Wallpapers.

Well, you know, we were trying to think of ways to get ourselves entrenched in popular consciousness and someone said to us what about the Internet? Every desk-jockey in the universe tries to brighten up their shabby lives with idiosyncratic pictures placed on their computer desktop in a desperate attempt to seem "interesting". Why not put some wallpaper designs online and use the delusional attempts of strangers to justify their existence to further your own goals?

To which we said, hot damn.

How to download these files
Okay, so what you do is you pick the image you want and click on link underneath that corresponds to the size of the desktop you use. Most people these days use the 1024 size, but you might be working smaller. Who knows? Just pick one, then if you're using a Macintosh hold the control key down and click on the link and choose "Download linked file", then after it's downloaded put the picture in the folder where your desktop wallpapers live. If you're on a PC, it's pretty much the same except you can right-click on the link instead. And if any of youse are working on larger screens, just email me and let me know the dimensions you need and I'll knock one up for you quick damn smart.

Wallpaper One: ROM Spaceknight

Based on the image I contributed to the Spacenight fundraiser art auction to raise funds to pay US Comic legend Bill Mantlo's medical bills. For more about ROM, check out Comics 101's three-episode reprise of the silver space cyborg's 75-issue strong series.

800 x 600 (152 Kb)
1024 x 768 (184 Kb)
1280 x 800 (196 Kb)

Wallpaper Two: Welcome to Beautiful North Fitzroy

As seen in the interior pages of Man Bites Dog. Illustration by the wonderful Mandy Ord.

800 x 600 (168 Kb)
1024 x 768 (236 Kb)
1280 x 800 (368 Kb)

Wallpaper Three: Where's my Fucking Pedipulator?

Bugger jet-packs! The future distinctly promised pedipulators, and you can demand your futuristic walking device today! Available in two flavours: Home Use, with full adult language present; and Office Friendly, which can be brought out in front of co-workers without fear of reprisal.

Office-Friendly:

800 x 600 (92 Kb)
1024 x 768 (144 Kb)
1280 x 800 (148 Kb)

Home-Use:

800 x 600 (92 Kb)
1024 x 768 (148 Kb)
1280 x 800 (152 Kb)

Wallpaper Four: Durga vs. Evil Robot Hanuman

The Hindu goddess of battle and destruction faces down the subcontinent's own futuristic robot monkey man.

800 x 600 (64 Kb)
1024 x 768 (104 Kb)
1280 x 800 (164 Kb)