http://search.deviantart.com/?q=gallery:penguin-pete/9899842&section= deviantART RSS for gallery:penguin-pete/9899842 en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Wed, 22 May 2013 08:49:25 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Earnest-Smith-Duck-Amuck-354230833 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Earnest-Smith-Duck-Amuck-354230833 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 06:33:01 PST Earnest Smith-Duck Amuck nonadult digitalart/photomanip/humourous Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2013 !Penguin-Pete Get used to seeing image edits of Georgia State Representative Earnest G. Smith. He's asking for them.

But hey, he never said anything about using Gimp, right? And I think I have a welcome change from all those crude body parts pictures making the rounds. ]]> Get used to seeing image edits of Georgia State Representative Earnest G. Smith. He's asking for them.

But hey, he never said anything about using Gimp, right? And I think I have a welcome change from all those crude body parts pictures making the rounds.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Shoot-A-Bronie-352680577 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Shoot-A-Bronie-352680577 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 18:25:57 PST Shoot A Bronie nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/other Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2013 !Penguin-Pete

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By the way, did you all see my review of "Inkscape Beginner's Guide"? ]]>
By the way, did you all see my review of "Inkscape Beginner's Guide"?

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/8-kinds-of-problem-voters-328974733 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/8-kinds-of-problem-voters-328974733 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:12:22 PDT 8 kinds of problem voters nonadult digitalart/vector/other Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-The-Sci-Fi-Fantasy-Arc-317155459 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-The-Sci-Fi-Fantasy-Arc-317155459 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:28:20 PDT Doomed to Obscurity - The Sci-Fi Fantasy Arc nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

Here again with another complete story arc, this one the big sci-fi/fantasy parody. Just screaming insane.

And to compile a series of strips from the archive into one image when they're different sizes requires an Image Magick incantation of goat-sacrificing evil hairiness! ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

Here again with another complete story arc, this one the big sci-fi/fantasy parody. Just screaming insane.

And to compile a series of strips from the archive into one image when they're different sizes requires an Image Magick incantation of goat-sacrificing evil hairiness!

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-The-Lesser-Idiot-317148255 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-The-Lesser-Idiot-317148255 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:50:06 PDT Doomed to Obscurity - The Lesser Idiot nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

I'm going to try a new thing here. Because my strips tend to run in little story arcs with some continuity, I figure to post all of a story arc in one image. Maybe that makes it easier for everybody to follow along, does it?

This one was a response to watching our bigwigs in Washington debate the SOPA bill (don't even remember it now, do you?). It's frustrating seeing that the people who make laws governing technology have not the first clue about that technology. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

I'm going to try a new thing here. Because my strips tend to run in little story arcs with some continuity, I figure to post all of a story arc in one image. Maybe that makes it easier for everybody to follow along, does it?

This one was a response to watching our bigwigs in Washington debate the SOPA bill (don't even remember it now, do you?). It's frustrating seeing that the people who make laws governing technology have not the first clue about that technology.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-554-306954564 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-554-306954564 Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:13:50 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 554 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

Paul's estranged brother Mark joined Anonymous and ended up at the Occupy Wall Street protests for awhile. Isn't it great now that that racket is over and everyone can look back on it and laugh at what a ridiculous circus it was? Because I was trying to point that out while it was going on, and damned near got crucified by outraged mobs over it. Now everybody's going "Oh yeah, that was so dumb!"

This happens over and over again. The angrier everybody is when I say it now, the more everybody will come to the same conclusion later without acknowledging that I said it first. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

Paul's estranged brother Mark joined Anonymous and ended up at the Occupy Wall Street protests for awhile. Isn't it great now that that racket is over and everyone can look back on it and laugh at what a ridiculous circus it was? Because I was trying to point that out while it was going on, and damned near got crucified by outraged mobs over it. Now everybody's going "Oh yeah, that was so dumb!"

This happens over and over again. The angrier everybody is when I say it now, the more everybody will come to the same conclusion later without acknowledging that I said it first.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-535-305147427 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-535-305147427 Tue, 29 May 2012 14:07:14 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 535 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

It's C++ - The Card Game! Goofy idea I came up with while snout-deep in code at 2AM (Isn't that when all the best ideas happen?)

I don't spend nearly enough time snout-deep in code anymore, BTW. I'm too busy with non-coding work. Writing, graphics art, blogging, comics, web design... where to find all the time?

But as long as I'm busy, I'm happy. It's not like I'm the world's greatest coder anyway. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

It's C++ - The Card Game! Goofy idea I came up with while snout-deep in code at 2AM (Isn't that when all the best ideas happen?)

I don't spend nearly enough time snout-deep in code anymore, BTW. I'm too busy with non-coding work. Writing, graphics art, blogging, comics, web design... where to find all the time?

But as long as I'm busy, I'm happy. It's not like I'm the world's greatest coder anyway.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-529-301664840 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-529-301664840 Sat, 12 May 2012 10:50:00 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 529 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

Little supporting character in the strip, involved in this hugger-mugger pseudo-religion I cooked up. See, "micca" is a portmanteau of "microchip" and "wicca" - so it's a paganistic view of technology!

Any engineer, programmer, or IT techie can tell you that no matter how much computer science you apply, you still need a bit of magic to make it work... ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

Little supporting character in the strip, involved in this hugger-mugger pseudo-religion I cooked up. See, "micca" is a portmanteau of "microchip" and "wicca" - so it's a paganistic view of technology!

Any engineer, programmer, or IT techie can tell you that no matter how much computer science you apply, you still need a bit of magic to make it work...

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-514-300231115 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-514-300231115 Sat, 05 May 2012 14:55:33 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 514 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

Part of my sarcastic take on the "Anonymous" group way back when the media was blowing them out of proportion. But in the meantime, an unusually elaborate house drawing, plus my first time showing a woman in a bikini in the strip. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

Part of my sarcastic take on the "Anonymous" group way back when the media was blowing them out of proportion. But in the meantime, an unusually elaborate house drawing, plus my first time showing a woman in a bikini in the strip.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-512-297468093 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-512-297468093 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:39:30 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 512 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

This was from my story arc teasing the Internet-based "hacktivist" group Anonymous. I depicted them as suburban kids from upper-middle-class families, with lots of free time and entitlement and little common sense or parental interaction. Note the spoof poster in the background. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

This was from my story arc teasing the Internet-based "hacktivist" group Anonymous. I depicted them as suburban kids from upper-middle-class families, with lots of free time and entitlement and little common sense or parental interaction. Note the spoof poster in the background.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-607-293694751 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-607-293694751 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:27:05 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 607 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

This was my April 1st comic yesterday, which - because April Fool's Day is such a donnybrook on the web - got completely missed and apparently seen by almost no one. It's a parody of four popular comic strips, with morphed versions of my own cast in the roles. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

This was my April 1st comic yesterday, which - because April Fool's Day is such a donnybrook on the web - got completely missed and apparently seen by almost no one. It's a parody of four popular comic strips, with morphed versions of my own cast in the roles.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-495-293320579 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-495-293320579 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:41:18 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 495 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

Tom's Root-Boot Floppy, and the famous "blinkenlights" sign - your geek nostalgia trip has begun! Bonus buck if you can figure out the reference in the title (which is always the top box of the first panel).

Happy Setting Orange! ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

Tom's Root-Boot Floppy, and the famous "blinkenlights" sign - your geek nostalgia trip has begun! Bonus buck if you can figure out the reference in the title (which is always the top box of the first panel).

Happy Setting Orange!

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-492-291853062 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-492-291853062 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:52:52 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 492 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

Nothing special about this one, except that I got to draw a scene with reel-to-reel tape computers in them. Yes, kiddies, I'm old enough to remember these in real life! ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

Nothing special about this one, except that I got to draw a scene with reel-to-reel tape computers in them. Yes, kiddies, I'm old enough to remember these in real life!

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/How-To-Dig-Straight-Down-In-Minecraft-289145658 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/How-To-Dig-Straight-Down-In-Minecraft-289145658 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:59:20 PST How To Dig Straight Down In Minecraft nonadult digitalart/vector/other Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-489-288388831 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-489-288388831 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:08:15 PST Doomed to Obscurity 489 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

Backstory: Steve has been a zombie for the longest time, but Karen and Paul's cat Pixel just drank mana and turned into magical flying Nyan cat for a while, during which time she found her way to Steve's house and scratched him. This cured his zombie mentality, so he acts and talks like his old normal self, but now he's just a sentient zombie, still undead.

*Whew!* Normally I try not to post strips on Deviant Art that require a lot of explanation.

But this one, I made an exception for, simply because I love the idea that a "zombiologist" (an expert in the study of zombies) would have a poster for Blood Sucking Freaks on his wall. If you've seen this unhinged, hideous depravity of a movie, you'd know why. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

Backstory: Steve has been a zombie for the longest time, but Karen and Paul's cat Pixel just drank mana and turned into magical flying Nyan cat for a while, during which time she found her way to Steve's house and scratched him. This cured his zombie mentality, so he acts and talks like his old normal self, but now he's just a sentient zombie, still undead.

*Whew!* Normally I try not to post strips on Deviant Art that require a lot of explanation.

But this one, I made an exception for, simply because I love the idea that a "zombiologist" (an expert in the study of zombies) would have a poster for Blood Sucking Freaks on his wall. If you've seen this unhinged, hideous depravity of a movie, you'd know why.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-479-285989668 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-479-285989668 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:38:53 PST Doomed to Obscurity 479 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

I figure graphics artists can best appreciate this one.

"Darlene" was a character I introduced to parody the kind of girl who wants to land a geek, so she parades herself around declaring herself to be a geek as well. Whether it's babbling in techno-jargon (hastily researched in five minutes in Wikipedia), posting photos of herself wearing a gaming T-shirt and holding a controller, or trolling sci-fi conventions, she's learned to attract her prey by imitating its call.

This is of course the same transparent bit practiced by women who want to lure a male of any demographic. Women who want a jock wear football jerseys and attend games, say. Groupies and hangers-on converge around any romanticized lifestyle.

But strangely, geeks seem most likely to fall for it. Perhaps there are so many woman-starved members of this set that they just can't read the signals. A female can post a couple lines of C-code on Digg and instantly get 20 marriage proposals in her inbox. In the geek lifestyle, the guys don't even seem to care if she's faking it; they're so blown away that anyone would bother to fake it that they'll lap up the attention anyway.

In the strip, Darlene eventually upgraded her aim and became a manager-clone instead, trading her hacker-emblem T-shirt for a power suit and her techno-babble for business buzzword-ese, going over Paul's head to date his boss. She'll be back later to make trouble for Paul.

*PS* Before furious female Perl-hackers descend on my message queue: Yes, I know there are genuine girl geeks who are in it for the geekery, not the boys. I'm not talking about you. But some of you can probably think of a few examples of a "Darlene" you know. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

I figure graphics artists can best appreciate this one.

"Darlene" was a character I introduced to parody the kind of girl who wants to land a geek, so she parades herself around declaring herself to be a geek as well. Whether it's babbling in techno-jargon (hastily researched in five minutes in Wikipedia), posting photos of herself wearing a gaming T-shirt and holding a controller, or trolling sci-fi conventions, she's learned to attract her prey by imitating its call.

This is of course the same transparent bit practiced by women who want to lure a male of any demographic. Women who want a jock wear football jerseys and attend games, say. Groupies and hangers-on converge around any romanticized lifestyle.

But strangely, geeks seem most likely to fall for it. Perhaps there are so many woman-starved members of this set that they just can't read the signals. A female can post a couple lines of C-code on Digg and instantly get 20 marriage proposals in her inbox. In the geek lifestyle, the guys don't even seem to care if she's faking it; they're so blown away that anyone would bother to fake it that they'll lap up the attention anyway.

In the strip, Darlene eventually upgraded her aim and became a manager-clone instead, trading her hacker-emblem T-shirt for a power suit and her techno-babble for business buzzword-ese, going over Paul's head to date his boss. She'll be back later to make trouble for Paul.

*PS* Before furious female Perl-hackers descend on my message queue: Yes, I know there are genuine girl geeks who are in it for the geekery, not the boys. I'm not talking about you. But some of you can probably think of a few examples of a "Darlene" you know.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-470-285037671 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-470-285037671 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:30:16 PST Doomed to Obscurity 470 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

Sometimes I'm in the mood for a dumb sight gag. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

Sometimes I'm in the mood for a dumb sight gag.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Minecraft-Abstract-Artpack-2-282526369 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Minecraft-Abstract-Artpack-2-282526369 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:56:37 PST Minecraft Abstract Artpack 2 nonadult designs/gameart/2dgame/environments Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete my blog. ]]> my blog.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Minecraft-Abstract-Artpack-1-282526045 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Minecraft-Abstract-Artpack-1-282526045 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:53:40 PST Minecraft Abstract Artpack 1 nonadult designs/gameart/2dgame/environments Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete my blog. ]]> my blog.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-463-281618753 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-463-281618753 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:24:26 PST Doomed to Obscurity 463 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

I don't have to tell you which big box store I'm parodying here, do I? I love the idea of having a disk-shaped burn mark on the salesdrone's forehead, plus the snowclone from Silence of the Lambs.

Previously in the "Bust Buy" saga... ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

I don't have to tell you which big box store I'm parodying here, do I? I love the idea of having a disk-shaped burn mark on the salesdrone's forehead, plus the snowclone from Silence of the Lambs.

Previously in the "Bust Buy" saga...

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Walter-s-Toe-Shop-281000022 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Walter-s-Toe-Shop-281000022 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:59:10 PST Walter's Toe Shop nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/other Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/The-Story-of-Microsoft-and-Linux-280999710 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/The-Story-of-Microsoft-and-Linux-280999710 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:57:30 PST The Story of Microsoft and Linux nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/other Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Quake-the-novel-280999043 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Quake-the-novel-280999043 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:54:06 PST Quake, the novel nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/other Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete Joe Cottonwood, but it was just too interesting to pass up... ]]> Joe Cottonwood, but it was just too interesting to pass up...

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/The-Minecraft-Food-Pyramid-280996717 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/The-Minecraft-Food-Pyramid-280996717 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:41:36 PST The Minecraft Food Pyramid nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/other Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete
I take it that I do not have to explain what Minecraft is to this crowd, right? By the way, I also wrote an article about Minecraft and its amazing appeal. ]]>
I take it that I do not have to explain what Minecraft is to this crowd, right? By the way, I also wrote an article about Minecraft and its amazing appeal.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/How-Schools-Determine-Bussing-280995975 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/How-Schools-Determine-Bussing-280995975 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:37:39 PST How Schools Determine Bussing nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/other Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2012-2013 !Penguin-Pete

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]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Anatomy-of-a-US-dollar-bill-275430301 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Anatomy-of-a-US-dollar-bill-275430301 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:49:22 PST Anatomy of a US dollar bill nonadult designs/infographics Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Mind--Blown: Anatomy of a US dollar bill. ]]> Mind--Blown: Anatomy of a US dollar bill.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/SOPA-Shall-Not-Pass-274243274 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/SOPA-Shall-Not-Pass-274243274 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:52:17 PST SOPA Shall Not Pass nonadult cartoons/digital/cartoons/other Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete
Thus spake the prophet Penguin Pete ]]>
Thus spake the prophet Penguin Pete

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-459-274215600 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-459-274215600 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:02:39 PST Doomed to Obscurity 459 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

One of the strips from my little parody of $Big_Box_Retailers and the experience of doing your tech shopping there.

Scott Adams of Dilbert fame often said that there was no scenario of workplace stupidity he could come up with that his readers didn't immediately write in to top. Similarly, I can't come up with any ridiculous scenario about dealing with salesdrones when buying computer components that tops the real-life experiences I've had.

Tell them I run Linux? I've gotten accused of being Communist and un-American. Ask for a Motherboard at CompUSA (back when it was still in business, hint hint)? Had the clerk react with shock and horror, as if I'd proposed that we do some gross sex act right there in the aisle - they didn't carry motherboards anymore. Ask if they have any CD burners? Had a manager ready to throw me out for being a "pirate". Fiddle with the floor display Windows boxes and pop open a DOS prompt just to see if Microsoft still ships QBasic? Got store security called on me for "hacking".

Not to mention the raving idiocy salesdrones try to pass off on me when trying to upsell me. While trying to buy various components, I've been told that it's useless to replace a powerbox because the PCs harddrive is corrupted now (so better buy a new computer!), that I need to ditch my broadband and get AOL because "it's easier to use", that my Linux needs the most expensive McAffee antivirus they sell because "Linux is made by hackers", my monitor is radiating me to death so I need to buy their top model to replace it, and that the modem I was trying to buy would "burn out too fast from using the Internet too much" unless I bought the most expensive one to "keep up with broadband speeds". _EVERY_ _SINGLE_ _TIME_ I shop for _ANYTHING_ computer-related at a large chain retail.

I could start a blog and just go computer-shopping every day and tell the story. It'd be the "stupid shit computer-department salesdrones have told me" blog. Since I have a million blogs to juggle already, will somebody please steal this idea or link me if it's been done already? ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

One of the strips from my little parody of $Big_Box_Retailers and the experience of doing your tech shopping there.

Scott Adams of Dilbert fame often said that there was no scenario of workplace stupidity he could come up with that his readers didn't immediately write in to top. Similarly, I can't come up with any ridiculous scenario about dealing with salesdrones when buying computer components that tops the real-life experiences I've had.

Tell them I run Linux? I've gotten accused of being Communist and un-American. Ask for a Motherboard at CompUSA (back when it was still in business, hint hint)? Had the clerk react with shock and horror, as if I'd proposed that we do some gross sex act right there in the aisle - they didn't carry motherboards anymore. Ask if they have any CD burners? Had a manager ready to throw me out for being a "pirate". Fiddle with the floor display Windows boxes and pop open a DOS prompt just to see if Microsoft still ships QBasic? Got store security called on me for "hacking".

Not to mention the raving idiocy salesdrones try to pass off on me when trying to upsell me. While trying to buy various components, I've been told that it's useless to replace a powerbox because the PCs harddrive is corrupted now (so better buy a new computer!), that I need to ditch my broadband and get AOL because "it's easier to use", that my Linux needs the most expensive McAffee antivirus they sell because "Linux is made by hackers", my monitor is radiating me to death so I need to buy their top model to replace it, and that the modem I was trying to buy would "burn out too fast from using the Internet too much" unless I bought the most expensive one to "keep up with broadband speeds". _EVERY_ _SINGLE_ _TIME_ I shop for _ANYTHING_ computer-related at a large chain retail.

I could start a blog and just go computer-shopping every day and tell the story. It'd be the "stupid shit computer-department salesdrones have told me" blog. Since I have a million blogs to juggle already, will somebody please steal this idea or link me if it's been done already?

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-431-273649856 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-431-273649856 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:33:46 PST Doomed to Obscurity 431 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

My equally-geeky wife of 18 years still does this to me. Mushy mushy mushy! ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

My equally-geeky wife of 18 years still does this to me. Mushy mushy mushy!

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-427-272944832 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-427-272944832 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:36:55 PST Doomed to Obscurity 427 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

This was a one-off I made just to poke ridicule at those brain-dead forum posts you always see going "Hey, does anybody else..." - whatever. Breathe, poop, read, have skin, you name it, it is never too obvious or too stupid for somebody to post. They all mean the same thing: "Validate me validate me validate me!" ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

This was a one-off I made just to poke ridicule at those brain-dead forum posts you always see going "Hey, does anybody else..." - whatever. Breathe, poop, read, have skin, you name it, it is never too obvious or too stupid for somebody to post. They all mean the same thing: "Validate me validate me validate me!"

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-413-262942764 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-413-262942764 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:17:40 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 413 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

Occurred to me while I was trying to watch something on Hulu, and it plays a commercial, and another, and makes me click one or the other ad, and turns off my mouse focus so I can't adjust the volume, and so on...

The last panel is funnier if you have seen "A Clockwork Orange". ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

Occurred to me while I was trying to watch something on Hulu, and it plays a commercial, and another, and makes me click one or the other ad, and turns off my mouse focus so I can't adjust the volume, and so on...

The last panel is funnier if you have seen "A Clockwork Orange".

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/DTO-number-500-257205456 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/DTO-number-500-257205456 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:58:43 PDT DTO number 500 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity, just hit strip #500. So I did the cast-shot cliche. And broke schedule by posting it on an EVEN-NUMBERED day, driving all of my OCD readers to conniption fits.

I've amazed myself by making it this far. This is over two and a half years of posting every odd-numbered calendar day, without missing once. It was a challenge to myself that I have met. The whole thing has gotten far broader than the original core cast of nine I envisioned - I keep coming up with cool new ideas and characters to throw in.

This is just a blow-up of the cast shot: the full strip is here. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity, just hit strip #500. So I did the cast-shot cliche. And broke schedule by posting it on an EVEN-NUMBERED day, driving all of my OCD readers to conniption fits.

I've amazed myself by making it this far. This is over two and a half years of posting every odd-numbered calendar day, without missing once. It was a challenge to myself that I have met. The whole thing has gotten far broader than the original core cast of nine I envisioned - I keep coming up with cool new ideas and characters to throw in.

This is just a blow-up of the cast shot: the full strip is here.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-396-247248516 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-396-247248516 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:54:36 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 396 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

I'm back from the dead! Was crazy sick last month, whole month of July, so that nuked my whole summer.

This strip is the continuation of The Big Uncontrollable Plot Kerblewie, towards the end of the story arc when I was winding it up as manically as I could. It helps, as you read in your head, if you mentally set the voice of the narration boxes to the guy who narrated the old Bullwinkle cartoons.

Yeah, and there's loose ends aplenty from this story arc, like any good Lost parody! ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

I'm back from the dead! Was crazy sick last month, whole month of July, so that nuked my whole summer.

This strip is the continuation of The Big Uncontrollable Plot Kerblewie, towards the end of the story arc when I was winding it up as manically as I could. It helps, as you read in your head, if you mentally set the voice of the narration boxes to the guy who narrated the old Bullwinkle cartoons.

Yeah, and there's loose ends aplenty from this story arc, like any good Lost parody!

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-367-216827224 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-367-216827224 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:54:04 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 367 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

Around Christmas time 2010, Hulu.com made the entire Lost TV series available for free viewing for the holidays. I never watched Lost on its first run... (I know, I know) so I thought I'd check it out now that the series was over to see what I was missing.

I ended up watching the whole first season that week. Yeah, it's fun, but you have to understand that I'm a writer myself, and have also been a fan of surreal films and TV series (such as The Prisoner, Twin Peaks, and Carnivale) so I know how the formula goes. At the end of the series when the web was full of fans groaning about how cheated they felt that nothing had been explained, I even blogged about this in "I Knew How Lost Would End And I Never Watched The Show". That was in May of 2010.

Nevertheless, the series had enough influence on me to want to toss a shout-out into my next story arc. So "The Big Uncontrollable Plot Kerblewie" starts with a close-up of Sherry's eyeball opening, and the plot revolves around her lost laptop, so it fit to title this strip "Lost". ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

Around Christmas time 2010, Hulu.com made the entire Lost TV series available for free viewing for the holidays. I never watched Lost on its first run... (I know, I know) so I thought I'd check it out now that the series was over to see what I was missing.

I ended up watching the whole first season that week. Yeah, it's fun, but you have to understand that I'm a writer myself, and have also been a fan of surreal films and TV series (such as The Prisoner, Twin Peaks, and Carnivale) so I know how the formula goes. At the end of the series when the web was full of fans groaning about how cheated they felt that nothing had been explained, I even blogged about this in "I Knew How Lost Would End And I Never Watched The Show". That was in May of 2010.

Nevertheless, the series had enough influence on me to want to toss a shout-out into my next story arc. So "The Big Uncontrollable Plot Kerblewie" starts with a close-up of Sherry's eyeball opening, and the plot revolves around her lost laptop, so it fit to title this strip "Lost".

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-364-215276978 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-364-215276978 Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:04:52 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 364 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

This was the strip I did on the 20th anniversary of Commander Keen (December 10th, 2010). Commander Keen was one of my favorite DOS games back in the day.

When I gave my character Eric a podcast about video games, I named it "Dopefish Stew".

So, you see, the Dopefish is originally a foe in the Commander Keen series, but, as that link will tell you, he's become an underground meme in video game culture, with homages to the Dopefish showing up as Easter Eggs in everything from Quake to Max Payne to dozens of other games scattered across various platforms.

So I figured, Dopefish is iconic of video game culture. So a podcast about video game culture would be making 'stew' out of Dopefish. See? Dopefish Stew! Is it making sense, yet?

"Swim, swim, hungry!" ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

This was the strip I did on the 20th anniversary of Commander Keen (December 10th, 2010). Commander Keen was one of my favorite DOS games back in the day.

When I gave my character Eric a podcast about video games, I named it "Dopefish Stew".

So, you see, the Dopefish is originally a foe in the Commander Keen series, but, as that link will tell you, he's become an underground meme in video game culture, with homages to the Dopefish showing up as Easter Eggs in everything from Quake to Max Payne to dozens of other games scattered across various platforms.

So I figured, Dopefish is iconic of video game culture. So a podcast about video game culture would be making 'stew' out of Dopefish. See? Dopefish Stew! Is it making sense, yet?

"Swim, swim, hungry!"

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Annoying-RSS-Icons-215091338 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Annoying-RSS-Icons-215091338 Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:38:42 PDT Annoying RSS Icons nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/other Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete
In my freelance work, I sometimes get new bloggers fretting that their blog isn't getting enough subscribers. The solution they want is always to make the RSS icon bigger, make it a spinning GIF, make it pop up on a Javascript frame, and so on. Fortunately after their site indexes on the search engines and the blog finds its audience after a couple of weeks, their nerves start to settle. But it's always a tense couple of weeks... ]]>
In my freelance work, I sometimes get new bloggers fretting that their blog isn't getting enough subscribers. The solution they want is always to make the RSS icon bigger, make it a spinning GIF, make it pop up on a Javascript frame, and so on. Fortunately after their site indexes on the search engines and the blog finds its audience after a couple of weeks, their nerves start to settle. But it's always a tense couple of weeks...

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-357-214479009 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-357-214479009 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:13:46 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 357 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

Inside the concert scene. I made it a rave themed after animutation, including wall decorations of Colin Mochrie and Alex Chiu. I know this never happens in real life, but it makes perfect sense for my strip. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

Inside the concert scene. I made it a rave themed after animutation, including wall decorations of Colin Mochrie and Alex Chiu. I know this never happens in real life, but it makes perfect sense for my strip.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-355-214002590 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-355-214002590 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:17:59 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 355 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

This is one time when I'm just posting it for the comic itself, since you already saw the artwork in the past strip I posted for this story arc. This strip was popular briefly (on my own site, that is) with the kind of crowd who recognized, as had I, that mental diseases on the web have become - as the guy at AspieWeb put it so aptly - the new emo. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

This is one time when I'm just posting it for the comic itself, since you already saw the artwork in the past strip I posted for this story arc. This strip was popular briefly (on my own site, that is) with the kind of crowd who recognized, as had I, that mental diseases on the web have become - as the guy at AspieWeb put it so aptly - the new emo.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-353-213570167 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-353-213570167 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:04:29 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 353 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

So, I'm a freelance digital jack-of-all-trades, mainly writing. I've stumbled on having a knack for music writing - the legendary Lester Bangs is one of my idols - and began writing for a lot of music websites (Songfacts and Lyric Interpretations blog are two big ones).

I'd been meaning to bring some Goth and Alt-lifestyle culture into DTO anyway, because there's such a huge crossover with geeks. (For some reason, I have never met a Goth who would not also claim to be a geek.) And that led to the whole concert story arc.

Went all-out with the whole arc. New sets, detailed posters on the walls, eccentric cast of extras, and all kinds of geek-culture in-jokes. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

So, I'm a freelance digital jack-of-all-trades, mainly writing. I've stumbled on having a knack for music writing - the legendary Lester Bangs is one of my idols - and began writing for a lot of music websites (Songfacts and Lyric Interpretations blog are two big ones).

I'd been meaning to bring some Goth and Alt-lifestyle culture into DTO anyway, because there's such a huge crossover with geeks. (For some reason, I have never met a Goth who would not also claim to be a geek.) And that led to the whole concert story arc.

Went all-out with the whole arc. New sets, detailed posters on the walls, eccentric cast of extras, and all kinds of geek-culture in-jokes.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-338-213138571 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-338-213138571 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:37:04 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 338 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

So Paul got a cat, the hard way. I like how the car turned out, just a nice, generic, believable car without calling attention to itself.

Real life writes the plot: I actually did get a cat at just this time which was abused. Our neighbor was throwing it out, literally "throwing" as in spiking her into the ground. We took her in (actually I opened the door and said 'what's a matter kitty?' and she ran in and hid under our daughter's bed.)

The cat is now our beloved house pet, but she has a mess of psychological scars left over from her abuse, which I pretty much gave the cartoon cat verbatim. Mainly, I wanted to have a realistic cartoon cat, as opposed to all the talking, walking, lasagna-eating cats in the comics.

Also, Paul's last line is actually from my son, who answers his phone this way when he knows I'm calling about something that he'd rather not discuss. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

So Paul got a cat, the hard way. I like how the car turned out, just a nice, generic, believable car without calling attention to itself.

Real life writes the plot: I actually did get a cat at just this time which was abused. Our neighbor was throwing it out, literally "throwing" as in spiking her into the ground. We took her in (actually I opened the door and said 'what's a matter kitty?' and she ran in and hid under our daughter's bed.)

The cat is now our beloved house pet, but she has a mess of psychological scars left over from her abuse, which I pretty much gave the cartoon cat verbatim. Mainly, I wanted to have a realistic cartoon cat, as opposed to all the talking, walking, lasagna-eating cats in the comics.

Also, Paul's last line is actually from my son, who answers his phone this way when he knows I'm calling about something that he'd rather not discuss.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-335-212992578 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-335-212992578 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:32:09 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 335 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

"Cowboy coders" are a trope from way back - hotshots who think they're too good to use a debugger and have other symptoms of over-confidence. So Paul has been appointed "code cop" and Audrina is his sergeant-at-arms, making slapstick justice happen with the whiff of a riding crop.

Here's a good place to explain: Why do I put a dominitrix in my comic? Well, I wanted to be progressive. Gays in comics have been done to death. Also, as liberal as I am, I really can't think like a gay person and didn't want to inadvertently insult them. So I probed around for other alt. lifestyles and came up with BDSM. There's a huge crossover between the world of Master-and-slave roleplay, geeks, and other subcultures such as Goths and Ren-faire-fans.

Plus, I wanted to draw a woman in black leather. But Audrina only moonlights as a Domme - her real job is a mainframe admin. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

"Cowboy coders" are a trope from way back - hotshots who think they're too good to use a debugger and have other symptoms of over-confidence. So Paul has been appointed "code cop" and Audrina is his sergeant-at-arms, making slapstick justice happen with the whiff of a riding crop.

Here's a good place to explain: Why do I put a dominitrix in my comic? Well, I wanted to be progressive. Gays in comics have been done to death. Also, as liberal as I am, I really can't think like a gay person and didn't want to inadvertently insult them. So I probed around for other alt. lifestyles and came up with BDSM. There's a huge crossover between the world of Master-and-slave roleplay, geeks, and other subcultures such as Goths and Ren-faire-fans.

Plus, I wanted to draw a woman in black leather. But Audrina only moonlights as a Domme - her real job is a mainframe admin.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-318-212680951 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-318-212680951 Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:13:17 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 318 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

The first two panels is typical of the kind of conversation I've had with dozens of clients in my online freelancer career. The rest is the kind of reaction I'd like to have, but restrain myself. It's not much of a dark side compared to others, is it? ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

The first two panels is typical of the kind of conversation I've had with dozens of clients in my online freelancer career. The rest is the kind of reaction I'd like to have, but restrain myself. It's not much of a dark side compared to others, is it?

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-303-212529325 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-303-212529325 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:17:19 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 303 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

This strip was part of my reaction to the Oracle lawsuit of Google over the Android phone. James Gosling (father of Java) actually posted words to this effect in his blog. So I cast him as a court jester, and yes, the drawing is based off his photo and the costume is authentic. Those flying tomatoes in the last panel just finish the Vaudeville touch I was going for.

Wow! I've fallen behind on posting expanded 'best-of' strips! I'm going to have to race to catch up - the strip is up to #454 already. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

This strip was part of my reaction to the Oracle lawsuit of Google over the Android phone. James Gosling (father of Java) actually posted words to this effect in his blog. So I cast him as a court jester, and yes, the drawing is based off his photo and the costume is authentic. Those flying tomatoes in the last panel just finish the Vaudeville touch I was going for.

Wow! I've fallen behind on posting expanded 'best-of' strips! I'm going to have to race to catch up - the strip is up to #454 already.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Gothic-Frame-of-Mind-193412271 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Gothic-Frame-of-Mind-193412271 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 08:05:05 PST Gothic Frame of Mind nonadult digitalart/drawings/abstract Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2011-2013 !Penguin-Pete
(OK, actually, I don't particularly care if you're nice to it.) ]]>
(OK, actually, I don't particularly care if you're nice to it.)

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Minecraft-Mystic-Artpack-185725281 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Minecraft-Mystic-Artpack-185725281 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:08:01 PST Minecraft Mystic Artpack nonadult designs/gameart/2dgame/environments Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2010-2013 !Penguin-Pete here. ]]> here.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-302-175891339 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-302-175891339 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:41:03 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 302 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2010-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

Not much new going on here graphically. I just kind of thought the rhythm of this one fell into place. We're up to the current story arc now, and right now people online are having reactions just like this to the Oracle-Google lawsuit over Java. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

Not much new going on here graphically. I just kind of thought the rhythm of this one fell into place. We're up to the current story arc now, and right now people online are having reactions just like this to the Oracle-Google lawsuit over Java.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-270-175890268 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-270-175890268 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:31:43 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 270 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2010-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

This one was my little parody of the rumor that was going around in the early days of the BP oil spill, that it was liberal saboteurs. Yeah, OK, so my militant left-wing Che-fan character cracks and confesses.

Graphic highlights: The real environmentalist flag flying over their training camp, saboteurs going down there with the "little geek" robo-sub from the Abyss, not much else. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

This one was my little parody of the rumor that was going around in the early days of the BP oil spill, that it was liberal saboteurs. Yeah, OK, so my militant left-wing Che-fan character cracks and confesses.

Graphic highlights: The real environmentalist flag flying over their training camp, saboteurs going down there with the "little geek" robo-sub from the Abyss, not much else.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-263-175889544 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-263-175889544 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:24:50 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 263 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2010-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

Now this "set", it's a shame I didn't use more. But the restaurant only came into play for a few strips. So this is "Lee Hoo Fook's," and Warren Zevon fans will recognize the reference - in the subsequent strip, Karen even mulls over ordering the beef chow mein.

Anyway, Foo dogs, jade sign, leafy Oriental wall hangings, enjoy this brief visit to Lee Hoo Fook's as it exists in the DTO universe. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

Now this "set", it's a shame I didn't use more. But the restaurant only came into play for a few strips. So this is "Lee Hoo Fook's," and Warren Zevon fans will recognize the reference - in the subsequent strip, Karen even mulls over ordering the beef chow mein.

Anyway, Foo dogs, jade sign, leafy Oriental wall hangings, enjoy this brief visit to Lee Hoo Fook's as it exists in the DTO universe.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-242-175888824 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-242-175888824 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:17:48 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 242 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2010-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

Hi! I have not fallen off the face of the Earth! Just been so busy, but I'm trying to revive the gallery a fit and start at a time.

So, an enlarged view of some of the strips I figure show some extra effort with the art. This one kind of surprised me when I saw how at-home my figures look in the Mario universe! ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

Hi! I have not fallen off the face of the Earth! Just been so busy, but I'm trying to revive the gallery a fit and start at a time.

So, an enlarged view of some of the strips I figure show some extra effort with the art. This one kind of surprised me when I saw how at-home my figures look in the Mario universe!

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/A-Parody-Infographic-167256235 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/A-Parody-Infographic-167256235 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:41:03 PDT A Parody Infographic nonadult digitalart/vector/other Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2010-2013 !Penguin-Pete

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/rainbow-guts-162028210 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/rainbow-guts-162028210 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:10:04 PDT rainbow guts nonadult digitalart/drawings/abstract Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2010-2013 !Penguin-Pete amazing plastic-wrap filter.

It's really quite simple! Make two layers, do one plasma clouds and Gaussian blur it to 30 or so. Do the other one solid noise clouds, with detail and turbulence cranked up. Layer the plasma over the noise with overlay mode. Merge down. Run plastic-wrap. ]]> amazing plastic-wrap filter.

It's really quite simple! Make two layers, do one plasma clouds and Gaussian blur it to 30 or so. Do the other one solid noise clouds, with detail and turbulence cranked up. Layer the plasma over the noise with overlay mode. Merge down. Run plastic-wrap.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Weird-stuff-162027747 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Weird-stuff-162027747 Mon, 26 Apr 2010 06:02:00 PDT Weird stuff nonadult digitalart/drawings/abstract Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2010-2013 !Penguin-Pete amazing 'plastic wrap' filter, currently hosted by fence-post. ]]> amazing 'plastic wrap' filter, currently hosted by fence-post.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Meet-The-Quarks-160162600 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Meet-The-Quarks-160162600 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:58:46 PDT Meet The Quarks nonadult cartoons/digital/cartoons/vector Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2010-2013 !Penguin-Pete

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Special-Preview-of-DTO-236-159821744 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Special-Preview-of-DTO-236-159821744 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:44:10 PDT Special Preview of DTO 236 nonadult digitalart/vector/other Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2010-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity. Better than the 4-panel straight strip? Are you feeling the art now? ]]> Doomed to Obscurity. Better than the 4-panel straight strip? Are you feeling the art now?

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-231-158975539 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Doomed-to-Obscurity-231-158975539 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:07:30 PDT Doomed to Obscurity 231 nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2010-2013 !Penguin-Pete Doomed to Obscurity.

Having some Dilbert-flavored fun with the cult of SEO. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a superstition that will be very familiar to anybody working the web design field.

How many times have you had a client hysterically insisting that the meta tags have to contain miles of crap, the text has to have a keyword density of 2.972%, the project has to be completed one week before the next "Google dance," and so on? All of this snake oil is sold by SEO consultants, who are kind of like feng shui decorators for your website, helping arrange the HTML tags and CSS elements so that Google-Chi will flow freely to you.

It's bull. In the first place, search engines are supposed to find the most relevant, highest-quality result to your query. If they allowed themselves to be gamed by black magic tricks, people wouldn't use them any more. So the whole premise of SEO is a ridiculous fail in the first place.

But like other superstitions, there are people who will cling to this arcane voodoo system right to their graves. ]]> Doomed to Obscurity.

Having some Dilbert-flavored fun with the cult of SEO. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a superstition that will be very familiar to anybody working the web design field.

How many times have you had a client hysterically insisting that the meta tags have to contain miles of crap, the text has to have a keyword density of 2.972%, the project has to be completed one week before the next "Google dance," and so on? All of this snake oil is sold by SEO consultants, who are kind of like feng shui decorators for your website, helping arrange the HTML tags and CSS elements so that Google-Chi will flow freely to you.

It's bull. In the first place, search engines are supposed to find the most relevant, highest-quality result to your query. If they allowed themselves to be gamed by black magic tricks, people wouldn't use them any more. So the whole premise of SEO is a ridiculous fail in the first place.

But like other superstitions, there are people who will cling to this arcane voodoo system right to their graves.

]]> http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Trick-of-a-Tiny-Belly-Cartoon-153030908 http://penguin-pete.deviantart.com/art/Trick-of-a-Tiny-Belly-Cartoon-153030908 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:55:59 PST Trick of a Tiny Belly Cartoon nonadult cartoons/digital/comics/strips Penguin-Pete http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/p/e/penguin-pete.png?1 Copyright 2010-2013 !Penguin-Pete blah. Just putterin' 'round. ]]> blah. Just putterin' 'round.

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