Go, Read: Fanboy’s Secret Origin

Harry McCracken at Technologizer does the cultural excavating that no one else thought to do: exploring where the term fanboy came from and exploring the pejorative's impact and effect on a generation of nerds, particularly the use of the term in computer circles. According to McCracken the key document is a 1973 comic where Jay Lynch and Glenn Bray rework the humorous put-down "funboy" into something that distinguishes one kind of fan from another. It's worth it for a better look at the comic art depicted at left, and the John Byrne fumetti. Is there any day that can not be made between three and four percent better through application of the phrase "John Byrne fumetti"?

thanks, Devlin and Jesse
 
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