The main character of Narbonic was indeed A mad tech support guy, but I read Alphaghoul’s comment to ask if we’d seen THIS mad tech support guy, which, as far as I know, we haven’t. I didn’t realize the comment was ambiguous — that Alphaghoul might have meant “the mad tech support guy” as a type — until I read your comment.
So in other words, for anyone who hasn’t read Narbonic and who interpreted that the way I did at first, referring to the specific person — no, this guy’s not a Narbonic character.
We have indeed! Remember in St Charlie? When GODOT was messing with everything, we witnessed this guy trying to fix things. How one acts as mad tech support I’m not quite sure, but it must be a very useful mad specialisation. Albeit not a very fun one.
When I submitted my cameo request from the Kickstarter before the St Charlie storyline, I wrote Mad Tech Support people are born with the gene for Mad Science, but were too lazy to become scientists themselves. This lets them diagnose why Mad Tech isn’t working and fix it.
And I am so very, very grateful that they decided to take that and run with it the way they have.
We saw him in our first visit to St. Charlies. He bitched at Sweetheart for asking stupid questions at a security checkpoint and later was the first person eaten by the zombie rampage.
He also came to regret being so sarcastic when dealing with his clients. Sergio probably doesn’t know about that, though. http://skin-horse.com/comic/the-line/
Right now, they’re building the portal. Since there’s going to be a road trip, and this is St. Charlie, they’ll be building a plane later out of paperclips and spare junk to go to California. And it will still hit Mach 1 out there.
So what’s a Campanelli Drive? Wikipedia was unhelpful…but Google revealed a number of streets named Campanelli Drive…all around Boston, coincidentally.
Obviously, the Campanelli drive is used primarily for generating paths through other dimensions, such as Boston. This is very useful when you need to leave the universe. Simple stuff, really.
Wow! So did I, on my made-in-France Astra 10 speed. Bought it in 66 or 67 and rode it for about 15 years, until a scumball roommate stole it. Really miss that bike, ran better than most of the high end models you find today.
Have we seen the mad tech support guy before? I’m pretty sure we haven’t.
Go look up Shaenon’s previous comic “Narbonic”
The main character of Narbonic was indeed A mad tech support guy, but I read Alphaghoul’s comment to ask if we’d seen THIS mad tech support guy, which, as far as I know, we haven’t. I didn’t realize the comment was ambiguous — that Alphaghoul might have meant “the mad tech support guy” as a type — until I read your comment.
So in other words, for anyone who hasn’t read Narbonic and who interpreted that the way I did at first, referring to the specific person — no, this guy’s not a Narbonic character.
Oh, my mistake then. I thought this was alt-dave.
We have indeed! Remember in St Charlie? When GODOT was messing with everything, we witnessed this guy trying to fix things. How one acts as mad tech support I’m not quite sure, but it must be a very useful mad specialisation. Albeit not a very fun one.
When I submitted my cameo request from the Kickstarter before the St Charlie storyline, I wrote Mad Tech Support people are born with the gene for Mad Science, but were too lazy to become scientists themselves. This lets them diagnose why Mad Tech isn’t working and fix it.
And I am so very, very grateful that they decided to take that and run with it the way they have.
We saw him in our first visit to St. Charlies. He bitched at Sweetheart for asking stupid questions at a security checkpoint and later was the first person eaten by the zombie rampage.
He also came to regret being so sarcastic when dealing with his clients. Sergio probably doesn’t know about that, though. http://skin-horse.com/comic/the-line/
Yes, it’s Mr. Prodigal. http://skin-horse.com/comic/i-think/
In all fairness, she WAS questioning my professional competence.
Wait, they’re building the plane?
1. No, a new portal. Trust me, I can see possible futures.
2. Is that guy carrying a tesseract?
Yes, yes he is.
Well, a _slice_ of one, at least. Need to boost yourself up into the 4th dimension to make sure it’s all there.
Right now, they’re building the portal. Since there’s going to be a road trip, and this is St. Charlie, they’ll be building a plane later out of paperclips and spare junk to go to California. And it will still hit Mach 1 out there.
Jeff just can’t leave those bike references alone!
So what’s a Campanelli Drive? Wikipedia was unhelpful…but Google revealed a number of streets named Campanelli Drive…all around Boston, coincidentally.
Mad tech. (Used to build the Second Gate, apparently.) You don’t need to know what it does. *Jedi hand wave*
Sure. Take the easy way out. Don’t invent something, just describe it.
Obviously, the Campanelli drive is used primarily for generating paths through other dimensions, such as Boston. This is very useful when you need to leave the universe. Simple stuff, really.
Well, I had a campagnolo derailleur, 45 years ago, when they were the top of the line…
Say what now?
Wow! So did I, on my made-in-France Astra 10 speed. Bought it in 66 or 67 and rode it for about 15 years, until a scumball roommate stole it. Really miss that bike, ran better than most of the high end models you find today.
Dammit, why are Shaenon and Jeff giving away all our tech support secrets?
Yessss…give in…
I’m with Sergio – I just have to shut up completely.
Commencing shutting the **** up maneuver now, sir!
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Today he gains another year
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You’re back…IN COLOR! woohoo!