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  • Subject: [dr-fun-changes] http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/ has changed.
  • Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:13:56 +1200

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> Visit ibiblio
> Welcome to the Doctor Fun Page
>
> Welcome to the Doctor Fun Page.
> _________________________________________________________
>
> We now return to our regularly-scheduled normalcy..
> _________________________________________________________
>
> 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 The slightly-out-of-date Doctor Fun FAQ, News about the Doctor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 18, 2004 - Good news - the book is going to Plan Nine
> tomorrow for a test printing. Bad news - it took longer to put
> it together than I expected, so no work was done finishing up
> the Peeps special. It will run when it runs. Nobody expects
> ... the Peeps Special! In the meantime, regular cartoons
> resume.
>
> 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:
>
> d-farley AT ibiblio.org
>
> 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, d-farley AT ibiblio.org
>
> Back to the top





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