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'''Compu-toon''' is a [[comic strip]] by [[Charles Boyce]] |
'''Compu-toon''' is a [[comic strip]] by [[Charles Boyce]] |
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and is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate. It features people in the modern world. More specifically, it is an experiment in how badly a comic can be drawn and written before it stops being syndicated. Lacking any jokes and a single straight line in a lazily drawn single frame comic, the real joke is that nobody seems to bother to read the text in the caption before it is printed, leading to hilarious grammar errors and typos that are generally found to be funnier than the attempted "joke". Compu-toon is arguably one of the worst comics in print, ranking alongside other ineptly drawn, horribly written atrocities such as Jane's World. It is notable as a comic that is ostensibly about computers and technology, but which displays a stunning ignorance of the most fundamental concepts of personal computers and information technology. It is almost inconceivable that the artist, Boyce, has ever seen, much less used a computer, given the baffling ways in which people interact with them in his "comic". |
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== Main Characters == |
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Compu-toon does not have any discernible main characters. This is attributable to the gross ineptitude of the artist, who is unable to draw in straight lines and does not appear to have the ability to make his characters recognizable and distinct from each other. The captions provided with each comic do not attempt to identify the characters separately either. |
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== '''Compu-toon''' == |
== '''Compu-toon''' == |
Revision as of 21:29, 2 July 2008
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Compu-toon is a comic strip by Charles Boyce and is syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate. It features people in the modern world. More specifically, it is an experiment in how badly a comic can be drawn and written before it stops being syndicated. Lacking any jokes and a single straight line in a lazily drawn single frame comic, the real joke is that nobody seems to bother to read the text in the caption before it is printed, leading to hilarious grammar errors and typos that are generally found to be funnier than the attempted "joke". Compu-toon is arguably one of the worst comics in print, ranking alongside other ineptly drawn, horribly written atrocities such as Jane's World. It is notable as a comic that is ostensibly about computers and technology, but which displays a stunning ignorance of the most fundamental concepts of personal computers and information technology. It is almost inconceivable that the artist, Boyce, has ever seen, much less used a computer, given the baffling ways in which people interact with them in his "comic".
Main Characters
Compu-toon does not have any discernible main characters. This is attributable to the gross ineptitude of the artist, who is unable to draw in straight lines and does not appear to have the ability to make his characters recognizable and distinct from each other. The captions provided with each comic do not attempt to identify the characters separately either.
Compu-toon
At its height, Compu-toon, launched in 1994 through Tribune Media Services, ran in about 150 newspapers worldwide from 1994 to 1997. Now, it appears on such Web sites as www.gocomics.com, www.compu-toon.com, and www.ucomics.com.[citation needed]
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