What is "netboy"

NetBoy is a webcomic created by Stafford Huyler. Publishing began in May, 1994. Drawn as a stick figure, the comic character NetBoy is an Internet innocent with his greatest joy in life being "fast . GIFs."

The webcomic was described in October, 1994 as "Comics for the hardcore geek." Netboy was also described by The Milwaukee Journal as the "leading cartoon denizen of the Internet" in January 1995.