Latest changes to http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/ 2004-04-09: network trouble on the list. Sorry. _______________________________________________ 1,441d0 < < Visit ibiblio < Welcome to the Doctor Fun Page < < Welcome to the Doctor Fun Page. < _________________________________________________________ < < Augh! Doctor Fun emergency break this week! See below!. < _________________________________________________________ < < The Latest Doctor Fun Cartoon < This Week's Doctor Fun Cartoons, A Larger Version of the < Latest Doctor Fun Logo < Browse Doctor Fun cartoons and logos all the way back to 1993 < in The Doctor Fun Archive. < Some cartoons other readers liked, Never been here before? < Search Doctor Fun Captions: Mark Plaga's Doctor Fun Search < Page, Jack Leblond's Doctor Fun Search Page < Random Doctor Fun? < Doctor Fun Mirrors: Pacific Internet, Australia, Australian < Cybermalls, Austria, Germany, Great Britain, New Zealand, < Sweden, United States < Credits for Mirrors < Philip Newton's Doctor Fun RSS feed: Get the last 15 Doctor < Fun cartoons through RSS. < If you are a programmer-type person, you can get Doctor Fun < and zillions of other comics with Netcomics. < Nicholas Barnard's Mailing Lists: Latest Doctor Fun, Latest < Logo < Find out when these pages update, with Jonathan Ah Kit's < Doctor Fun Website Changes List. < Some Old Week of Doctor Fun, Mostafa Eldefrawy's Toonogram, < Doctor Fun Segmation < Lots of old, pre-Internet Doctor Fun stuff, including Science < Fair, and other interesting things. Readers often pick this < one. < The slightly-out-of-date Doctor Fun FAQ, News about the Doctor < Fun book < _________________________________________________________ < < News < < April 7, 2004 - Doctor Fun Emergency Break! Peeps Week is < Canceled! Well, sort of. Peeps Week is delayed, ok and the < Doctor Fun studio has "gone dark" this week, to use tv talk. < This is an unplanned break. The next planned break wasn't < supposed to be until June, and a gigantic Peeps Bonus was to < be ready to go by this Sunday. So what's going on? Good < things, actually (no, I'm not having a baby). As you may have < heard, there have been rumors of a Doctor Fun book, and the < rumors are true. Unfortunately, through no particular fault of < anyone, the Doctor Fun book has been drifting about in the < Horse Latitudes for some time. But it's drifting no more, in < fact, there's a bit of a typhoon, and the final, < ready-to-go-to-press version of the book needs to be ready < next week. After all this time, of course the book is all < ready to go, right? Um, sort of. In a better, more organized < world, the book would be ready, but it's not quite there, and < I've got to get it done. Finishing the book does not involve < drawing anything new - just a lot of tedious desktop < publishing-type stuff, but stuff I need to do myself, although < since we changed the format to landscape I will probably draw < a new cover (maybe a bit punchier than the proposed one). So, < that's the way it is. I will finish out the cartoons this < week, but Doctor Fun will be off next week, and the Peeps < Special will run after the book is ready and I can finish it, < hopefully all by the end of next week, if not sooner. < Unfortunately, I don't have a supply of old cartoons on < standby ready to upload for these types of situations, so it's < cold turkey this time around. On the other hand, the world is < crying for a Doctor Fun book, right? Right. And lest you < complain too much, may I remind you that I have a day job. < < And when will the book actually be available? No firm date < yet. Plan Nine Publishing is testing some new equipment and < production methods. I would think if the test is successful, < very soon. < < April 5, 2004 - It's Peeps Week (again) with Doctor Fun! There < will be a bonus (hopefully, again) at the end of the week. < < March 29, 2004 - As I suspected, driving all over the country < last week put me on a short deadline to get the cartoons ready < for next week, so the break continues. But hey, I did put 100 < up this time around. < < March 15, 2004 - There will be a short break next week. < < March 22, 2004 - As promised, Doctor Fun is on break, this < time maybe for a week, or maybe two weeks, depending on my < schedule. In the meantime, I've uploaded not 50, but 100 < newly-scanned cartoons from 1990. < < March 15, 2004 - There will be a short break next week. < < March 8, 2004 < * Today's cartoon about the guppy has been covered before, < but you'll have to find the old one yourself. It was too < late to change it - anyway, it's important to update the < jokes to keep up with emerging penis enlargement < technologies. < * Some things are getting smaller, though. Here's a picture < of my new downsized computer setup. Here's the old setup. < * There will be a short break around the end of March. < < March 1, 2004 - that Valentine's Day sucks. In < non-celebration, I've put together a collection of 50 slightly < raunchy Doctor Fun cartoons from days past. Slightly raunchy < because this is still a PG-13 cartoon - the ibiblio merger < with Vivid Video fell through. There are plenty more - a quick < peek found more than 100 possibilities. Do I have a dirty < mind? Probably not, since it was 100 out of a couple thousand < - only a few know for sure. And finally, If I've accomplished < anything in this life, it's that something actually comes back < if you type "vagina squirrels" into google. < _________________________________________________________ < < February 3, 2004 - Wow - more news already! Thanks to Gary < Marshall of Pacific Internet, there is a new Doctor Fun mirror < in Sydney. < < Also, the new Comics Museum in Groningen, The Netherlands is < putting together an exhibit on net comics that will include < something about Doctor Fun. This is happening sometime in < April. I don't know much more than that. I've offered to come < over (on my dime) and give a talk on Doctor Fun just for fun. < Haven't heard anything back - stay tuned, and let me know if < there is any interest. < < February 2, 2004 - Doctor Fun is back. I apologize for the < lack of old cartoon updates during the break; I had one more < set and didn't have enough time to finish putting it together < and get all the new cartoons ready at the same time. In fact, < I didn't get to quite where I wanted to be, so I may make up < for it by taking a one-week break in March sometime. We'll < see. In the the meantime, the march to 520 weeks continues. < < I still have hopes of seeing at least one Doctor Fun book, but < haven't heard much back from Plan Nine Publishing. In any < event, I plan to have the book assembled by March, and after < that we'll see what happens. I still have all the favorites < and requests you sent in ages ago - thanks for those - keep < sending them if you like. < < For those who are interested in such things, I've switched < production of Doctor Fun and everything else off my Sony VAIO < Pentablet (which developed all sorts of unfixable problems) < and to my laptop (Fujitsu P5010), which is much nicer, < although I'm now drawing on a separate Wacom tablet again. < < More news... < _________________________________________________________ < < Info < < Welcome to the all new spiffed-up and friendlier Doctor Fun < page! I've thought for awhile that most of the people who < visit this page are first-time visitors, and return customers < just go for the goods. New visitors poke around, get confused < and angry, and then leave and never come back. Not if I can < help it. Welcome, friend! This all new extra-friendly and < improved Doctor Fun page is just for you! < < What's that picture at the top of the page, is that the < cartoon? < < No, that's the logo - we'll get to that later. It's just a < pretty picture to look at. < < What the [DEL: fu :DEL] heck is Doctor Fun? < < Doctor Fun is a cartoon. Not all Doctor Funs may be suitable < for children and some childlike adults. There's a new Doctor < Fun every weekday. Doctor Fun is hosted by ibiblio, the < public's library and digital archive, at the University of < North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Doctor Fun first appeared on the < Internet in 1993, and has been at ibiblio (ibiblio has had < other names, including SunSITE and Metalab) since 1994. What < Doctor Fun is, for the literal-minded, is a 640 x 480 pixel < 24-bit color JPEG file. Doctor Fun has the dubious distinction < of being the first web cartoon. Doctor Fun was not, however, < the first cartoon on the Internet. < < I still don't get it. Why do they let you ...? You're not ...? < But ...? < < Never you mind. Look - there's no reason for Doctor Fun to < even exist, but here it is. < < Thanks! Now that I know all that, I want to read the latest < Doctor Fun cartoon! < < Here is the latest cartoon. If you'd like to always link to < the latest Doctor Fun, you can use this link: < < http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/latest.jpg < < You can get a little thumbnail of (only the artwork) the < latest cartoon, too. < < http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/thumb.jpg < < That cartoon sucked. < < That wasn't really a question, was it? If you didn't < particularly like whatever the latest Doctor Fun cartoon < happened to be, perhaps you are still Doctor Fun-curious and < would like to see some Doctor Funs that other people seem to < like a lot. Here's a mix of cartoons that other people, < perhaps like you, seemed to enjoy. These cartoons actually got < some hits, or I actually got some e-mail about them, or both. < * Here's the one about Barney. < * Here's the one about beavers. < * Here's the one about gerbils. < * Here's the one about tribbles. < * Here's the one about wasabi. < * Here's the one about vasectomies. < * Here's the one about Clusenix. < * Here's the one about Usenet. < * Here's the one about Don Knuth. < * Here's the one about The Incredible Hulk. < < Those cartoons all suck, but continue with your feeble efforts < to entertain. Show me some more. < < Now, then - those are not necessarily my favorites, either. So < I went through each year and picked out some that I thought < were either particularly funny, or particularly well-drawn. A < few I thought were both funny and well-drawn. < * Here's the one about the donuts. < * Here's the one about Godzilla. < * Here's the one about the chickens. < * Here's the one about the human cannonball. < * Here's the one about Mr. Spock. < * Here's the one about the sperm. < * Here's the one about the protozoa. < * Here's the one about the blow-up doll. < * Pick this one! < * Here's the one about the squirrel. < * Here's the one about the ice cream cones. < * Here's the one about the pinatas. < * Here's the one about the deathray. < * Here's the one about the elephants. < * Here's the one about tomatillos. < * Here's the one about watering the plants. < * Here's the one about the tapeworms. < * Here's the one about the Zamboni. < * Here's the one about the operating room. < * Here's the one about the goldfish. < * Here's another one about squirrels. < * Here's the one about Gumby. < * Here's the one about Santa. < * Here's another one about chickens. < * Here's the one about Mr. Potato Head. < * Here's the one about the weasels. < * Here's the one about the Titanic. < * Here's the one about the Muppets. < * Here's the one about the pickles. < * Here's the one about Vlad the Impaler. < * Here's the one about carrots. < * Here's the one about Rear Window. < * Here's the one about the fleas. < * Here's the one about the Enchanted Forest. < * Here's the one about Steely Dan. < * Here's the one about the Amish. < * Here's the one about noses. < * Here's the one about Mister Clean. < * Here's the one about Harry Potter. < * Here's the one about the chipmunk. < * Here's the one about the polar bear. < * Here's the one about Ultraman. < < Back to the top < < These are the cartoons with just the right balance of < 30-something sophistication and juvenile humor that I've been < searching for! Thank you, Mr. Cartoon Drawing Man! Where can I < read more? < < Still not satisfied? Why not visit the Doctor Fun Archive, < where you can browse all the old cartoons? Or Doctor Fun's < Special Cartoons Unit, where you can browse stuff that's even < older than Doctor Fun? < < However shall I peruse only this week's Doctor Fun cartoons? < < You can also see all the cartoons to date for the latest week. < If you want to link to this page, it is always: < < http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/this-week.html < < In a shameless attempt to increase traffic, I'm introducing a < new, and perhaps temporary, feature called "Some Old Week of < Doctor Fun Cartoons". It changes every day. Link to it at: < < http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/old-week.html < < What's the deal with the logo? I don't understand the < relationship between the unchanging dog-like character in the < Doctor Fun logo, and the actual cartoon, and stuff I don't < understand makes me mad. < < There is also a Doctor Fun logo, which should be at the top of < this page unless I screwed the link up, in which case there is < an "error". The little guy in the logo is Doctor Fun, but he < doesn't actually appear in the cartoons. We won't ever be able < to sell any cute little Doctor Fun beanie dolls or big ugly < Doctor Fun blow-up dolls unless there's some kind of cute < little mascot, and that's the best I could come up with. (To < date there haven't actually been any Doctor Fun dolls of any < size at all.) There is a larger version of the logo available, < than the one that appears on this page. Nobody ever clicks on < it, but here it is anyway. < < http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/logo.jpg < < You can get the smaller version, too. < < http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/logo-small.jpg < < And a thumbnail. < < http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/thumbl.jpg < < It would be nice if I could search the Doctor Fun captions. < Tell me I can search the Doctor Fun captions. < < Oh, yes, you can search the Doctor Fun captions two different < ways: < < Jack Leblond at Net Smart Incorporated, and Support Your < Troops has kindly provided a mirror for Doctor Fun in the form < of a search engine. You can also get a random Doctor Fun < cartoon at Jack's page. Have fun. < < Mark Plaga has created another Doctor Fun search page. Mark's < page will display a slide show of cartoons after you make your < search. Have more fun. < < It would be great if I could search more than the captions. < < Yes, it would be great, but none of that is available and it's < entirely my fault. < < Electronic postcards are so popular with the young people < these days. Can I send a Doctor Fun electronic postcard to < some teenage girls I met on IRC? < < You can send a smaller version of a selected number of Doctor < Fun cartoons as an electronic postcard at Toonogram, sponsored < by Cyber Loft. < < Toonogram was provided courtesy of Mostafa Eldefrawy, who did < all of the work. Mostafa was also kind enough to give me the < code to turn any Doctor Fun into a Toonogram, which I will do < someday. < < I should wish to receive Doctor Fun cartoons as missives in my < "electronic mail". Is there perchance a Doctor Fun mailing < list? < < You can receive the latest Doctor Fun cartoon in your e-mail < by joining Nicholas Barnard's Doctor Fun Mailing List. < < I'm far away. Not close up. Is there a Doctor Fun site closer < to me? < < These Doctor Fun mirrors might be closer to you than ibiblio. < This list is new and improved because the cartoons on these < sites actually update. There used to be more mirrors. If you < know of a mirror that isn't on this list, or want to be a < mirror, drop me a line. < * Australia - Today's Doctor Fun and The Doctor Fun Page < from Australian Cybermalls. (Their page only updates the < latest cartoons, and looks different than this page.) < * Austria - Today's Doctor Fun and browse the Doctor Fun < files from the Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, < Austria. < * Germany - Today's Doctor Fun and The Doctor Fun Page from < Dr. Bernhard L. Winkler's WWW-Mirror at the University of < Bayreuth, Germany. < * Great Britain - Today's Doctor Fun and The Doctor Fun Page < from Manchester. < * New Zealand - Today's Doctor Fun and The Doctor Fun Page < from Nick Kean in New Zealand. < * Sweden - Today's Doctor Fun and The Doctor Fun Page from < SUNET. < * United States - Today's Doctor Fun and The Doctor Fun Page < from the ibiblio mirror at Yale Medical School. < < Back to the top < < We're a group of former Enron billionaires trying to spend our < now-worthless stock options on foolish purchases. Where can we < buy Doctor Fun stuff? < < Nowhere that that I know of, but if you keep asking for stuff, < sometimes stuff appears. < < Are you soliciting ideas for Doctor Fun? < < No, I am not soliciting ideas for Doctor Fun. < < But, I've got an idea.. < < No. < < Is Doctor Fun Copyright (c) 2003 David Farley? < < Yes. Feel free to link to Doctor Fun, send it to your friends, < send it to your enemies, print it out and use it for toilet < paper (use the glossy photo paper so you clog the toilet real < good) or tape it to your door. But anything beyond personal < use I'd appreciate it if you'd contact me. You can use all < those file names that never change to always link to the < latest cartoon, the latest logo, the latest thumbnails, the < latest week, and that. Thanks. < < Some of those e-mail addresses on the old cartoons don't work. < That's a puzzler. < < Yes. tezcat.com, for instance, is out of business. This is the < correct address: < < [EMAIL PROTECTED] < < More! More! I want to know more! < < Quick - before you wet your pants, read the tedious and < exhaustive Doctor Fun FAQ. < < Thanks for reading Doctor Fun! David < < Back to the top < _________________________________________________________ < < < These pages maintained, and contents copyrighted, by David < Farley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < < Back to the top
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