Art and ASCII: The Stories Behind All Those Brackets, Slashes, and Carets Many of Japan’s most popular Web memes emerge from the millions of daily posts on the BBS called http://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2007/04/2channel 2channel. So do some very elaborate and creative works of ASCII art. 2channel is a text-only bulletin board, but users have circumvented that restriction and create
