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"Lassetter wasn’t the first to draw this, but his version became the most popular." (FTA)
by polynomial 3y ago
"Lassetter wasn’t the first to draw this, but his version became the most popular." (FTA)
- jasonjayr 3y agoPhil Foglio (Girl Genius, Buck GoDot, etc) had drawn the first version prior to Lasseter's
- threetonesun 3y agoAnd some great card art from the "let's not take this too seriously" era of Magic the Gathering.
- jzb 3y agoWow, really? That's amazing. I wonder if Foglio was ever actually a BSD user. I have a soft spot in my heart for Foglio's early work, like "What's New with Phil & Dixie" from Dragon magazine and his adaptation of Myth Adventures. I'm particularly fond of The Winslow[1]. Sadly, nobody I know has ever read more than a few Phil & Dixie cartoons and I just get weird looks if I talk about The Winslow. [1] https://comicvine.gamespot.com/winslow/4005-31428/ https://comicvine.gamespot.com/winslow/4005-31428/
- kps 3y agoFoglio's drawing was for UNIX, a couple years before the first BSD releases. Unfortunately the original was lost, and the best you can find online now are just photos of t-shirts like https://www.mckusick.com/beastie/jpg/foglio.jpg https://www.mckusick.com/beastie/jpg/foglio.jpg
- inopinatus 3y agoGreg Lehey records some relevant history of the daemon logo prior to Lasseter's cover (along with a classic daemon t-shirt story) at http://www.lemis.com/grog/whyadaemon.html http://www.lemis.com/grog/whyadaemon.html.