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[[Image:cover1.jpg|thumb|The book's front cover]] | [[Image:cover1.jpg|thumb|The book's front cover]] | ||
[[Image:cover3.jpg|thumb|An alternate front cover]] | [[Image:cover3.jpg|thumb|An alternate front cover]] | ||
| + | '''The Homestar Runner Enters The Strongest Man in the World Contest''' is the original children's book that started it all. The story is bizarre and has few of the regular characters but showed signs of the greatness to come. The archive includes the story plus some alternate cover ideas. | ||
| - | + | [[Strong Bad]] later made a [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sb_book/sb_book1.html revised edition] of the story in the email "[[kids' book]]." The book was also spoofed in the 100th email "[[flashback]]," which in turn inspired [[Main Page 20]]. | |
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| - | [[Strong Bad]] later made a [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sb_book/sb_book1.html revised edition] of the story in the | + | |
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
| - | [[ | + | [[Homestar]], [[Pom Pom]], Strong Bad, and three others enter the Strongest Man in the World Contest. "Whoever holds the most grapes, wins." Strong Bad cheats with the help of [[The Cheat]] himself (naturally). Fortunately Homestar notices this extra help, and as a result of heroic sacrifice Pom Pom wins. |
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| - | + | ==Background == | |
| + | In an [http://members.shaw.ca/kevinscott/Homestar/index.html interview], [[Mike Chapman]] tells how he and [[Craig Zobel]] started the story in 1996. | ||
| + | :"Just a story we made one afternoon, went to Kinko's, made about ten or fifteen copies of it, and kind of gave it to our friends, and that was it, really, for several years. We just did that in the summer. We were in college, and did it in a bored afternoon." | ||
| - | * | + | ==External links== |
| + | *Read the [http://www.homestarrunner.com/book1.html book] | ||
[[Category: Early Work]] | [[Category: Early Work]] | ||
Revision as of 04:03, 19 December 2004
File:cover1.jpg
The book's front cover
File:cover3.jpg
An alternate front cover
The Homestar Runner Enters The Strongest Man in the World Contest is the original children's book that started it all. The story is bizarre and has few of the regular characters but showed signs of the greatness to come. The archive includes the story plus some alternate cover ideas.
Strong Bad later made a revised edition of the story in the email "kids' book." The book was also spoofed in the 100th email "flashback," which in turn inspired Main Page 20.
Summary
Homestar, Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and three others enter the Strongest Man in the World Contest. "Whoever holds the most grapes, wins." Strong Bad cheats with the help of The Cheat himself (naturally). Fortunately Homestar notices this extra help, and as a result of heroic sacrifice Pom Pom wins.
Background
In an interview, Mike Chapman tells how he and Craig Zobel started the story in 1996.
- "Just a story we made one afternoon, went to Kinko's, made about ten or fifteen copies of it, and kind of gave it to our friends, and that was it, really, for several years. We just did that in the summer. We were in college, and did it in a bored afternoon."
External links
- Read the book
