"Linux Gazette...making Linux just a little more fun!"

Who are Fil & Lil Tux?
They are evolving characters! Fil Tux is a Linux Zealot trying to indoctrinate Lil Tux.

When did Fil & Lil Tux begin?
Concept was created December 18, 2001. The first cartoon appeared on whatisnew.com December 26, 2001.

Would you like to use Fil & Lil on your website? Go for it! All we ask is that you link back to their home page: http://www.whatisnew.com/fillil/index.cfm

ESC's Lora Heiny writes:

Here's a little brief on the characters in the cartoon:

Fil

Age: 39
Eats: Fish & chips
Favorite TV show: Hawaii Five-0
Favorite cartoon: Batman
Favorite comedian: Groucho Marx
Favorite Marx quote: "You know I could just rent you out as a decoy for duck hunters?"

Age: 29
Eats: bird seed
Pets: AJ & Gracie (fictitious dogs on whatisnew.com)
Lil wants to know why people use Linux and what Linux is all about.
Lil's quote: We're not cartoonists. We were just sitting around the table,
Fil started making jokes, and I started writing them down.

Now to more serious stuff:

Fil and Lil are combinations of people we know, customers, distributors, and manufacturers. ESC Technologies operates computer information websites, in addition to being a system builder and component supplier. We like Linux and thought the community needed a chuckle or two.

Layne Heiny, VP ESC Technologies R&D, comes up with most of the jokes and draws Fil & Lil. Loren Heiny, Founder MyEmailStatus.com, also comes up with jokes and funny scenarios.

Lora Heiny, General partner ESC Technologies, draws the background and layout for the cartoon. I edit and delete the REALLY bad jokes.

Copyright © 2002, ESC Technologies.
Copying license http://www.linuxgazette.net/copying.html
Published in Issue 74 of Linux Gazette, January 2002