Comic Strips

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Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author's website, for instance).
The comic must be a complete story.
If it is an external link, it must be to a specific story, not to the root of the site.
You may post comics from others or your own.
If you are posting a comic of your own, a maximum of one per week is allowed (I know, your comics are great, but this rule helps avoid spam).
The comic can be in any language, but if it's not in English, OP must include an English translation in the post's 'body' field (note: you don't need to select a specific language when posting a comic).
Politeness.
AI-generated comics aren't allowed.
Adult content is not allowed. This community aims to be fun for people of all ages.

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[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What is it?

[–] Brewchin@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Don't know its correct name, but we called it Paper Asteroids or Pen Wars? 🤷‍♂️

It works by placing a ballpoint pen (eg. a Bic) vertically on the paper held up by a fingertip, then moving your finger back and away from the direction you're aiming until the pen tip slides/rolls itself and the pen drops onto the paper. You draw a small 'x' where there resulting line ends.

Your opponent then does the same thing. And you repeat from your previous 'x'. You'll each end up with a series of —×—× over the page.

I seem to recall there being two ways to play:

Have your line hit the other player's leading/current 'x'. I think this is the normal way, but it's hard.
Have your line hit any mark the other player has made. Much easier, but doesn't make much sense.

Either way, it was a fun and cheap way to entertain yourselves during a class break years before everyone had dopamine slabs in their pockets. 😄