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The Doctor Says: Fun is Officially Over

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the the-(fun)-has-ended-but-the-memory-the-lingers-on dept.

grammar fascist writes "After just less than 13 years, the first comic on the World Wide Web, Doctor Fun, has come to an end. Thanks for all the laughs, Dave. From Dave Farley's page at ibiblio: 'Doctor Fun is over. As promised, I somehow managed to finish 520 weeks or ten full years, even if it took a bit longer than ten years to get there. All of the old cartoons will stay right here as long as ibiblio wants to keep hosting them.'"

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  1. Nooooooo!!!! by digitalamish · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I noticed on Friday that his comic "Clothes make the Peep", was an homage to his original "Clothes make the Spam". Please, say it ain't so. I started reading this comic it's first week. I even kept checking when he took a hiatus a few years ago for several months.

    Thank you Dave.

  2. 13 years?!@#$%^ by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Has it really been 13 years? Cripes, I'm getting old. Give it a few more years' worth of degenerative amnesia and I'll be looking for this strip on budget desk calendars in the mall bookstore.

    Many thanks and best wishes, David Farley. Can't wait to see what you do next!

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  3. dang! by kisrael · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Heh, I remember submitting a rejected article when it returned from hiatus.

    Man, a lot of us "grew up" with this comic, it really was the geek hallmark on the early web.

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  4. wget while the wgetting is good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    wget while the wgetting is good...

    I love dr. fun. Email the good doctor and let him know he was appreciated!!

  5. The End of an Era by BobWeiner · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Dr. Fun was a fun webcomic. 13 years is a long time, and I applaud Dave for sticking with it as long as he did. It's truly the end of an era for webcomics. Thanks for the laughs, Dave!

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