IMBIBE01/PE-EGGS

 Mistigram: of course, you can't have a magazine about food without featuring a few recipes. Publius Enigma surely thought he'd trolled us good when he posted this hash cookie recipe, translated from the lyrics to #Tool's #DieEierVonSatan, to the Tabnet food echomail base circa 1998. Well played, sir! (However, I am told that, alas, the cookies don't really bind together without the eggs.)

This recipe was included in the new IMBIBE01 electronic magazine.

IMBIBE01/CT-IMBIBE

 Mistigram: racking his brain for period food-themed art to adapt to #ANSIart in order to celebrate the new IMBIBE01 e-mag release of food-themed articles and captures from the turn of the century, Cthulu's mind went back to #DonHertzfeldt's Oscar-winning 2000 short #Rejected. #MySpoonIsTooBig! #IAmABanana!

IMBIBE01 art mosaic

 Mistigram: also served as a side with our newly-released Imbibe food-themed e-mag is a tasting flight of other delicious text and semigraphics art - here is a sampling of some tasty #teletext and #ASCIIart, an Xbin and a #BBCMicro high resolution graphics screen.  Check it out at https://16colo.rs/mag/imbibe01

IMBIBE01 ANSI art mosaic

 Mistigram: there's a lot of new food-themed #ANSIart in the interface and art gallery submenu of our newly-released Imbibe e-mag... but the only way to see it is by running its MS-DOS executable. (Or waiting for us to get impatient and post it to social media!) Go, check it out via https://16colo.rs/mag/imbibe01

MIST0121/BLIPPYPIXEL-303

 Mistigram: March 3rd is 3/03, so today technoheads celebrate the #Roland #TB303 Bass Line synthesizer. Here is one illustrated in #teletext by @blippypixel, as seen in the music-themed MIST0121 artpack collection released four years ago. Happy #303Day!

IMBIBE01 FILE_ID.DIZ

 Mistigram: Odd drew us this constrained #SteamedHams #ANSIart tribute to use as the FILE_ID.DIZ for our 'new' debut issue of Imbibe, an MS-DOS food-and-drink themed electronic magazine that's been on our back burner since 1998.  For a taste you can try it out via https://16colo.rs/mag/imbibe01

MIST0224/HORSENBURGER-WILL_SMITH

 Mistigram: This monochrome #teletext portrait of #WillSmith was drawn by @Horsenburger and included in the music-themed MIST0224 artpack collection released one year ago this month.  Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

IGNITE01/LDA-MNTN

 Mistigram: from the recent IGNITE01 collection of vector art and multimedia in the #AtariST's long-forgotten IGS (#InstantGraphicsAndSound) format circa 1990, here's a pristine mountainous landscape drawn by LDA.

HORSENBURGER-GENE_HACKMAN_AS_JIMMY_POPEYE_DOYLE

 Mistigram: here's a quick @horsenburger #teletext tribute to the late #GeneHackman (as Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle in 1971's #TheFrenchConnection) on the occasion of the sudden and unexpected death of everyone in his household announced today.

MIST-30/POLYDUCKS-ATTACKTOPUS

 Mistigram: flee for your lives! An enormous, enraged mollusk prepares to dismantle eight skyscrapers simultaneously in this screen, "Attacktopus", drawn by @Polyducks for last year's #ATASCII compo. This piece was included in the MIST-30 artpack celebration.

MIST0224/TELETEXTR-POINTER_SISTERS-AUTOMATIC

 Mistigram: @teletextr adapted the cover art to the European release of the #PointerSisters' 1983 single #Automatic to #teletext, in this screen from the music-themed MIST0224 artpack collection released one year ago.  Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

MIST-30/MM-CRTANGEL

 Mistigram: the fondly-remembered spirit of a bygone era, @mavenmob's #ANSIart illustration 'CRT Angel' manages to enshrine a species of technological nostalgia.  This screen was included in the MIST-30 artpack celebration.

MIST0224/BLIPPYPIXEL-STEVIE_WONDER

 Mistigram: this colourful and expressionistic #teletext portrait of #StevieWonder getting his groove on was drawn by @blippypixel and included in the music-themed MIST0224 artpack collection released one year ago. Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

MIST-30/LITTLEBITSPACE-DIVINE_OS

 Mistigram: on the top floor of the wizard's tower, when they're done pondering their orb they fire up a vintage 8-bit computer and use it to answer some e-mails. This #PETSCII-inspired concept sketch of DivineOS, running all the essential magic apps, was drawn by @littlebitspace and included in the recent MIST-30 artpack celebration.

MIST0224/ATONALOSPREY-LIL_NAS_TELETEXT

 Mistigram: @atonalosprey drew this #teletext portrait of #LilNasX, the singer of the longest-reigning number one single of all time, #OldTownRoad. The screen, titled Lil Nas (telete)X(t), was included in the music-themed MIST0224 artpack collection released one year ago. Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

MIST-30/US-SPECTACLE

 Mistigram: shortly after making a splash with his solo XBIn collection, Hortau stopped by our Discord to make a guest appearance in our MIST-30 30th anniversary celebration, with these two lads in whimsical hats. But what perplexity were they trying to wrap their heads around? Cthulu offered up some crude graffiti for them to stroke their chins at.

MIST0223/ATONALOSPREY-HARPY_VALENTINE'S_DAY

 Mistigram: if you're a lover of Ancient Greek mythology, @atonalosprey would like for you to have a #Harpy #ValentinesDay! This punny #teletext screen was included in the MIST0223 artpack collection released two years ago this month.

MIST0222/VERMILEONHART-NO_THANK_YOU

 Mistigram: This #asciiart scene by @vermileonhart, titled "No Thank You", was included in the MIST0222 artpack collection released three years ago. #HappyValentinesDay !

MIST0221/BLIPPYPIXEL-DEARJOHN2021

 Mistigram: a poignant #ValentinesDay tale told in #teletext by @blippypixel. This piece was included in the MIST0221 artpack collection released four years ago this month.

MIST0719/HORSENBURGER-NELSAN_ELLIS_AS_LAYFAYETTE_REYNOLDS-2

Mistigram: across the entire run of the drama series #TrueBlood, the late #NelsanEllis played #LafayetteReynolds. This #teletext portrait, drawn by @horsenburger, was included in the television-themed MIST0719 artpack collection. Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

MIST-30/GODFATHER-GITMACHINE

 Mistigram: what kinds of mechanisms operate in your head when the hamster starts running on its wheel? The Godfather drew this spooky cross-section #ANSIart screen for a project titled #GhostsInTheMachine, included in the MIST-30 celebration artpack.

MIST0224/ATONALOSPREY-FELIX_DA_HOUSECAT-HE_WAS_KING

 Mistigram: you have apparently hacked your way into this #teletext adaptation of the cover art to #FelixDaHousecat's 2009 album #HeWasKing, drawn by @atonalosprey and included in the music-themed MIST0224 artpack collection released one year ago.  Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!

MIST-30/STARSTEW-SAD

 Mistigram: OG computer artist @starstew of SITO (etc.) was a regular to Mistigris artpack releases for years following our 2014 revival, and we shared hundreds of his offbeat doodles before eventually pivoting to a more explicitly computer-y computer art orientation. Still, for our recent MIST-30 celebration, we tapped his drawing of these demonic e-mail guardians to help represent the unorthodox path we've trod together.

MIST0920/HORSENBURGER-CHADWICK_BOSEMAN

 Mistigram: shortly after the death of actor #ChadwickBoseman, who famously played Black Panther in the MCU, @horsenburger drew this digital portrait in celebration of him, included in the film-themed MIST0920 artpack collection.  Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!  #WakandaForever

MIST-30/ZII-JRGR2

 Mistigram: A colourful #ANSIart logo celebrating Foenix's #F256K hobbyist computer, running on the Western Design Center 65C02 microprocessor, was drawn by @ZeusII for the retrocomputing-themed Jolly Roger BBS.  This piece was included in the recent MIST-30 artpack celebration.

MIST-30/ILLARTERATE-HOT_BOTZ

 Mistigram: this monochrome scene, promoting the fictitious 0300-HOT-BOTZ chatline, was drawn by @illarterate. It placed 6th in last year's #ATASCII competition, and was included in the recent MIST-30 artpack celebration.

MIST0224/BLIPPYPIXEL-MILES

 Mistigram: this glitched-out, expressionistic #teletext portrait of #BirthOfTheCool jazz icon #MilesDavis blowing his horn was drawn by @blippypixel and included in the music-themed MIST0224 artpack collection one year ago. Happy #BlackHistoryMonth!

MIST-30/LITTLEBITSPACE-MISTFUNK

 Mistigram: we've never released a .WAD, but in the wake of "DOOM: The Gallery Experience" perhaps we should try our hand at it. In the meantime, here's a stone cold #ASCIIart / #blockASCII Mistfunk logo drawn by @littlebitspace and used as an infofile header in the recent MIST-30 celebration artpack.

MIST0224/ATONALOSPREY-BLIND_WILLIE_JOHNSON

 Mistigram: this #teletext portrait of #gospel #blues musician #BlindWillieJohnson was drawn by @atonalosprey and included in the music-themed MIST0224 artpack collection released one year ago.  February is #BlackHistoryMonth of course, and American popular music specifically would have stalled with John Philip Sousa without enormous contributions from Black Americans.

MIST-30/AXB-LIFESAGAS

 Mistigram: this vaguely menacing #blockASCII illustration, #LifesAGas, is the handiwork of @axbmusic and was included in the recent MIST-30 artpack collection.

IGNITE01/MOTH-REC

 

Mistigram: on New Year's Eve we released two artpacks -- the second of them, IGNITE01, was a collection of multimedia screens drawn in the #AtariST's forgotten IGS (Instant Graphics & Sound) format, intended for BBS use, curated by @kirkman14 as part of his deep dive into the defunct system, extensively documented at https://breakintochat.com/blog/category/instant-graphics-and-sound/ This spiralling specimen, "the recursion is justified", was drawn by Moth.

MIST-30/A_MOUSE-PYTHON

 Mistigram: #GungHayFatChoy!  @a_mouse drew this #ASCIIart python in celebration of #ChineseNewYear, which this time around is the year of the #snake!  This ophidiac piece was included in the recent MIST-30 artpack collection.  Hiss hiss hurray!

MIST-30/JONINSCII-SIT_STAND

 Mistigram: somewhere between the extreme settings of the sit/stand desk is a secret optional 'dance' function that it seems the programmer's office manager didn't spring for.  This #ASCIIart animation is by @Joninscii, and was included in the recent MIST-30 artpack collection.

MIST-30/MC_FRESHER-PIRACY_IS_DOPE

 Mistigram: this sassy pro-piracy PSA comes straight outta the underground courtesy of MC Fresher, who drew this #textmode illustration in Unicode using #Durdraw.  It was included in the recent MIST-30 artpack collection.

BLNDR2025A/WHITEHOUSE_SMURFS_DARKMAN-BLENDER2025A

 Mistigram: hats off to Darkman Almighty, who after many attempts finally hit the jackpot and won first place in a Blender improvised art compo last weekend with this #ANSIart screen engaging the timely themes of #SMURFS / GAMBLING / WHITE HOUSE.

MIST1120/THE_ELK-NO_ROOM

 Mistigram: for no particular reason, here's a #pixelart personal statement by The Elk: No Room For Nazism On Earth... likely drawn on an #AcornElectron, originally included in the MIST1120 artpack collection released five years ago.

MIST0222/HORSENBURGER-MLK_JR

 Mistigram: was there anything else going on in America today? This was the only worthwhile event of any real importance: #MartinLutherKingDay takes place on the third Monday of January to remember the achievements of the martyred nonviolent #CivilRights activist Dr #MartinLutherKingJr. This monochrome #teletext portrait was drawn by @Horsenburger and included in the MIST0222 artpack collection released three years ago.

BLNDR2025A topics

 Mistigram: the topics for this weekend's Blender improv art compo are: SMURFS / GAMBLING / WHITE HOUSE! You have 24 hours to submit art using those themes. General ground rules at mistigris.org/blender/blend.html, countdown and submission info at lazarusblocks.com/blender

MIST0918/CHUPPIXEL-BLUE_VELVET

 Mistigram: "I'll fuck anything that moves!"  This #pixelart tribute to the late #DavidLynch's 1986 film #BlueVelvet, representing its incredible cast including #IsabellaRossellini, #KyleMacLachlan, #DennisHopper, #LauraDern, #DeanStockwell and #BradDourif, was drawn by @chuppixel and included in the film-themed MIST0918 artpack collection released seven years ago.

BLNDR2024D/DARKMAN-BLENDER2024D_CIRCUS

 Mistigram: this eye-bleeding scene of juvenile armed insurgency under the big top is the #ANSIart handiwork of Darkman Almighty, winning 3rd place in the most recent Blender improvised computer art competition on the topics of MASKED CHILDREN / TERRORISM / CIRCUS.  We run another one this weekend, based out of channel #blender on the EFNet IRC.  Stay tuned for the topics!  General ground rules at mistigris.org/blender/blend.html

MIST0920/HORSENBURGER-DAVID_LYNCH

 Mistigram: a repost from our back stacks in honour of the occasion -- RIP to arthouse filmmaker #DavidLynch. Thanks for all the late night weird times. #Teletext portrait by @horsenburger, included in the film-themed MIST0920 artpack collection released five years ago.

BLNDR2024D/WA-NOPARENTS.ANS

 Mistigram: co-presenter @smetnoc (Warpus) of @lazarusblocks drew this #HomeAlone-inspired #ANSIart screen after the last Blender improvised computer art compo wrapped, featuring art on its triple themes of MASKED CHILDREN / TERRORISM / CIRCUS.  We run another one this weekend, based out of channel #blender on the EFNet IRC.  Stay tuned for the topics!  General ground rules at mistigris.org/blender/blend.html

MIST-30/G80-MISTI30

 Mistigram: this labyrinthine Mistfunk logo was drawn as a modified #PETSCII screen for the #C64 by our guest @goto80 of text-mode.org.  It was released in the recent MIST-30 artpack collection celebrating 30 years since our first release.

IGNITE01/AC-ROBOT

 Mistigram: this romantic robot was drawn by Alexander Corris in the #AtariST's long-forgotten #IGS (Instant Graphics & Sound) multimedia / vector graphics format - extensively documented at https://breakintochat.com/wiki/Instant_Graphics_and_Sound_(IGS) - and was included in @kirkman14's recent IGNITE01 collection of new IGS works.

MIST-30/THE60FTATOMICMAN-MIST30

 Mistigram: for the recent MIST-30 artpack collection, while contemplating what else started in 1994, @the60ftatomicman drew an animated Mistigris #ASCIIart version of the #throbber in #NetscapeNavigator, that would cycle in the top right corner while loading your requested URL.

MIST-30/VM-MISTIGRIS

 Mistigram: Fitting a nine-letter crew name into an 80-column text screen doesn't leave a lot of room for niceties like kerning, but when VenomTheBlackOne did it out of the blue we realised this probably wasn't his first #ANSIart logo. More recent work by the artist formerly known as Kurrupt appeared in the new MIST-30 artpack collection.

MIST-30/ONYX-TST

 Mistigram: as we demonstrated one year ago, in Mist Classic days Onyx was a non-stop music tracking machine.  In the meantime he's been a tireless writer of SF ebooks.  But recently he has taken up #painting, so for the new MIST-30 artpack we charged him with painting an homage to our first WHQ BBS 30 years ago, Nitnatsnoc's #TheScreamingTomato.

MIST-30/XTCOMICS-BENCH_COMIC

 Mistigram: after taking a few years off to recharge his batteries, @XTComics recently stepped back into the saddle again, resuming drawing his humorous comic strips using a mixture of #ASCIIart characters and emoji.  This particular specimen is an unusual coloured one, and touches on some issues of motivation that many artists struggle with.  This piece was included in the new MIST-30 artpack collection.

IGNITE01/KM-3FUJI

Mistigram: If you weren't around while its brand was a big league going concern, it is perhaps impossible to fully appreciate the stranglehold that the appearance of George Opperman's #Fuji logo for #Atari could establish on a young mind, living on rent-free for decades as a retrofuturistic visual shibboleth of sorts.  It flies a colour-cycling flag here for the #AtariST home computer platform whose BBSes the #IGS (or #InstantGraphicsAndSound) multimedia format was designed for use on.  IGS archaeologist @Kirkman drew this animated image for inclusion in the new IGNITE01 artpack collection of modern IGS screens that he spearheaded.

MIST-30/ATONALOSPREY-MIST1294-33-MIST4

 Mistigram: After the polarizing art dynamo known as Eerie got us pointed in the right direction during our initial formation, he gave his regrets & advised that he'd only be submitting experimental hirez doodles to us going forward. For the new MIST-30 artpack collection @AtonalOsprey cloned one of them in #teletext from literally 30 years prior.

MIST-30/MM-HOPEDRONE

 Mistigram: A righteous mythological Hindu babe, third eye wide open even though the other two are hidden behind bitchin' red shades, uses her six arms to demonstrate mastery over four NES controllers, enough to dominate a round of Super Spike V'Ball while eating a biryani.  This intensely nostalgic #ANSIart screen, 'Every End Is Fated In Its Beginning', was drawn by @Mavenmob and included in the new MIST-30 30th anniversary artpack collection.

IGNITE01/PDX-INVD

 Mistigram: This escaped Space Invader, drawn by @Polyducks, is a highlight of #IGS vector graphics from the recent IGNITE01 artpack collection of modern examples of the #AtariST's #InstantGraphicsAndSound format. You can enjoy further specimens via https://16colo.rs/pack/ignite01