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10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10 (Book Cover), 2012.

The first book cover (I have seen) to use PETSCII (Commodore ASCII) characters as a pattern.

It is part of a compilation of writing from software artists (via Amazon)

ASCII for LulzSec, a hacker group that only existed for a few weeks, but made some very high profile hacks. Wikipedia

TextFighter, an Apple II-game by Bret Victor, 1994. “A full featured arcade-style fighting game that uses only text characters and runs on any Apple II.”

By krüe. Taken from his archive of Apple II text graphics: fortycolumns.

ANSI for High Sierra BBS by Nhut and Magius of ACiD, 1991. This version only credits Nhut. (Post updated with links and info in 2024)

Insomniac’s Dream. ANSI by Rad Man and Grimm of ACiD, 1990.

Post updated in 2024.

In the Beginning by Scott Partridge for Megafauna, 2012. Depicts an Australopithecus skull made of the first chapter of Genesis. The background is comprised of various aspects of creation. A large version can be seen here

Post updated in 2024.

COLORIZED ASCII ART by joan stark

Poster for an exhibition with the collected works of Richard Kostelanetz, an American artist/writer (b. 1940).