Inspector Dangerfuck and the Origins of Digital Comics: Unpacking ANSI Art's Forgotten Legacy
In the underground bulletin board systems of the 1990s, an ANSI artist known as Eerie created 'Inspector Dangerfuck'—a character later mislabeled as the 'first internet comic.' This deep dive explores Eerie's experimental animations, the technical constraints of serializing ASCII narratives, and why these artifacts matter to digital art history.