In 1992, Don Lokke Jr., a 36-year-old Texan who ran a small printing/ad business, decided to try selling syndicated content to BBS sysops. He hit on the idea of taking a newspaper tradition — the political cartoon — and bringing it online. He gave away his main series, "Mack the Mouse" for free, but sold subscriptions for more content. Most BBSes were text-only, so Lokke used ANSI art. He dubbed them "telecomics." He would draw nearly 300 of them. (3/x) https://breakintochat.com/blog/2026/03/25/don-lokke-and-mack-the-mouse/