Link Highlight: Sluggy 10th Anniversary Tribute

Sluggy has had its ups and downs over the years, but what doesn't in 10 years, especially on the Web?

Sluggy won't officially turn 10 until tomorrow, but I'll be at Warren War tomorrow, so... anyway.

I was actually a member of the sluggy.net bboards for a while - active enough that I actually earned a title: the Nitpicking Official Unofficial Strip Finder. Some of the milestone posts I saved:

First Sluggy message, 4/24/02

Security Breach. An unidentified user has been detected. Designate target "Gridley."

Proceed with check for evilness.

Affiliation with HeretiCorp: Negative.
Affiliation with Microsoft: Negative.
Politician/Lawyer: Negative.
Undead/ethereal: Negative.

Proceed with background check.

Primary occupation: college student, engineering.
Secondary occupation: paramedic.
Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Proceed with substance abuse test.

First exposed to sluggy: May 26th, 2001 http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=010526 (scratched head, went about business)
Addicted to sluggy: February 18th, 2002 http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=020218 (read all posted sluggy within three days)

Caffeine: trace. Negative addiction.

No other addictive substances detected.

Alert: began college on same day as first Sluggy publication. Possible conspiracy.
Alert: significant personality correlation with Torg. Possible clone.

No other significant factors found.

Begin routine monitoring.

Sluggy Post, 5/3/02

Hmm...

Three strips for the Vampires, under the moon,
Seven for the Demons in their place of Pain,
Nine for minor characters doomed to die,
One for the Dark Author on his dark computer
In the land of Sluggy, where the Shadows lie.

One Bun to rule them all, one Bun to find them,
One Bun to bring them all and with a switchblade blind them
In the land of Sluggy, where the Shadows lie.


A Tribute to Sluggy Freelance Book 6

All that are dead are not finished
Not all those who wander are lost
The plane that is old can’t be EMP’ed
The brainwashed won’t think of the cost.

In the dreaming a soul shall awaken
In the darkness a new fire will burn
Renewed shall be ‘bot that was broken
The Vowelless again shall return