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Do you ever wonder about the burning existential questions …

What was “ANSI art”?
What was a “bulletin board”?
Were there ANSI comics?
Heck, how do you even define "comics"?

… Well, I've got some answers:

https://breakintochat.com/blog/2025/12/28/ansi-art-and-webcomics-bbses-and-the-artscene/

#retrocomputing #textmode #history #comics #webcomics
#vintagecomputing #computerhistory #textart #bbs #ansiart

🤔 ❓
Do you ever wonder about the burning existential questions …

What was “ANSI art”?
What was a “bulletin board”?
Were there ANSI comics?
Heck, how do you even define "comics"?

… Well, I've got some answers:

https://breakintochat.com/blog/2025/12/28/ansi-art-and-webcomics-bbses-and-the-artscene/

#retrocomputing #textmode #history #comics #webcomics
#vintagecomputing #computerhistory #textart #bbs #ansiart

Mistodon: The damn beautiful fool of an elf did it, he went too far this time, pulling off one last Christmas... but at what cost? This depiction of Santa's gift-wrapped funeral was drawn by @littlebitspace and LDA for this date in last year's ADVENT24 #ANSIart #AdventCalendar.

Mistodon: The damn beautiful fool of an elf did it, he went too far this time, pulling off one last Christmas... but at what cost? This depiction of Santa's gift-wrapped funeral was drawn by @littlebitspace and LDA for this date in last year's ADVENT24 #ANSIart #AdventCalendar.

Mistodon: Originally intended as vegetarian menu art for the IMBIBE01 food-themed e-mag, Cthulu adapted the poster to the 1978 B-movie #AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes to #ANSIart with help from LDA and Moth. It was included in the spooky MIST1024 artpack released one year ago.

Mistodon: Originally intended as vegetarian menu art for the IMBIBE01 food-themed e-mag, Cthulu adapted the poster to the 1978 B-movie #AttackOfTheKillerTomatoes to #ANSIart with help from LDA and Moth. It was included in the spooky MIST1024 artpack released one year ago.

Mistodon: @nitron drew this #ANSIart illustration of #ShogoYahagi escaping with the Garland motorbike from the #Megazone23 #anime (or if you prefer, #MarkLandry stealing the #MODAT5 in #Robotech.) It was included in the SF-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.

Mistodon: @nitron drew this #ANSIart illustration of #ShogoYahagi escaping with the Garland motorbike from the #Megazone23 #anime (or if you prefer, #MarkLandry stealing the #MODAT5 in #Robotech.) It was included in the SF-themed MIST0524 artpack collection.

Mistodon: in different formats and from different eras, here's a sampling of the varied subjects and different mediums (#ANSIart, #teletext, #utf8 art) our artists used to salute #anime in the new MIST0825 artpack collection, browsable via the 16colo.rs gallery or downloadable locally!

Mistodon: in different formats and from different eras, here's a sampling of the varied subjects and different mediums (#ANSIart, #teletext, #utf8 art) our artists used to salute #anime in the new MIST0825 artpack collection, browsable via the 16colo.rs gallery or downloadable locally!

Mistodon: nostalgia can move a reasonable person to do strange things. Case in point -- for the recent #cat-themed MIST0725 artpack collection, Cthulu tried to think of famous cats from the '90s, when #ANSIart was king, and reproduce them in that element for resonance synergy. This is why he for some reason thought it would be a good idea to draw the rear cover art to the 1991 album by Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract" dance partner, #MCSkatKat, a real Poochie of a mascot.

Mistodon: nostalgia can move a reasonable person to do strange things. Case in point -- for the recent #cat-themed MIST0725 artpack collection, Cthulu tried to think of famous cats from the '90s, when #ANSIart was king, and reproduce them in that element for resonance synergy. This is why he for some reason thought it would be a good idea to draw the rear cover art to the 1991 album by Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract" dance partner, #MCSkatKat, a real Poochie of a mascot.

well, Happy Birthday Megumin! #ansiart #konosuba #ansi #この素晴らしい世界に祝福を #このすば

https://aka-san.halcy.de/hanseweb/image/konosuba_final.ans

Mistodon: this #ANSIart portrait memorialises Charles "Lucky" Mendoza, Nitron's animal companion of some fifteen years. "Gangster, Friend, Lover of Fancy Feast." This piece was included in the new cat-themed MIST0725 artpack collection.