# "Overboard" comic archive?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** comic-strips\
**Created:** [September 17, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overboard-comic-archive/971733 "2022-09-17T18:25:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overboard-comic-archive/971733/1 "2022-09-17T18:25:55Z")

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[Overboard (comic strip) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overboard_(comic_strip)) by Chip Dunham is a daily strip chronicling the misadventures of the hilariously incompetent crew of the anachronistic pirate ship _Revenge_. It’s main publisher Go Comics has an archive, but the strip begin in 1990 while the archive only becomes complete from early 1996. I was looking for a particular strip that doesn’t seem to be there. Are there any sources for the earlier strips?

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**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overboard-comic-archive/971733/2 "2022-09-18T23:10:50Z")

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There are a number of online aggregators, but even if the strip was published openly, I’m not sure of the legality of the various sites. I believe the author does publish / did publish some collections, which is probably the best option for a legally safe review of work that may no longer be available online.