Panel 1 Computer with text: USER FRIENDLY by Illiad Panel 2 Dust Puppy: You sure you know how to fly a helicopter Erwin? Panel 3 Erwin: Sure, it's kind of like an arcade game. Panel 4 Dust Puppy: Okay Erwin. Hold it right here, I think we're right above Greg's room. I'll rappel down and get him. Panel 5 Sound effect: WOOSH Panel 6 Dust Puppy (off panel): AAAAGH! Abort! Abort! Panel 7 AJ: Ye gods, what happened to him?! Erwin: Rope burn.

#Colour #Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.15th1998

#AJ #DustPuppy #Erwin

Panel 1 Friendly Staff: So how's our most challenging patient doing? The Finest Staff: Not good. Panel 2 Friendly Staff: How come? The Finest Staff: We confined him to his room with no connectivity and no computer. Panel 3 Greg: Please, you have to let me log on! Just one piece of e-mail! I won't play Minesweeper! I promise! Don't you people care?!?! No one asked me where I want to go today!!!

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.14th1998

#FriendlyStaff #Greg #TheFinestStaff

Panel 1 No dialogue Panel 2 No dialogue Panel 3 Friendly Staff: Playing Minesweeper again Greg? Greg: The icon was on the desktop. I couldn't help it!

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.13th1998

#FriendlyStaff #Greg

Panel 1 Erwin: I still think this is crazy. Dust Puppy: Relax. We'll be in and out in minutes. I just have to get this field pack on. Panel 2 Dust Puppy: YEEEARRRGH! Panel 3 Erwin: Guess you shouldn't have packed the thirty six-packs of Coke, huh. Dust Puppy: Like I had a choice. What else do I give Greg in an IV?

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.12th1998

#DustPuppy #Erwin

Panel 1 Dust Puppy: Erwin, please pull up information on the USNavy SEALs. I need all the cool stuff on them you can find. Erwin: Searching. OK, found it. Panel 2 Dust Puppy: Okay, balaclava, military boots, load-bearing equipment, rapelling gear, rope, explosives, radio... Should be easy enough. Erwin: What are you doing? Panel 3 Dust Puppy: We're going to rescue Greg. Get us a helicopter. Erwin: We're going to WHAT?!?!

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.11th1998

#DustPuppy #Erwin

Panel 1 Pitr: Any idea how Greg's doing in detox? Mike: Oh, I'm sure he's fine. Panel 2 Mike: Check out their brochure. See, the detox people spare no expense in caring for their customers. The best facilities. The finest staff. The most advanced equipment... Panel 3 The Finest Staff: Oh no, this pill isn't for swallowing...

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.10th1998

#Greg #Mike #Pitr #TheFinestStaff

Panel 1 Stef: So how's the new tech support guy working out? Mike: Just fine. He's nearly as good as Greg. Panel 2 Stef: Really? How so? Mike: His approach with customers is a little different, but it does the job. Panel 3 Cartman: Ey! I don't have to take that kind of crap from a scrawny weakling like you!!

#Colour #Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.9th1998

#Cartman #Mike #Stef

#SouthPark

Notes:
First non Sunday strip with colour.
First appearance of a character from another IP.

Panel 1 Computer with text: USER FRIENDLY by Illiad Panel 2 Greg: NOOO!!! I'll be good, I promise! I won't do it anymore!! Panel 3 Sign on ambulance: TECHIE DETOX Sven: Cuum-a noo Greg. You joost leet beeg Sven teke-a care uff-a yoo. Meend youur heed, ya? Greg: NOOO!! Panel 4 Pitr: Techie Detox? Was that absolutely necessary Mike? Mike: I think so. It's really for his own good. He worked for Microsoft, for starters. Panel 5 Mike: And how many times have we caught him playing Minesweeper? Or Solitaire? He has a problem, and as his friends we must help him. Panel 6 Pitr: I guess you're right. Panel 7 Pitr: What are they going to do to him? Mike: Hourly enemas. Greg will never want to play Minesweeper again.

#Colour #Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.8th1998

#Greg #Mike #Pitr #Sven

Panel 1 Pitr: I heard that Greg used to work for Microsoft. Mike: Yuck. Panel 2 Greg: Hey guys. What's up? Panel 3 Mike: You trollop. Greg: I was young and I needed the money, okay?!?!

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.7th1998

#Greg #Mike #Pitr

Panel 1 Caption (top of panel): Recent attacks over the Internet by hackers have affected critical military networks... Sign on wall: NAVAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE Naval Officer: What the...? Computer: Application "Minesweeper" has barfed. Panel 2 Caption (top of panel): Even technology centres with their own computer security staff were hit. Sign on wall: Network Security Center Security Analyst: See? I can't get www.spankme.com! Panel 3 Caption (top of panel): All of this was due to an unknowing young techie five years ago... Sign on wall: Microsoft Quality Assurance Labs Sign on desk: Windows Security Testing Station Young Greg: Could be a problem... oh, what the hell.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.6th1998

#Greg #NavalOfficer #SecurityAnalyst

#Flashback

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Panel 1 AJ: I don't believe it! Pitr drank the Crud Puppy!! Mike: What? You mean he's gone? Panel 2 AJ: Kaput. The evil has been destroyed. Mike: Any idea on how Pitr's doing? Panel 3 Dust Puppy: Ummm. You doing okay, Pitr? Pitr: Mmmrfrmfrmm oh I'm jufpt SPIFFY!!!

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.5th1998

#AJ #CrudPuppy #DustPuppy #Mike #Pitr

Panel 1 Crud Puppy: Ah, round one is over. I think I will take a break in the coffee mug. Panel 2 Sound effect: shhhhPUK Panel 3 No dialogue Panel 4 Pitr: Sluuuuup. Mmmm. Strong coffee.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.4th1998

#CrudPuppy #Pitr

#Coffee

Panel 1 AJ: Mike, we have to stop the crud puppy from doing more evil! Grab him! Panel 2 No dialogue Panel 3 Mike: No way, YOU grab him! AJ: Unh-uh, I don't know where he's been!

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.3rd1998

#AJ #CrudPuppy #Mike

Panel 1 Dust Puppy (thinking): Oh my. The final apocalyptic deathmatch with my nemesis. If it wasn't for that sign from the Great Modem, I'd be terrified. As it is, I'm just scared witless. Panel 2 Dust Puppy (thinking): What am I going to do? The crud puppy is bigger than me, meaner than me, craftier than me, and he plays really dirty. What else could possibly go wrong? Panel 3 Stef: Hey little guy. I'm here to give you some Quake tips. Dust Puppy: O Great Modem, why hast thou forsaken me?

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.2nd1998

#DustPuppy #Stef

Panel 1 Computer with text: USER FRIENDLY by Illiad Panel 2 Pitr: Where's the dust puppy? AJ: He's in the other room with all the servers. Panel 3 Pitr: What's he doing in there? AJ: Believe it or not, he's trying to psyche himself up for the match with the crud puppy. Panel 4 Dust Puppy: O Great Modem in the Sky, please give me the courage to fight my enemy. Give me the wisdom to know his darkest plans. Give me the strength to outlast his evil. Panel 5 Dust Puppy: Heck, give me anything!! Space between panels 5 and 6 Sound effect: ZAP! Panel 6 Dust Puppy: There is a god!

#Colour #Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Mar.1st1998

#AJ #DustPuppy #Pitr

Panel 1 AJ: I kid you not, this thing looks evil. It gives me the creeps. Smells like office coffee. Panel 2 No dialogue Panel 3 Dust Puppy: So we meet again, evil one. AJ: OK, this is way to surreal for me. Crud Puppy: Your powers have grown weak, Dust Puppy.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Feb.28th1998

#AJ #CrudPuppy #DustPuppy

Panel 1 Pitr (thinking): Guess I'd better see what's going on in this server before Stef has a fit. Panel 2 No dialogue Panel 3 Piter: This isn't Kansas anymore, is it. Crud Puppy: Hey, pull my finger.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Feb.27th1998

#CrudPuppy #Pitr

Panel 1 Crud Puppy: Server. Yum. Make problems. Heheheheheh. Panel 2 Stef: I was helping an important client with their new chat server, and for some reason the keyboard has taken on a life of its own... Panel 3 Office Drudge: Stef Called you a WHAT? Important Client: "a big girl's blouse." I'm not that effeminate am I?

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Feb.26th1998

#CrudPuppy #Mike #Stef

Panel 1 Smiling Man: hmmm, lets see, we can bump you up to the next tax bracket... Panel 2 Sound effect: PLOP Panel 3 No dialogue Panel 4 Crud Puppy: Heheheheh. Have a nice day. Smiling Man (thinking): Why do I get the feeling that this is leading somewhere really bad?

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Feb.25th1998

#CrudPuppy #SmilingMan

Panel 1 Stef: What're you reading, AJ? AJ: CNN News on the Web. Do you know how much information they're releasing on US Military strategy in Iraq? Look at it all! Panel 2 Stef: That's so scary. Iraqi inteligence is probably cruising the Web and disseminating the information even as we speak. Panel 3 Iraqi Soldier: Achmed, check out this Web page! Many naughty women, and this one looks like the Colonel's wife!

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Feb.23rd1998

#AJ #Stef

#Iraq

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#SoloMagic #EventEssentials #DesignGoals #UserFriendly

Panel 1 Computer with text: USER FRIENDLY by Illiad Panel 2 AJ: I am so depressed Dust Puppy: You all right AJ? Erwin: What happened? Stef beat you at Quake? Panel 3 AJ: I said depressed, not suicidal. Erwin: Oh. Did your house burn down then? Panel 4 AJ: It's this Iraq thing. Clinton is on morally questionable ground. A lot of people are afraid he might back down from popular pressure. Panel 5 Erwin: Did you say Clinton? AJ: Yes. President Clinton Erwin: I will be right back. Panel 6 AJ: Then again, on the same note, even more people are afraid Clinton might just go ahead with an attack. The last thing we need is another war on this planet. Dust Puppy: I think you should have said that to Erwin first. Panel 7 Sign: White House Washrooms Clinton: I don't think I can do this. I must be compassionate! But I have to be strong! AAAAAAAAGH! Erwin: Wuss.

#Colour #Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Feb.22nd1998

#AJ #Clinton #DustPuppy #Erwin

Panel 1 Mike: Where's Stef? AJ: He's taking Quake lessons from Dust Puppy. Panel 2 Mike: WHAT? If Stef plays like the little guy, he'll butcher us! AJ: Oh, I really wouldn't worry. Panel 3 Stef: Boy, this is harder then it looks. Dust Puppy: Stop waving your arms.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Feb.21st1998

#AJ #DustPuppy #Mike #Stef

Panel 1 Stef: I don't believe it. Tanya, you're actually playing Quake! How is it that someone as nice as you can play something as viscious as Quake? Panel 2 Tanya: A new expansion pack came out. I just had to try it. Panel 3 Audio from computer: I want unlimited time, perfect service, zero down time and I want it all for free! And you're wrong and I'm always right! Panel 4 Stef: What's this pack called anyway? Tanya: "Customer Service Revenge." Die, spawn of the Devil! Audio from computer: BLAM! BLAM! AAAGH!

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Feb.20th1998

#Stef #Tanya

#Quake

Panel 1 Greg: Columbia Internet Tech Support, Greg speaking, how can I help you? Customer: Hello. I don't know how t oconnect to the Internet. Panel 2 Greg: Okay. What kind of modem do you have? Customer: I don't have a modem. Panel 3 Greg: You don't have a modem? Customer: No. Greg: You need one. Customer: Why? Panel 4 Greg: Because you need to hook it up to your computer!! Customer: I need a computer?

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Feb.19th1998

#Customer #Greg

#Techsupport

Panel 1 Hillary: Greg, we're instituting a new pricing scheme for technical support calls. The basic rule is "the dumber you are, the more you pay." Panel 2 No dialogue Panel 3 Greg: You realize our national economy can't support this. AJ: Why not? Stupid people have been giving Bill Gates money for decades.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Feb.18th1998

#AJ #Greg #Hillary

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Panel 1 Judge: For exellence, style and speed in the snowboarding competition, and also because the gold medalist was disqualified. I present you with this Bronze Medal. Panel 2 No dialogue Panel 3 Judge: I swear I have no idea where to put this on you. Dust Puppy: I was kind of wondering myself.

#Comic #UserFriendly #By:Illiad #Feb.17th1998

#DustPuppy #OlympicsJudge

#Olympics