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Writer of Penny and Aggie, Fans (also called Faans), Rip & Teri, Search Engine Funnies and A History of Webcomics. Experienced webcomics editor, currently seeking full-time work and working on strange and interesting new things...Monday, November 07, 2005
OhNoRobot!
The next few days will see many posts. Let's lead with the one that's most important most immediately to the most people.
Ryan North and I have been developing an online comics search engine. It's called OhNoRobot.
It's like no other search engine I have ever seen. And it's FOR WEBCOMICS. I'll just transcribe Ryan's LJ entry:
So here's something that I've been working on the past while! There are a ton of comics out there that have huge archives but no way to search them. This makes things difficult and can lead to tears. I wrote a website that solves the problem! You add some Javascript to your website, and you get a personalized comics search engine out of the deal, for free! I am really excited about this. I think that a lot of people could use this service. That's why I wrote it.
You and your readers transcribe comics (I've found that comic readers are AWESOME and will do this at the drop of a hat, which is fantastic), which you can approve and edit before they appear online. I've explained the process here on the site!
M-maybe if you have an online comic, you'd be interested in this? David Hellman of A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible did the adorable logo, and deserves many a high five for it.
In his enthusiasm, Ryan didn't mention the cocktail-napkin meeting we had at the Small Press Expo which brought this Robot to life-- but he also doesn't mention that I essentially turned all the hard work of programming and designing over to him, and focused my attention on vetoing his first three URL suggestions. I called him up and demanded my fair share of the blame for my laziness. He's got me listed as co-owner now, so it's all good.
Read more about it. Play with it. Sign up for it. LOVE it.
Ryan North and I have been developing an online comics search engine. It's called OhNoRobot.
It's like no other search engine I have ever seen. And it's FOR WEBCOMICS. I'll just transcribe Ryan's LJ entry:
So here's something that I've been working on the past while! There are a ton of comics out there that have huge archives but no way to search them. This makes things difficult and can lead to tears. I wrote a website that solves the problem! You add some Javascript to your website, and you get a personalized comics search engine out of the deal, for free! I am really excited about this. I think that a lot of people could use this service. That's why I wrote it.
You and your readers transcribe comics (I've found that comic readers are AWESOME and will do this at the drop of a hat, which is fantastic), which you can approve and edit before they appear online. I've explained the process here on the site!
M-maybe if you have an online comic, you'd be interested in this? David Hellman of A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible did the adorable logo, and deserves many a high five for it.
In his enthusiasm, Ryan didn't mention the cocktail-napkin meeting we had at the Small Press Expo which brought this Robot to life-- but he also doesn't mention that I essentially turned all the hard work of programming and designing over to him, and focused my attention on vetoing his first three URL suggestions. I called him up and demanded my fair share of the blame for my laziness. He's got me listed as co-owner now, so it's all good.
Read more about it. Play with it. Sign up for it. LOVE it.
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