Tag: artgroup

  • Eerie and “Inspector Dangerfuck”: ANSI art and webcomics, Part 3

    Eerie and “Inspector Dangerfuck”: ANSI art and webcomics, Part 3

    This is the third part of a multi-part series. “I’ve always been kind of restless,” says Eerie, the ANSI artist who created the character “Inspector Dangerfuck” in 1994. Today, Eerie is a musician and author, with a deep knowledge of cartoons and comics. But back then, he was a teenager in Quebec trying to make…

  • BBSes and the artscene: ANSI art and webcomics, Part 2

    BBSes and the artscene: ANSI art and webcomics, Part 2

    This is the second part of a multi-part series. Both Eerie and Don Lokke emerged from opposite ends of the ANSI art spectrum. But … what is “ANSI art”? Before we can profile the two main subjects of this series or explore their work, it’ll be important to understand the BBSing subculture of the early…