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Comics Aggregator: workaround while “Nancy” is in transition

If you read the comic strip Nancy in the Comics Aggregator, you may have noticed that your comics page is loading slowly and displaying an error for Nancy.

This is because Nancy has stopped publishing new strips temporarily while transitioning to a new artist.

The slow page load is due to the fact that unfortunately GoComics has put some anti-scraping technology in front of their website which makes it take longer for the aggregator to look for strips there.

As a workaround you can switch to reading “Nancy (1-day delay)”, which I’ve just added to the aggregator. That will load faster, and once the strip starts publishing again it’ll return to your page the next day, then you can switch back to “Nancy” without the “(1-day delay)”.

As a reminder, maintaining the aggregator costs me time and money and your support would be appreciated.

#GoComics #Nancy

Read Nancy by Olivia Jaimes on GoComics

Follow Nancy by Olivia Jaimes, the beloved worldwide icon and little whirlwind in a plaid skirt who has brought daily smiles and laughs since 1933.

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Jonathan Kamens 86 47 Oct 31

I need to give credit where credit is due to #GoComics.
When I received the GoComics spam described above, I replied and complained (first image below). I did not expect a response.
But I actually received one, saying that they had unsubscribed me.
I wrote back and said that's nice but they didn't answer my questions (second image below).
They actually sent a substantive response (third image below).
They shouldn't have spammed me, but they handled my complaint about it pretty well.

Jonathan Kamens 86 47 Oct 29

I have an account at https://GoComics.com/.
I have had the account for a very long time. I don't remember them sending me any spam in a very long time.
Today, they sent me marketing spam.
There is no "Unsubscribe" link anywhere in the email, there's just a "Manage preferences" link. That's a shitty dark pattern.
When I click the "Manage preferences" link, the page it brings me to claims that I am already unsubscribed from marketing emails.
Assholes.
#spam #TechIsShitDispatch #GoComics

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Jonathan Kamens 86 47 Oct 6

I'm not sure whether this qualifies as a #TechIsShitDispatch, but I think it does, at least indirectly.
Probably because of all the #GenAI crawlers looking for content to steal, overnight last night https://GoComics.com/ added a CAPTCHA wall to their site which tripped up my comics aggregator (https://comics.kamens.us/). I had to spend several hours this morning refactoring it to use #Selenium, which I wouldn't have had to do if it weren't for all the shitty crawlers.
#GoComics

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Michael Rawdon Jul 4

It seems that comicsrss.com got a copyright infringement notice from #GoComics and took down their #RSS feeds for their comics, so I guess I won't be reading any GoComics material anymore, since RSS is the only reasonable way to follow comics on the web.

#webcomics

Just Jim May 7

Home on the Range #anxiety

#comics #gocomics #humor #electriccars

https://www.gocomics.com/rubes/2025/05/07

Read Rubes by Leigh Rubin on GoComics

Dive into Rubes, a comic strip by creator Leigh Rubin. Explore the archive, read extra content, and more!

Jason Garber Apr 5

So, #GoComics went and torched their RSS feeds?

sven_md Jan 10

@thefunnypages Ziggy on #gocomics 17th of september 2015, by Tom Wilson

"to get coo-coo" with a parrot in a pun there...
https://www.gocomics.com/ziggy/2015/09/17

Ziggy by Tom Wilson & Tom II for September 17, 2015 | GoComics.com

Josh: Coo-coo coo-coo coo-coo Ziggy: ...you've been spending waaaay too much time nest to that cuckoo clock!

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sven_md Jan 2

#garfield #gocomics #meme #spider #2001 #comic #fun ...but not lucas the spider, anyway:

https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2001/03/04

https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2001/03/20

https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2000/03/11

Garfield by Jim Davis for March 04, 2001 | GoComics.com

Whack! Garfield: ? Spider: Wheeeeeee!!

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sven_md Nov 29, 2024

where are they at? xD
https://www.gocomics.com/overthehedge/2015/11/22
Over the Hedge ...art by: Michael Fry & T Lewis

#thanksgiving #turkey #meat #fasten #truthahn #fleisch #peacock #pfau #bird #vogel #birdsofmastodon #birdsoffediverse #birds #wanted #fork #pitchfork #heugabel #festmahl #feast #gocomics

Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for November 22, 2015 | GoComics.com

verne: check it out..."massive thanksgiving turkey shortage mires states for second year in a row.... rj: hmm...what happened to all the turkeys? verne: it's a mystery.

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