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While the year's not quite over yet, if you're reading this in late December 2020, the odds are very good that you're going to make it through the end of this uniquely challenging year! There have been many hazards to field over the past 12 months -- was it really just at the start of this year that Australia was being ravaged by unstoppable wildfires? were the giant murder hornets ever really a thing? -- but despite the chilling prospects of civil unrest, roving gangs of right-wing militias and general hints of societal breakdown, the big killer of the year was of course the Coronavirus, who true to its name takes the crown. At least two Mistigris contributors were laid low by this infection this year, and it looks like one of them might have caught it twice! (It doesn't look like it slowed down their art production, but maybe that's just them coasting on feverish inertia, it's hard to tell.) So anyway, here we are rapidly approaching the end of the year. It was a December when we first realised we'd be going monthly in 2017, after subdividing the scary Hallowe'en art from the mound we'd managed to accumulate over a year, then noticing that Horsenburger was boldly plugging away at a seasonal teletext screen daily (and often more frequently than that!) like some human advent calendar, dispensing blocky art instead of waxy chocolate. He's somehow managed to climb off that tiger, after years at its mercy -- instead it seems he's drawing Mandalorian scenes daily, and perhaps we'll share some of them with you in a SF artpack in May of 2021. In the meantime we've got a rather lean Mistigris artpack for you, a measurement tempered when noticing that the slimmest Mistigris artpack in a given year will still typically contain more files than virtually any other release by any other underground computer art crew... but it's pointless to make an apples to oranges comparison like that. What we can offer in this collection is a return visit from occasional guests Hayn9, Rhoq and TekstTV_DK, those first two demonstrating their stuff in a triumphant specimen of Polyducks' Textmode Friends networked Moebius ANSI art jams, a surprisingly resilient variety of icing that has been found gracing our cakes regularly for half a year now! \|/ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ \|/ . /|\ \|/ ÛÛÛÜßÜÛÛÛÛÜ /|\ \|/ /|\ . ÛÛÛÛܲÛÛÛÛÛÜ . /|\ ÛÜÜß ßßÜÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÜÜßÛÜ ÛÛÛÛ \|/ ÛÛßß ÜÛ ÛÜÛÛÛ \|/ /|\ . ÛÛÛÛܲßßÛÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÜ /|\ . . \|/ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ܲßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ \|/ /|\ ÛÛÛÛÛÛßÛ ÜßßÜÛÛÛÛÛÜ /|\ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ Û²ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßß ÛÛß±ÜßÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜß ßÛÜÛÛÛÛÛ Thanks to CoaXCable for providing the FILE_ID.DIZ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßÛÛÛܱÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ and infofile art this time around! The ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜßÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ relatively tame specimen we wound up with only ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÜßßßÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ arrived very late in an attempt to emulate a ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜßÛÛßÜÜß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ notorious "writing in the snow" cover of MAD ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßÜÜßßßÛÛ ÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ Magazine from March of 1984. Cthulu (here, allow ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßÛÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ him to demonstrate) was really trying to ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ explore a new angle in seasonal typographical ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ themes, but it turns out some ideas have been ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßÜÜÛÛÛÛÛ left fallow in the interest of good taste. ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛ (His wife, finding the explanation to her inquiry ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ "What are you doing?" to raise more questions ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ°ßÛÛÛÛ than it answered, bemoaned the lost opportunity ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ:Û,ÛÛÛÛÛÛ to style the logo "misti-pee." Nonsense! ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ "Pistigris" scans far better! Perhaps we'll ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ!ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ investigate this matter in greater depth in April) ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ.Û:ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ (It just goes to show there's no need for ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ!ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ Mistergirls in this scene, as no one can more ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ effectively parody us than we do ourselves.) Not yet complete by pack release, but well on track to be done by New Year's, keep your eyes open on social media for a few dozen screens constituting an all-star teletext celebration of Digitiser icon Turner the Worm, as he travels back in time from doomed 2020 and tries to change history! Other recent works also not appearing in this collection are some well worthwhile experimental games by Mig_Moog, whose very seasonal snowball fight strategic simulator can be played at migmoog.itch.io/snowb4ll, and Polyducks, whose distinctly un- seasonal exercise in textmode horror can be enjoyed via polyducks.itch.io/waking-nightmare  Our next artpack collection should be another tribute to an activity to an escapist activity that people presumably indulged in excessively over lockdown 2020, television shows and short-form serial streaming shows, and in the new year we have another celebration of the world of music coming up -- all that plus another Blender compo coming up the weekend of January 16th. 2021 will very likely see an end to our unprecedented wild spree of monthly artpack releases, in their place leaving us a little room to undertake some other interesting projects that the monthly artpack grind hasn't allowed us the schedule space to explore. We have e-mags to write and games to make and frontiers to explore. ÜÝ ܲ°Ü Û °Û Û ܲ ± ÜÛ ÛÜ ÜÛ° ² Û±ÛÜ ßÜ þß°±Û ²Ý²Ý ° ÛÜ Ü²°Û²ßÛ ÛÛÝß°Ü °°°Ý ÜßßßÛß ßÜßßÛÞ² ß±Ü ß°Ü ÜÜÜÜ°Üßß Ü²±° ÞÛÛ ß² ²²ßÜß Ü ÜÜÛ ±ÛÜÜ ß Ü þ ßÜ ßÜß ßÜÛßÜß°± Û ß ÛÛß ßÜÝÛ ÜÛ Û° Ûß °ÛßÛßßÛß Ü±Û ±Ü ÛÜÛ ÜÜÜß°Üß ß °ß ÜÛ ÜÛßÛ Ü ß Û Û±ÝÜÜÜÞ±² ÜßÛßß° ß Ü°ß Üß°ÜÛ±°Ü°Ü ßܱ ßßÛÛ²Ý Û° ²²²Ü  ±² Ûß ßÜÜß ßßÜß°Üßß ÜÜ ß± ßÜ ßÛ ß Ý ßÜ Ý² +±ß,  Ý þ Ý Û Üß ß ß°ÜÛ²Û°°Û °ß ßÜ ² ²ú²ß² Ü Û²±ß²±Ûß²ÜÛ ß ß ß ß°°±ÛÛ±²Ý ß Ýß Üß ß ß ßßß±ÜÜßßß ß°°±ÛÛ±²Ý ÜÛ±±ÜÜ ÜÜ°±±Ü °°ÛÛ²±²Ý Well, let's get to it, shall we? Cthulu ÞÛß Þ²Ü²ß²Ý ßÛ Ü°Üß Þ²°°°°°±Ý '!" ܱ ß±±Ü "!' ÜÜÜÞÝßÜ° Û ÜßÞ²°°°Û°±Ý Ü Ü ßß Ü ßܱ ÜÜß þÜ ß ß±ßÛÛÜ ±ßÜ ±°±ÛÝÞ²°±Üß ±ÜÜßßÜß° Û ÞÝܲ±°°°ß²²ÝßÞÜܱÜ ²Ü ÛßÜÜþ±Ü ±±ÛÛÜ±ß ²²ß ±ÜÜÛܱ±²Ü±ÜÜßßÜßß cXcßßßß,ß² Ýþ ßÜßßÜÛßÜÜ²Ü Ûßßß²þÞÛßßß ß²ß ²ß ÝßßÜß²ß ßÛ²ßßßÛ²ß ÛßßßÛßßßÛßßÛßßÛÛÛßß ÛßÛÜ ß Ûß ÞÝß ß² Ûß ß Ý ß ß ß ß ß ß ß ß ß ßÜ ß Ü ßßÜ ßß ßÛÝ ß ßSAUCE00MIST1220 newsletter CoaXCable and CthuluMistigris 20201222ÌQP–IBM VGA