For the past decade, millions of artists 
have embraced the computer as a more flexible--and more forgiving -- alternative to pencil and paint. However, Joan Stark, who exhibits her work at Joan Stark's Gallery of Original ASCII Art at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/
has missed the point--albeit with truly incredible results. Yes, Joan has rendered scores of cartoon characters, regular people, human body parts, and more using only her space bar, hard return, and the characters she can generate from her keyboard. While you wouldn't want to use any of these images to illustrate your next annual report, they are still the ONLY pictures you can insert into your e-mail messages and expect to appear exactly as they were intended to appear on the receiving end. As testimony to her obsession, Joan has even created several ASCII animations; regrettably, only one or two of them worked on our browser.

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