The answer to the partial (and totally) blacked-out comic strip is as follows:
This strip was written by the late Jerry Bittle. He passed away from a heart attack in 2003 at the age of 53.
In 2003 and earlier, dial-up was often used to upload things to the Internet. Some of you will recall how the connection was often lost. If it was lost while uploading a photo, a partial photo was the result — and since it loaded from the top down, the part of the photo visible was the upper portion. The rest was either gray or black.
These early uploads of the Geech comic are all GoComics has possession of. They have weeded out some that are incomprehensible with too much blacked out; others are allowed to stay, since the dialog is still funny, even without part of the drawing.
And there’s the explanation, finally posted early enough in the day that readers might see it! :-)
The answer to the partial (and totally) blacked-out comic strip is as follows:
This strip was written by the late Jerry Bittle. He passed away from a heart attack in 2003 at the age of 53.
In 2003 and earlier, dial-up was often used to upload things to the Internet. Some of you will recall how the connection was often lost. If it was lost while uploading a photo, a partial photo was the result — and since it loaded from the top down, the part of the photo visible was the upper portion. The rest was either gray or black.
These early uploads of the Geech comic are all GoComics has possession of. They have weeded out some that are incomprehensible with too much blacked out; others are allowed to stay, since the dialog is still funny, even without part of the drawing.
And there’s the explanation, finally posted early enough in the day that readers might see it! :-)