I finally got ’round to publishing my cartoon strip about computing. Click on the image to see a larger version. I hope you like it and I will try to post more at least three times per week. Formatting will also get better as I adjust image sizes. Enjoy, and comments are always welcome. Anyone who contributes an idea that I draw, I will give attribution in the post. Thanks.
This is G-Men #1
Cloud Computing
G-Men #2
G-Men #3
Cloud Computing #2
10 responses so far ↓
1 janelle hill // Feb 2, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Cute! Especially like the PC -AT like image…Did the old ATs even have connectivity? Or was it just external modems? I wonder how many will attempt to use the cloud from outdated equipment.
2 Bruce Robertson // Feb 3, 2009 at 4:10 pm
Cool. Quite the artist, even if one of your characters looks a little like a Doonesbery guy.
You could have the cloud disappear (with say the guy lying down on it like a bed) to signify the vendor failing, and then falling back to earth.
You could have the guy try to look inside the cloud, and just see more cloud, indistinguishable. A ref to the “what’s inside the cloud?” problem of transparency. Or the Bugs Bunny run in air thing when the cloud disappears.
Maybe a “where’s the CPU?” campaign, ala Wendy’s “Where’s the beef?” approach. Have the evil PR guy for the cloud be in sales, ala Dilbert.
Something will occur to you.
3 rebecca // Feb 4, 2009 at 1:52 pm
OMG, this is awesome. And here I thought you were a left-brain kind of guy.
4 Miko Matsumura // Feb 5, 2009 at 1:25 pm
LOVE IT!!!
Need a penguin character named LINU or something lol
Miko
5 Winfried van Holland // Feb 9, 2009 at 5:19 am
Very good and the laugther gave me enough energy for the day.
I’m looking forward for your cartoon on Events and Services, like the pitch you used to give on Gartner shows.
Winfried van Holland
6 Thomas // Feb 10, 2009 at 4:52 am
how about something on cloud maturity?
If, as we suggest, it will take 7 years to mature, that is some cloud.
7 Daryl Plummer // Feb 10, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Some good ideas here, folks. Working on hose. A new strip tomorrow. Thanks.
8 Quick on the draw | Gooroo Blog // Mar 3, 2009 at 2:59 pm
[...] it a Dilbert for the cloud age? Judge for yourself: you can read the strip from the beginning here, and see Daryl’s general blog [...]
9 Gartner pokes holes in the cloud for fun | Online business software | Cloud Computing // Mar 3, 2009 at 3:05 pm
[...] it a Dilbert for the cloud age? Judge for yourself: you can read the strip from the beginning here, and see Daryl’s general blog [...]
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