Incredible Doom
posted October 4, 2017 #
HT to Andy Baio on the Matthew Bogart novel Incredible Doom, a print and web comic series "about '90s kids making life-threatening decisions over the early internet." The trailer is an engaging talking heads piece about the impact of discovering the Internet on many notable faces - Baio included and the first issue is available to read online.
I talk about nostalgia pretty frequently on here but this isn't exploiting things we did in our youth for the sake of hanging on to them at all costs, this is the stories of our youth for the sake of sharing them. It's consistently impressive to me to see how many people found their crowd via dial-up modem, message boards and chat rooms. Even games like L.O.R.D. formed friendships and experiences that carry through.
The print edition looks delightful and I may actually subscribe to get these in hand.
I talk about nostalgia pretty frequently on here but this isn't exploiting things we did in our youth for the sake of hanging on to them at all costs, this is the stories of our youth for the sake of sharing them. It's consistently impressive to me to see how many people found their crowd via dial-up modem, message boards and chat rooms. Even games like L.O.R.D. formed friendships and experiences that carry through.
The print edition looks delightful and I may actually subscribe to get these in hand.