godden@GMR.CSNET (Kurt Godden) (01/17/86)
From "Artificial Intelligence Abstracts", vol.2, no. 11-12, Nov-Dec, 1985: CARTOONIST CREATES AI-BASED, INTERACTIVE COMIC STRIPS An Israeli cartoonist has adapted AI techniques to create the first interactive comic strip. "Biotoons," the creations of Yakov Kirschen, contain two characters: a Jewish mother and uncle who take up residence in a personal computer and interact with the user in novel and humorous ways. Both appear on the screen and answer typed questions with a variety of answers stored in the program. "Biotoons" will initially be marketed for the Atari 5200ST (sic.) personal computer and represent an innovative use of AI-based advances in operator-machine interactions. -Kurt Godden