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Starting my morning with a smile
Sep. 29th, 2008 05:36 amThis morning's xkcd comic is very charming. Go look at it here.
As I was studying it, it occurred to me that xkcd takes full advantage of being a webcomic--I never know from one time to the next what shape the comic will occupy, because it doesn't need to be any particular shape. It's electrons on a screen, not ink on paper, and so there are no issues of it 'fitting' into a particular space. I don't think this makes it automatically better than webcomics that use a more traditional layout, just different. And given it's subject matter, nifty.
As I was studying it, it occurred to me that xkcd takes full advantage of being a webcomic--I never know from one time to the next what shape the comic will occupy, because it doesn't need to be any particular shape. It's electrons on a screen, not ink on paper, and so there are no issues of it 'fitting' into a particular space. I don't think this makes it automatically better than webcomics that use a more traditional layout, just different. And given it's subject matter, nifty.
