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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. The one with cmdr taco by raffe · · Score: 5, Informative

    I like this one with taco in it!

    1. Re:The one with cmdr taco by Turing+Machine · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think my favorite ones of all time were Don Knuth finally sells out and Scenes Cut from Jurassic Park.

      Thanks for all the laughs, Dave.

    2. Re:The one with cmdr taco by freakmn · · Score: 2, Interesting

      That's not the only one that resembles slashdot. I think that there might be a hidden slashdot reference between this comic and this one. Though this story isn't a dupe, that comic is. Could be the most subtle humor I've seen in a while.

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      warning: This post is likely to contain gobs of dripping sarcasm. Consume at your own risk.
  2. Cool by mgblst · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cool, now I can go back through the archive, and see if he ever wrote a funny one... ha, just kidding.

    Very strange little comic, never heard of it before, even though I have been on the web as long as it has. (to be fair, i am not that funny either)

    1. Re:Cool by mgblst · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Perhaps it is some huge injoke, and you need to read the 5200 or so previous jokes to get it. If you did, you would explode (literally) in laughter - but looking around the office, I haven't seen anyone explode yet.

  3. 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.

  4. 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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    Slashdot Burying Stories About Slashdot Media Owned
  5. Wait by chadamir · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought whenever The Doctor dies he gets to regenerate.

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    NJ Local Music Scene
  6. 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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    SO YOU'RE GOING TO DIE: The Comic for Dealing with Death
  7. Call me a pessimist... by Zaphod2016 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...but this one made me smile.

    Why do I always discover the *good* stuff after it's gone?

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  8. Wow...surprised... by rcmiv · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have always enjoyed this comic. Sorry to see it go. Long run, though! It's just one of those things you expect to always be there.

    I have had a copy of this one:

    http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/Dr-Fun/df200004/df2000 0413.jpg

    on my bulletin board at work for over 6 years. Struck me funny, and it's been moving with me from cubicle to cubicle the whole time.

    -rcmiv

  9. Moderator is tard by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    you idiot that's the "terrible, terrible misprint"

  10. OMG, WTF, 111!!! etc. etc. by bellebouche · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Blimey, it just shows to go ya... I'd never come across this before... only in it's death throes does it achieve infamy in this household. It was the same with Elvis. I'd like to think I'm not some hapless net neophyte but really, there is so much going on that even given a decade of exposure this thing had never (consciously) crossed my path until now. I liked the cartoons, never seen them before... rest assured though that my period of mourning will be thankfully brief. Next!

  11. Also Unix Gurus in Hell by xiox · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unix Gurus in Hell

    What a wonderful comic strip!

  12. 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!!

  13. A poignant one by xiox · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sniff sniff

  14. 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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  15. This is my luck ! by this+great+guy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Two days ago, and I mean litteraly two days ago, I discovered the Doctor Fun comic. And now I am learning that it has come to an end ! This is my luck. This is my luck ! *angry*.

    1. Re:This is my luck ! by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 2, Funny

      Its all your fault. If you had just kept your nose where it belongs, this would have never happened.

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    2. Re:This is my luck ! by Eideewt · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Why not just read through the archives at a pace of one comic per day? Ten years should give you enough time to get used to the idea that it's going to end.