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Touch Screen Haters Club shirt

September 4, 2010 Agent X

Since a few people have asked for it, I have made the “Touch Screen Haters Club” comic into a t-shirt for your wearing pleasure.

The T-shirt is available on redbubble here > http://bit.ly/bSZyq3 if you want to go and check it out.

Yes, I hear you out there saying “Oh, how original! A comic person making a shirt out of their cartoon, to sell to me.”
Well, I can totally understand why you would feel that way.
Not every comic I do ends up as a shirt.

In fact, I would like to make shirts designs that are mainly separate and special designs created just for that purpose.

But in this case, it was requested. Also, who am I to turn down the chance to make a few bucks from my work?
If I don’t do it, someone else will knock off my cartoons & do it themselves.
At least this way, I don’t get ripped off and I can put the few dollars I *may* make, back into things to help me make more comics for you to enjoy!

Touch Screen Haters Club

September 2, 2010 Agent X 11 Comments

The future of computing is touch screen technology.

It is a fantastic interface, which offers intuitive navigation, instant interaction and the ability to present experiences in a manner we have never been able to do before.
Soon, everything will have a touch based navigation to it.

This is great news for most of us. Those of us, that is,who have the ability togenerate the touch pressure & bio-electric conduction required to make touchscreens work.
But spare a thought for those who will be unable to use the new technological marvels we are sure to be presented with soon.

The unlucky include:
– aliens who control things just with their minds
– characters with spikes for fingers
– monsters with huge sharp claws
– most hooved animals
– robots with caliper hands
– zombies (but only because they are too dumb)
– dinosaurs

So next time you buy a touch screen device, just think about all these things that won’t be able to enjoy it.

Heroic Computer Problems

December 17, 2009 Agent X 15 Comments

This is the real reason superheros prefer to punch things.

I always wondered why the computers that superheros used, were so big, or seemed to be controlled just by a few large buttons.
To see what I mean , take a look at this pic of the Superfriends and their computer in the Hall of Justice.

Superfriends Computer

That thing is MASSIVE, and has very little in the way of a keyboard or mouse that would require them to touch it.
And looking at the picture, you can see how the are all too scared to even really approach it.

So, I am now convinced that this is one of the major causes of Superhero violence in the Marvel & DC universes.
Sure, it is great having powers and super strength. But if you could not play WOW, or tweet, or facebook, or surf for porn, whatever, then how would you feel?

I bet you would soon want to hit someone.
Really really hard.

Superpowered folk are not really fans of violence – they just really want to be able to play flash games & poke their friends on facebook like everyone else.

I think there is something in that for all of us, don’t you?

UPDATE: In response to this comic, to valiant twitterers have joined in the fun and linked me to their comics, which also make fun of Superheroes and computers. These are great and I thank them both very much!

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This one, from @powerscosmic :

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