Post #250,281
3/31/06 10:31:46 AM
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Help Desk turns 10!
Help Desk is celebrating its 10th anniversary. On March 31, 1996, a plucky young webzine covering the OS/2 software market published the first four Help Desk strips ever. And it's all gone downhill from there.
Now that I think of it, it was one of those early strips -- the one where I parodied Infoworld's decision to throw out the "Best OS" poll that OS/2 won because "it was obvious the data was tampered with, but we won't bother trying to prove it" that caused me to start hanging out in those old Infoworld forums...
Ah, nostalgia.
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
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Post #250,282
3/31/06 10:34:21 AM
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BTW, I was reading the old stuff and noticed that.
I like the whole beginning. Especially the mocking of whats-her-name at IW at the time! Precious.
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Post #250,291
3/31/06 10:48:24 AM
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Meant to mention after your last Old Skool strip
I know why the "real" strip was late. They had hands.
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Post #250,297
3/31/06 10:54:16 AM
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Curse you, hands!
*shakes fist*
Blame this week on Jeff Darlington. :)
Few months back I was wondering in Keenspot forum what I should do to celebrate Help Desk's 10th anniversary, and he said "well I'd like to see you try hand-drawing your strips." Not really a workable solution these days (I've been diagnosed with essential tremor, and while it's not too bad at this point there's not much point in me trying to develop a skill that is going to go away in the near future) but I figured I'd try to put Inkscape to better use than I have been...
... what a pain in the ass. :)
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
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Post #250,298
3/31/06 10:56:14 AM
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When he said "hand-drawn", I don't think he meant ...
... that the characters should have hands.
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Post #250,295
3/31/06 10:52:48 AM
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Happy Anniversary!
Hopefully, there'll be many more to come!
lincoln
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Post #250,343
3/31/06 2:45:18 PM
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Yay!
When do the compilation books start coming out? :-)
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Post #250,354
3/31/06 3:39:33 PM
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Well, you see, there's a problem.
All comics were created at 72 dpi. Graphics in a book usually need to be at least 600 dpi, 300 at the very minimum. Also, the basic format of the comic makes it a little awkward as far as fitting it in a standard sized book goes.
"We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?"
- Edward Young
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Post #250,365
3/31/06 4:23:39 PM
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Put 'em on iPods and cell phones. :-)
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Post #250,363
3/31/06 4:12:41 PM
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Happy birthday to your Alex!
Sorry about your health news.
Alex
When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
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Post #250,366
3/31/06 4:24:31 PM
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HBD to Mr. Bunny the Hoppy Computer Guy
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Impeach Bush. Impeach Cheney. Do it now.
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Post #250,427
3/31/06 6:40:59 PM
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Dude! Congrats on your 'verserary!
jb4
"Every Repbulican who wants to defend Bush on [the expansion of Presidential powers], should be forced to say, 'I wouldn't hesitate to see President Hillary Rodham Clinton have the same authority'."
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Post #250,435
3/31/06 7:55:06 PM
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Where might a noob like me go to see your comics?
"It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
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Post #250,437
3/31/06 7:59:54 PM
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Here
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Post #250,438
3/31/06 8:08:26 PM
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Thanks
"It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
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Post #250,441
3/31/06 8:34:12 PM
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'Grats to the man who takes the Boast outta The Beast!
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Post #250,603
4/2/06 1:40:02 AM
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who'd a thought 10 year ago we'd sitting here....
congratulations
Have fun,
Carl Forde
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