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Old-school Nerdy Comics

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the unleash-the-power-of-tandy dept.

savetz writes "20 years before User Friendly, Doctor Fun, and Dilbert, about the only place a geek could go for a fix of nerdy comic goodness was ... Radio Shack. Tandy Computer Whiz Kids was a comic book series that was distributed for free at Radio Shack stores. It featured overeager kids stopping bad guys with their TRS-80s and acoustic modems, sweetly naive information about computers, and constant shilling of Radio Shack products. They're now on the Web." Update: 04/19 03:44 GMT by J : We're having a bit of DB trouble tonight... bear with us.

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  1. This is refreshing! by Blaine+Hilton · · Score: 2, Insightful
    As a self-proclaimed "new age" geek, it's nice to be able to see these comics from the past. Hopefully Michael alerted them so they can try to be prepared for the /dot effect. With all of those large graphics they are going to probably be hit hard.

    Go calculate something.

  2. I just love the titles. by Absurd+Being · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The Computers That Said No To Drugs. How 80's.

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  3. Remember when Radio Shack was cool? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I remember as a kid, my dad would take me to Radio Shack, and it was awesome. Now, it's just sad... really really sad. If I had kids, I wouldn't take them, because I'm sure they'd find it boring.