Hmm - searching for one of my favorite Doonesbury cartoons about John Gotti matches "forgotting" and has no hits for "Gotti" itself. But straight Google points me to the one I was thinking about https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/1987/10/29 even though it is just in the transcript - Gotti is mentioned by name on 10/27.
Do agree that comics search is something that could be greatly improved.
I think this is for webcomics, not syndicated newspaper comics. Also I think it's not being updated anymore. At least, it couldn't find a recent Dinosaur Comics strip which is strange as that's Ryan North's webcomic.
As an aside, I can't believe Dinosaur Comics is still active. I looked it up and it started over 20 years ago in 2003. 4176 comic strips using the exact same artwork almost without exception.
What webcomics really need is not a search engine but an index of "most viewed" strips for each one. For longrunning webcomics the latest strips are often not really interesting for new readers, but there are a few (or more than a few) standout strips from the past that are really funny and could draw people in, only you can't easily find them just from the webcomic's home page.
I have read at least a dozen strips of Dinosaur Comics, but only one at a time. (Mostly end up there through the link on xkcd)
Until I read your comment I have never noticed that the artwork of the strips is indeed exactly the same and only the text differs between strips.
Wonderful stuff!
I'm not sure if the search is fantastic, but it reminds me of the results that old-web used to produce: low accuracy hits with high precision, that introduce you to fun new related things.
As for someone who grew up in post-soviet 90ties with Disney comics and would like to get to know what the other kids (and adults) of the world were reading - what would you suggest me to search for?
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 39.2 ms ] threadDo agree that comics search is something that could be greatly improved.
As an aside, I can't believe Dinosaur Comics is still active. I looked it up and it started over 20 years ago in 2003. 4176 comic strips using the exact same artwork almost without exception.
What webcomics really need is not a search engine but an index of "most viewed" strips for each one. For longrunning webcomics the latest strips are often not really interesting for new readers, but there are a few (or more than a few) standout strips from the past that are really funny and could draw people in, only you can't easily find them just from the webcomic's home page.
Until I read your comment I have never noticed that the artwork of the strips is indeed exactly the same and only the text differs between strips. Wonderful stuff!
https://catandgirl.com/gang-of-five/
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