From: team8martinland@hotmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:19:45 +0100, Sharky wrote:   
      
   > Martin 'Martinland' Schemitsch wrote:   
   >   
   >> ...actually I'm in the process of enjoying all the old Nerdboy Ascii   
   >> strips by Joaquim, remember him?   
   >   
   > I loved the Nerdboy saga.   
   >   
   > Here's a follow up I did to one of the strips...   
      
   Grrreat!   
      
   Thanks for posting this, Sharky...   
      
   ...it's funny: Since a couple of days ago I have been reading up on the   
   Nerdboy Ascii strips of his "guest artist week" series dating back to   
   January 2002, how very fitting! ;-D   
      
   Below I attached my favorite piece so far! ;-D   
      
   ML   
      
   >   
   >>   
   >> LATER...      *       /      *                                \ *   
   >>      /\             ,' *   Or maybe not.                   *   \   
   >>     /  \  *        /               `__        *                 `. *   
   >> *  /    \       ,-'  *             {{O               *            \   
   >>   /    _,\   _,'           *       ((-|    *                *      \   
   >>  /:._.::::\,'            *         b b|                             \   
   >> /:::::::::/    *                 o  o                                `   
   >> /::::::::,'                     o  o            *                   *   
   >> :::::::-'               *     o  o                        *   
   >   
   > Much Much Later...      _^_^   
   >                         =v= |  *MEOW*   
   >                         \J_/`.   
   >                        |5000\   
   >                        ||| ( \   
   >                        ||| _\|`-'   
   >                        -------   
   >                        /     \   
   >                       /       \   
   >                      /         \   
   >                     /           \   
   >                    /             \   
   >                   /               \   
   >                  /                 \   
   >                 /       __          \   
   >                /       {{@@  ARGHH!  \   
   >               /         //-|          \   
   >              /          bb |           \   
   >             /           o o             \   
   >            /              o o            \   
   >           /                o o            \   
   >          /                  o o            \   
   >  ~ ~ ~~ /  ~~  ~~   ~~   ~~   ~~  ~~ ~~ ~~  \ ~~~ ~~   
   >  ~~ ~~ /   ~~   ~~   ~~   ~~   ~~     ~~  ~~ \ ~~~~ Sharky   
      
   ///   
      
      
   Episode 160 (Jan. 10, 2002)   
      
   GUEST ARTIST WEEK   
   -----------------   
      
   What the heck is         []      It's my new time machine! Do   
   this supposed to be?   .-==-.    you like the design?   
                    `      |[][]|    ,   
                     ~..   |[][]|  OO   
                      >>   |[][]| .||.   
                    __|\___|____|__dd___________   
      
      
      
   Not particularly. Does   []      But of course! Would you like   
   it actually work?      .-==-.    a demonstration?   
                    `      |[][]|    ,   
                     ~..   |[][]| \OO   
                     .>>.  |[][]|  ||.   
                    __||___|____|__dd___________   
      
      
   How could I say no?      []      Stand back!   
   No! Oh, go on          .-==-.    Here goes...   
   then...         `      |[][]|    ,   
                     ~..   |[][]|  OO   
                     .>>.  |[][]| -||.   
                    __||___|____|__dd___________   
      
      
                  It is 10:45am  []   
                             ` .-==-.    Amazing, huh?   
                               |[][]|          ,   
                     ~--       |[][]|        OO   
                     .>>.      |[][]|       .||.   
                    __||_______|____|________dd___________   
      
      
   LATER...   
      
     Not this stupid Time     []      Don't worry. I've ironed out   
     Machine again...       .-==-.    the bugs and now it works   
                     `      |[][]|    ,  perfectly.   
                      ~--   |[][]|  OO   
                      .>>,  |[][]| .||.   
                     __||___|____|__dd___________   
      
      
     Why do I have this       []      Don't worry. Nothing could   
     impending feeling of   .-==-.    possibly go wrong... er,   
     doom...         `      |[][]|    , stand back anyway.   
                      ~..   |[][]|  OO   
                      .>>,  |[][]| -||.   
                     __/|___|____|__dd___________   
      
      
      
     Nothing happened, idiot.    []   
     I thought you said you'd  .-==-.    Er... behind you...   
     ironed out the  `         |[][]|        ,   
     bugs!            ~..      |[][]|      OO   
                      .>>.     |[][]|     -||.   
                     __||______|____|______dd___________   
      
      
      
                                 []   
     YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!      .-==-.   
                     `         |[][]|   
                 OO    ..~     |[][]|      OO   
                .||.  \<