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submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org to c/unix_surrealism@lemmy.sdf.org

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[-] jonathanvmv8f@lemm.ee 57 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

OK, I am willing to break the ice here: What is this community actually about? I've been seeing these comics in my feed for the last 3 months and trying to connect the dots between the posts to get the idea behind the lore, but so far I'm drawing a blank apart from a hint that it could be related to Linux. Maybe I need to be a computer nerd to get the jokes or....I am not taking the community title seriously enough.

[-] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 100 points 3 days ago

I have no clue, I just draw it.

[-] jonathanvmv8f@lemm.ee 27 points 3 days ago

Wait, are you the original artist of these comics?

[-] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 86 points 3 days ago

Does the original artist of these comics owe you money?

If no, then yes. It is I.

[-] jonathanvmv8f@lemm.ee 42 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's incredibly awesome seeing a talent like yourself posting regularly on a platform like Lemmy. I fully respect and commend you and your efforts to actively engage with the community here, regardless of how I make sense of the comics personally.

[-] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 86 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

There is an overarching story... in my head anyway. But as it all stands now, in the spirit of surrealism, I leave it up to the audience to connect the dots however they please.

But in the end, it really is just FOSS propaganda.

And thank you, I appreciate it.

[-] needthosepylons@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

I don't understand a thing but I love your drawings! It's a little joy every time there's one in my feed.

[-] e0qdk@reddthat.com 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Most of the posts here are webcomics made by pmjv, the poster of this thread -- though other people can and sometimes do post their own art. pmjv makes a surrealist webcomic (see Analogue Nowhere) that incorporates various themes and imagery related to Unix-derived and Unix-adjacent operating systems.

Note that the imagery drawn from is not just things associated with Linux (which famously has a penguin mascot), but also OpenBSD (started by Theo de Raadt and which has a pufferfish mascot), Plan 9 (which has a bunny mascot called Glenda), etc.

There are elements from other fandoms (e.g. Cirno, who appears in some comics, is from Touhou and is associated with ⑨ because of an old joke -- which seems to have become entangled with Plan 9 in pmjv's mind), influences from tech politics, and whatever other crazy things are bouncing around in pmjv's head.

It's good surrealist fun, generally.

[-] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 51 points 3 days ago

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago

Glenda looks like the Go gopher

[-] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This is of course a clever nod to Renée French who authored both plan9's Glenda and Go's gopher, and not the fact that I cannot draw.

[-] notptr@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Also to add cirno is the defualt host name for 9front system. 9front is a plan 9 fork

[-] e0qdk@reddthat.com 13 points 3 days ago

The rabbit hole goes deeper than I realized!

[-] notptr@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 3 days ago

Just need to follow the white rabbit

[-] sunoc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Or swallow the rabbit whole

[-] jonathanvmv8f@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago

This link to the wiki is incredibly helpful for me in order to gain context about the comic series. Thank you kind stranger!

[-] Zozano@lemy.lol 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Penguin kids (Linux noobs)

~~Fish (a great shell)~~

Fish represents OpenBSD

Shell (text only interface for the terminal)

Terminal (application to display the interface)

Path (shortcut for the shell to access binaries)

Binary (application in the form of a single file)

[-] snekmuffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

preeetty sure fish the shell would go against the whole spirit of the comic, as overly complex, non-unix compliant and bloated

no hate to fish btw

[-] paperd@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 days ago

This is about digital survival and what's coming.

[-] pieguy@lemmy.sdf.org 30 points 3 days ago

Hey, is the sun wearing sunglasses in this one?

[-] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 3 days ago

IT IS! I am so happy you noticed.

[-] Object@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

~~Not the first time either, if I recall correctly.~~ Nevermind, it always had a normal face.

[-] VeganCheesecake 9 points 2 days ago

The funny thing is, I actually nuked the old Windows SSD I had kept around for emergencies and put OpenBSD on it, to see how daily-drivable it is for me, like 5 hours before I saw this comic.