Comics aggregator: more new comics, other improvements
More comics from GoComics have been added, and the GoComics fetcher has been revamped yet again to make it even more robust, i.e., they started blocking me again and I needed a new workaround.
Category Archives: Comics Aggregator
Still more comics added to comics aggregator
New comics, fixes for Rose Is Rose, Crabgrass, and Comics Kingdom.
Comics aggregator improvements, new comics, more to come
The aggregator has been enhanced with new comics, improved reliability, and better navigation, alongside fixes for GoComics accessibility and errors related to availability.
New comics, more available comics, removed comics, broken comics
Some comics are broken, others have been fixed, others have been added. Read the post for details. Subscribe to keep the aggregator from going away.
Comics Aggregator: missing Carolyn Hax chat for May 8 fixed
For those of you who read Carolyn Hax through the Comics Aggregator, note that the Carolyn Hax live chat for Friday, May 8 was missing from the aggregator because the Post published it with the wrong date (May 15 instead of May 8). This has now been fixed in the aggregator, so now if you… Read More: Comics Aggregator: missing Carolyn Hax chat for May 8 fixed »
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… Read More: Comics Aggregator: workaround while “Nancy” is in transition »
Comics Aggregator: GoComics.com was broken, is now fixed
Overnight last night, GoComics.com was modified to deter bots, along with some other changes which broke the Comics Aggregator‘s ability to fetch comics from there.
Some Comics Aggregator internals changed, let me know if you run into issues
I’ve had to rewrite a bit of the Comics Aggregator code to be able to add Alexandra Petri to it. Because this involved switching from one third-party library to another in code that doesn’t just impact Alexandra Petri, I may have broken something. I did some testing and everything seems to be working, but I… Read More: Some Comics Aggregator internals changed, let me know if you… »
Alexandra Petri added to comics aggregator
I’ve added the humor columnist Alexandra Petri, who previously wrote for The Washington Post and now writes for The Atlantic, to the comics aggregator. If you don’t feel the need to read her stuff Right Away When It Comes Out, then I would encourage you to use the “1-day delay” variant of her entry in… Read More: Alexandra Petri added to comics aggregator »
Honest this time, “Vintage” comics are working now for Comics Kingdom
As far as I know, Comics Kingdom has finally fixed their daily emails well enough to make the comics designated as “Vintage” work properly in the comics aggregator. See the user guide for instructions reading Comics Kingdom in the aggregator. If you notice any comics that aren’t working, let me know.