Angst Technology

Angst Technology is a webcomic by Barry T. Smith, which launched on August 28, 2000. The comic is based around the staff of a small computer gaming company. The humor is derived from everyday office shenanigans, computer and RPG game sources and a myriad of pop-culture references.

Characters

Staff

• Hugh is the wealthy and fairly naïve boss. His love of gaming and his staff is only outstripped by his love of karakoe.
• Dante is the coffee-lovin lead programmer. Cynical and grounded, he's the linchpin of the company. The only one who seems to get any work done.
• Web Monkey is literally a monkey who's employed as the webmaster. He doesn't speak, but his caffeine fueled deathmatches speak for him.
• Marc is the young project manager. The innocent of the bunch, Marc started off as customer support. He is roommates with Yaz and while they give each other a hard time, deep down they are best buds.
• Yaz is their rock and roll artist and resident letch. Since opposites attract, he has hooked up at Marc's roommate where (thankfully) his ribald ways have not rubbed off on Marc.
• Kit is the office manager and human resources manager. Sweet and sexy, she is an eye of calm in the whirlwind office.
• Lance is basically a superman-style superhero taking a day job as customer support. He is actually customer support who is dumber than the customers who call him.
• The IT Ninjas do all the behind the scenes maintenance. Excellent at keeping the company servers and computers running, they are not so good outside their element (like fighting or sneaking around like normal ninjas). Dante and Hugh are apparently the only ones aware of the Ninja's existence.
• Salvadore is literally a llama in charge of network security. It takes a hacker to catch a hacker.
• Mr. Java is a sentient coffee machine. Created by Dante in his basement, Mr. Java dispenses coffee and wisdom. Dante is the only one who knows Mr. Java is "alive".

External Links

• Angst Technology
• Cast Listing