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# /webring/plaintext-studios

Plaintext Studios

Manifestos and ASCII comics. Everything we publish fits in a 24×80 terminal. Serialised weekly on no fixed schedule.

# today's strip

          ┌─────────────────────────────┐
          │  "modem elegy" · panel 1/3  │
          └─────────────────────────────┘
     ╔════╗       ╔════╗       ╔════╗
     ║ .. ║  ───▶ ║ !! ║  ───▶ ║ ?? ║
     ╚════╝       ╚════╝       ╚════╝
    she waited    it rang      nobody
    for the call  once         was there

# manifestos on file

  • 001 — "Against the Gradient"
  • 002 — "Brutalism is Not Enough"
  • 003 — "The Scrollbar Is a Betrayal"
  • 004 — "A Case For The Box-Drawing Character"

# strip 014 — "rewind"

  ┌───────────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────┐
  │ he said:              │ │ she said:             │
  │   "the future is bright"│ │   "then why do you    │
  │                       │ │    keep looking back?"│
  └───────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────┘
              ┌───────────────────────┐
              │ the cursor blinked.   │
              │ nobody answered.      │
              └───────────────────────┘

# submission policy

Strips must fit in 80 columns by 24 rows. No colour. No links. No footnotes. You may use any monospace character available in Unicode 1.1. If your strip requires more space, it is not a strip — it is a novel. We also accept novels, but separately.