John asks Nerdfighters to illustrate Gus Is a Bug (2009)
ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2011-05-23) · owner: John
In November 2009 John asked Nerdfighters to draw illustrations for the text of Gus Is a Bug and upload them to the Ning. In January 2010 he presented the result, a video book of their illustrations made for his baby, and in 2011 he said one Nerdfighter had turned her illustrations into an actual book that Henry loves.
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About: Gus Is a Bug, Nerdfighter Ning
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-11-15 | asked | John asks Nerdfighters to draw pictures for the Gus Is a Bug text and upload them to the Ning. | Gus Is A Bug 00:01:40 |
| 2009-11-17 | reminder | John asks Nerdfighters to keep sending illustrations for Gus Is a Bug. | Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition 00:02:33 |
| 2010-01-08 | result reported | John presents 'Gus is a Bug by Nerdfighteria', a video book of Nerdfighters' illustrations made for his baby. | GUS HAS NO FUZZ! 00:01:34 |
| 2010-01-08 | thanks | John thanks all the Nerdfighters who illustrated Gus and apologises for not including more. | GUS HAS NO FUZZ! 00:02:03 |
| 2011-05-23 | result reported | John reports that a Nerdfighter turned her Gus Is a Bug illustrations, made when the Yeti was pregnant with Henry, into an actual book Henry loves. | Eating the Unicorn 00:01:23 |
What is said about it
7 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2009-11-15 · Gus Is A Bug — ask: John: Even without a copy, John proposes Nerdfighters remake the book: draw pictures for the text he reads and upload them to the Ning so he can reconstitute his childhood experience. (hedged) — 00:01:40
- 2009-11-15 · Gus Is A Bug — John reads the full text of Gus Is a Bug aloud as the text to illustrate: Gus has fuzz, runs, naps, tugs, and ends with no fuzz. (playful) — 00:02:09
- 2009-11-17 · Question Tuesday: The Free Money Edition — ask: John asks Nerdfighters to keep sending Gus illustrations. — 00:02:33
- 2010-01-08 · GUS HAS NO FUZZ! — John credits the Nerdfighters who illustrated the Gus is a Bug video book: Dr. Noise, Kaiti, Becca, Andrea, Minna, Sara Roscoe, Suzanne and SamWiseGirl. — video description
- 2010-01-08 · GUS HAS NO FUZZ! — John says Nerdfighters drew their own versions of Gus is a Bug, which he likes even more than the original, and he made them into a video book that will introduce his baby to Nerdfighteria. — 00:00:58
- 2010-01-08 · GUS HAS NO FUZZ! — John thanks the Nerdfighter illustrators, regrets not including more, and thanks one who drew Gus as a non-bug larva (species name unclear) for reminding him smart is cooler than cute. — 00:02:03
- 2011-05-23 · Eating the Unicorn — John recalls that when the Yeti was pregnant with Henry, Nerdfighteria illustrated his favourite out-of-print picture book, Gus Is a Bug, so he could read it to Henry. — 00:01:23