Surveillance webcomic

Posted by Cory Doctorow, August 23, 2008 9:07 PM | permalink

Trenchant commentary on surveillance from webcomic Boy on a Stick and Slither -- have a look at other comics in the series for more. Boy on a Stick and Slither (Thanks, R!)

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#1 posted by dbarak, August 23, 2008 11:30 PM

I'm not trying to be snarky, but these strips would have more punch if they were actually incorporated humor. Humor is sort of the grease that helps you slide ease your viewpoints to other people.

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#2 posted by junjungpurba, August 24, 2008 2:01 AM

i don't understand for the purpose of this picture

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#3 posted by IamInnocent, August 24, 2008 4:35 AM

@ DBARAK

Humor is also empowering : if one can laughs at something it starts feeling not as threatening, ominous or overpowering as it felt once. From there people may gather the sense that there is something to do against it, instead of ceaselessly complaining or worse cowarding.

Now how could I make this post funny...

Jean

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#4 posted by JFlex, August 24, 2008 5:09 AM

if article = surveillance and critical
then post article

checkquality=off

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#5 posted by surreality, August 24, 2008 6:27 AM

I love BOASAS; I've been reading it for ages. This one isn't particularly funny but there are other ones that are.

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#6 posted by rstevens, August 24, 2008 6:46 AM

Think of BOASAS as a cynical haiku and you will never be disappointed. A cynical haiku trying its hardest to find good in the world but never quite fooling itself.

This recent one killed me.

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#7 posted by dropdownstairs, August 24, 2008 7:29 AM

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#8 posted by Apreche, August 24, 2008 8:49 AM

I have been a devout boasas reader for ages. Met Steven Cloud at MoCCA two years ago. He's pretty awesome. Glad to see BoingBoing give him some recognition.

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#9 posted by dalesd, August 24, 2008 9:09 AM

I don't get it.

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#10 posted by MaximusNYC, August 24, 2008 9:56 AM

BOASAS is hands-down my favorite webcomic.

If you've never encountered it before, tead back in the archives a bit to get a feel for the humor and rhythm.

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#11 posted by buddy66, August 24, 2008 10:22 AM

Thanks for BOASAS. It's wonderful!

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#12 posted by Anonymous, August 24, 2008 1:23 PM

On a related note, check out http://detentionslip.org for a story about a Texas school that plans to track its students with GPS anklets.

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#13 posted by Foolster41, August 24, 2008 10:40 PM

BOASAS is usually very understated and sometimes glum sense of humor that is actually pretty charming. It's one of those comics that I'm meaning to read, but haven't gotten to it because of a deluge of other comics. I do occasionally read it over my bro's shoulder. :P