondergratefully, your psychiasciologician R@iner
"Rainer Rosenthal" <r.r...@web.de> skrev i meddelandet news:2i3...@uni-berlin.de > > "Joaquim G�ndara" > > > Aww, it escaped into its hole! > > > > `-m\o.o/m > > > > Keep watching the hole, it might come out. > > Well now we caught you, Joaquim! > > You provide us with stories in such a way that we > imagine everything you want us to imagine! [snip] Oops, busted! It's true, I use context a great deal to maximise the comprehensibility of my mini ascii art. I always try to find a way to explain what my art is supposed to be, without being too obvious of course. Dialogue is a great help in my Nerd Boy strips, since people are naturally talking about what's happening. I've noticed that people are less likely to understand unexpected events in my strips, and I'm guessing it's because the mini ascii art that represents the unexpected event isn't properly supported by the dialogue, or at least implicitly explained by preceding panels. This is a good example: http://www.nerd-boy.net/300 Maybe I could've drawn an initial outside view, like the cinematographical "wide view" used to facilitate comprehension. Sometimes I rely on the reader being accustomed to seeing Nerd Boy's glasses as OO or Mandy's ponytail as ~ so I can just use those in a new context and you can still understand them. It's a matter of creating new symbols through usage. I'm always afraid new readers will be completely lost when I pull stunts like that, because they don't know the symbols I've created in Nerd Boy; they don't know the Nerd Boy language like my old readers do. I haven't used Nerd Boy symbols in a while. The best example I can find is one that sets up the usage both with preceding panels and with dialogue: http://www.nerd-boy.net/315 If Nerd Boy hadn't been standing next to the drumset a while, the reader might not understand what's happening when Nerd Boy is sitting behind it. What I did this time, with the cat, was create the \o.o/ symbol and the m symbol in the reader's mind through repeated usage, and then I was free to combine them in a new way. I guess you caught me this time because the mini story wasn't that much of a story. :) -- OO Joaquim G�ndara .||. http://www.Nerd-Boy.net bb jg
"Joaquim G�ndara" > I guess you caught me this time because the mini > story wasn't that much of a story. :) Thanks for your detailled reply, which confirms my sudden insight some hours ago. I wondered what made me feel as if I really sat flat inside that hole (side by side with some poor and frightened mice :-) The one-line-outset was so adequate for that situation ... and so highly abstract on the other hand. So I was forced to think about the magic behind that. "Magic" is not so bad an expression here, I think. We readers and fans of "Nerd Boy & Friends" share the magic that has sort of bewitched you. Best regards and greetings R@ineR
Rowe Rickenbacker wrote: > Damn. And there was me looking forward to someone beating the challenge > of a 2-line high cat. I really liked this comic though - that last bit > is a killer. two lines? one line! & ---(meow!) heh
"Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote in news:2i1ou0Fi2lnlU1@uni- berlin.de: > I bought a cat. You bought a cat?! OK, here is the tip-off. BOUGHT. Yea, right! > _^_^ > =v= | *MEOW* > \J_/`. > | \ > ||| ( \ > ||| _\|`-' > So litter box scooping is done by, what? A Terex back-hoe perhaps? Let's just hope that is does not start "marking" its territory! Oh, the smell! -- ATB Charles Kincaid
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