Elvie

Elvie #108

Mar28

by Mark on March 28, 2025 at 4:04 pm

This strip first appeared in issue #268 of Linux (Pro) Magazine. I can’t deny, this is one of my favourite Elvie strips. It took us a little while to get the right combination of objects mirroring each other between the past and present but, together with the play on words, I think the end result is a clever little strip that’s a bit different to most of our others.

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[Panel 1, headed "1622": Elvie & James's ancestors, in pilgrim clothing, are in a dark room with various occult objects. Elvie is about to put an ornate key into a creepy looking chest]

Ye olde Elvie: With this sacred key from the Amazon I can call forth demons to fulfil my orders

Ye olde James: What devilry is this!?

[Panel 2, headed "2022": modern-day Elvie & James are in a room with various tech objects. The positions of the characters and objects mirrors the corresponding items in panel 1. Elvie is about to put a USB key into a computer]

Elvie: With this secret API key from Amazon I can write a daemon in Forth to get my orders fulfilled

James: What delivery is this?

└ Tags: Amazon, Linux (Pro) Magazine, Programming

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Aug22

by Mark on August 22, 2019 at 4:30 pm

Posted In: Uncategorized

For over 25 years we’ve been creating comic strips, and for the past decade we’ve been putting them online for anyone to view or download under Creative Commons licenses. We’d like to do more of this – as well as re-license some of our older strips – so we’ve launched a Patreon page to earn a little money on the side to help us dedicate more time to working on comics. The details are described a bit more in this video:

We really hope you’ll choose to become a patron. Even 1$ a month will help to ensure that we keep creating our cartoons and making our older strips even more “free” than they already are. Plus you’ll get to learn all about the secret Easter eggs we hide in every Greys strip! If you’re interested in supporting us, or just learning a little more, please visit our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/peppertop

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Elvie #002 (fr-FR)

Jul25

by Mark on July 25, 2014 at 1:56 pm

Posted In: French, Translations

This is a French translation of our Elvie #002 comic strip and commentary, by Samuel. Click on the image for the full-sized version:

Cette planche a été publiée dans le no 2 du magazine Linux Voice. Ce numéro comporte un tutoriel sur la façon de créer une machine d’arcade avec une Raspberry Pi et un autre sur Grace Hopper. Ces deux idées ont été combinées dans cette B.D.

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Elvie #001 (fr-FR)

Jul13

by Mark on July 13, 2014 at 11:29 am

Posted In: French, Translations

This is a French translation of our Elvie #001 comic strip and commentary, by Samuel. Click on the image for the full-sized version:

Voici la première planche d’Elvie que nous avons créée. Elle a été publiée dans le premier numéro du magazine Linux Voice.

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Elvie #000 (fr-FR)

Jul13

by Mark on July 13, 2014 at 11:25 am

Posted In: French, Translations

This is a French translation of our Elvie #000 prequel comic strip and commentary, by Samuel. Click on the image for the full-sized version:

Notre bande-dessinée Elvie est une commande produite pour le magazine Linux Voice. Se démarquant d’autres magazines, Linux Voice publiera son contenu sous licence CC-BY-SA neuf mois après sa parution. La première de nos planches devait apparaître sur ce site dans peu de temps, mais nous avons décidé de créer cet « épisode zéro » pour présenter le personnage auparavant.

Cette B.D. est réalisée en utilisant MyPaint et Inkscape, GIMP nous servant pour les modifications additionnelles et la conversion des fichiers. Nous envisageons de mettre à la disposition du public nos sources originales et nous réfléchissons actuellement à la meilleure façon de le faire, compte tenu de leur taille (GitHut semble être un bon candidat pour l’instant1).

Revenez jeter un œil ici pour découvrir de nouveaux épisodes, ou procurez-vous Linux Voice pour les lire plusieurs mois avant leur mise en ligne. Merci également d’accorder un moment à nos autres B.D. : The Greys et Monsters, Inked.

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