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That was Phil Foglio's cartoon, "What's New"

Interested people can read those at:

http://www.studiofoglio.com/

(I don't get a kickback from Phil and Kaja for this, I'm just prostituting myself for nothing. As one of Phil's characters also said "Hey, I'm easy but I'm not cheap!).

AS someone who is overweight (I'm working on it!) I chose an apropriate costume for my size/shape. That of the mighty Hoffmanite, Buck Godot.

Komar can be reached from:

http://www.studiofoglio.com/

You want Phil, not Dixie.

I'm curious, did the BSDs ever resolve the "disagreement" (I put it in quotes because the nature or extent of it and who exactly it was directed at was never clear to the public) between themselves and Phil Foglio? As I recall, it was Phil's Daemon design for one of the early Unix conferences that inspired the modern BSD daemon (I've seen the original T-shirt once, it's pretty cool).

Here's one person's recollection of the history of the Daemon design.

== on "the 30's vision of the future.

For more inspired alternate-reality, complete with dirigibles and mad scientists, see Phil and Kaja Foglio's brilliantly-conceived world of _Girl_Genius_ http://www.studiofoglio.com/girlgenius.html

I, too greatly enjoyed WN. I was wondering if other slashdotters might help me with the origin of one of my favorite bits. It's quite OT, but if you feel up to it, please read on...

There was the WN that detailed superhero RPGs, poking fun at the various super powers, inlcuding worthless ones. One panel had the caption "Gazebo Boy finds his singular power of metamophisis useless against the evil Termite!" and a sketch of a gazebo with human eyes looking on in terror as it is ripped apart by a 15 foot tall termite. For years I had always assumed that Gazebo Boy came straight out of the fevered depths of Foglio's imagination. I came across some references on the net recently, though, that make me wonder if it was a running joke in the comic community that Foglio simply picked up.

So, does anyone know the origin of the Gazebo Boy joke? Failing that, does anyone know the origin of Gazebo Boy himself (I presume there was a laboratory accident or radioactive wood boring beetle involved somehow)?

Exactly how many of these games have you actually played? I've played Bitin' Off Hedz, Kill Dr. Lucky, and particularly love Girl Genius: The Works (btw go read up on GG, it's a great comic). Neither myself nor any of the coplayers noticed any "weak gameplay", we just had a great time.

I got my PDA primarily so I could have easy, light weight access to all those little bits of information that occasionally come up: Phone numbers, addresses, which was the last issue of Girl Genius that I read, etc. I bought my Handspring Visor two or three years ago, and even then it was an older model. Today, I take it everywhere I go - because I need it: It reminds me of things I have to do. I have ready access to all those little bits of info I mentioned. I can actually answer my parents when they ask "are you doing anything the weekend of ___?" Not to mention being able to catch a little reading while I'm waiting in the lobby at a restaurant.

"What's New?" and other Phil & Kaja Foglio material can be found here and here (Adult!)

"What's New?" contains material from Dragon Magazine, Duelist and other sources. Probably why it is not avaible at TSR, besides Phil often do his own publishing.

In case, you're one of many like me who collected magic cards, but doesn't play much anymore; someone just forwarded me this link to a Cheapass Game that can be played with Magic Cards. If you're not familliar with Cheapass Games, they produce very low-cost games with simple rules. Their best known include: "Before I Kill You, Mr. Bond", "Give Me the Brain", "Kill Dr. Lucky" and many, many others.

My personal favorite and recommendation is "Kill Dr. Lucky" for it's deceptively simple strategy, including the infamous "lucky train".

Landyland and it's sister game Mana Burn are only a buck each, which is the low-end of Cheapass games. The high end is around $8-10, but I usually expect to pay around $2-5 for a Cheapass game.

The other great thing about Cheapass is the art. Many of the games are drawn by such artists as Phil Phoglio and John Kovalic. It may be on paper cut-outs, but it's very nicely done.

NOTE: I'm advocating Cheapass games, but have no vested interest in their financial future. I'd love to see more people play them, but that's just for my gaming fun.