# What's going on with gocomics.com?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** comic-strips
**Created:** [November 21, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285 "2022-11-21T01:50:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/1 "2022-11-21T01:50:13Z")
The site seems to have been down for the last three days. I need my comics fix and gocomic’s competitors don’t carry the strips I prefer to read. ☹
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/2 "2022-11-21T01:57:24Z")
No idea why but I noticed that neither The Far Side nor Doonesbury have been available for a couple of days.
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### Author:  [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/3 "2022-11-21T02:47:58Z")
I’ve found an alternate outlet for Doonesbury, Dilbert and a few others at [Comics | ArcaMax Publishing](https://www.arcamax.com/comics)
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### Author:  [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/4 "2022-11-21T03:20:15Z")
I keep assuming that the next time I try opening the site it will work and, alas, it doesn’t. I hope it’s not going bankrupt or otherwise crapping out.
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### Author:  [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/5 "2022-11-21T04:00:18Z")
System maintenance or some unrevealed issue. The GoComics Twitter has [finally addressed](https://twitter.com/gocomics/status/1594489769203208192?cxt=HHwWgMDQtej_4aAsAAAA) the outage.
In the meantime, [here](https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2022/11/20/gocomics-is-down-where-to-find-your-funnies/)’s The Daily Cartoonist with alternate sources of GoComics strips.
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### Author:  [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/6 "2022-11-21T04:38:13Z")
Thanks. I went with the Arcamax site. It still doesn’t cover everything, and the others I like aren’t on the other alternatives. Oh, well, first world problem I guess.
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### Author:  [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/7 "2022-11-21T05:33:47Z")
Thanks, @De_La_Rue! I was able to find four out of five of my GoComics usuals (Garfield, Pickles, Pluggers, Breaking Cat News). None of the listed sites carry Calvin and Hobbes, but those are all reruns anyway.
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### Author:  [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/8 "2022-11-21T06:01:50Z")
I know it’s silly of me, but it really does help my wife and me destress after a long day. The comics we like to read every night are:
Andy Capp
Baby Blues
Calvin & Hobbes
Doonesbury
Garfield
Garfield Classics
Luann
Luann Againn
Mannequin on the Moon
Peanuts
Peanuts Begins
Perry Bible Fellowship
Pickles
Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
It’s good for a few minutes and quite relaxing.
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### Author:  [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/9 "2022-11-21T15:18:50Z")
I must read Family Circus, Luann, Pearls Before Swine, Pluggers, Cul De Sac, Curtis, and Mary Worth. (sometimes Rex Morgan). I really miss Jumpstart, can’t find it even on the Jumpstart official site… Arcamax has most of what I read, but a few I have to search for.
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/10 "2022-11-21T16:06:47Z")
Now Comics Kingdom and sites which mirror their strips have yet to show content for today. Weird.
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### Author:  [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/11 "2022-11-22T22:44:51Z")
Well, at least we’re now seeing _different_ error messages than the ones that have been showing up for the last few days. I choose to see that as progress. At least the situation is not stuck at where it was, there’s some change.
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### Author:  [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/12 "2022-11-22T23:11:51Z")
And they’re now showing actual comics. OK, so they’re still on Nov 18, but that’s better than we’ve seen in several days.
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### Author:  [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/13 "2022-11-22T23:32:13Z")
I was able to page through to the present, so the comics were all there for me. I just caught up.
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### Author:  [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/14 "2022-11-22T23:36:39Z")
I’m wondering if it’s something that started in this part of the world (China). For the longest time, I had no problem going to gocomics without using a VPN, then about two months ago, I had to have the VPN running, then a week ago, for about two days, no VPN required. Then BAM! No access.
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### Author:  [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/15 "2022-11-22T23:47:59Z")
At this point, I’m current on my comics, user account still not viewable.
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### Author:  [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/16 "2022-11-23T01:17:30Z")
I don’t know if there is any connection, but…
I subscribe to the Washington Post. There are three comics I read every day: Broom Hilda, Pearls Before Swine, and Shoe. For the past several days, the first two do not load after I click on them.
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### Author:  [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/17 "2022-11-23T01:19:59Z")
I’m not sure if this is totally accurate, but I’ve seen discussion of the GoComics roster (which does include both of those) being comics connected to Andrews McMeel, and that the latter was also having problems in the last few days. The Andrews McMeel [website](https://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/) does list GoComics as an affiliate site (bottom of page).
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### Author:  [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/18 "2022-11-23T01:30:09Z")
I think it’s fixed!
> **[Banana Triangle by Beutel, James for November 21, 2022 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/banana-triangle/2022/11/21)**
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> November 21, 2022
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### Author:  [@cincinnatus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cincinnatus)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/19 "2022-11-23T01:37:20Z")
> [@Lumpy](#):
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> I’ve found
I went to Arcamax to look and entered email to be sent comics. I don’t know why I trusted it.
No comics arrived but I have gotten at least nine junk site emails in three or four hours.
Arcamax is garbage. I advise against giving the site your email address.
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### Author:  [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/20 "2022-11-23T01:47:22Z")
Thanks for the tip! I went to the site you suggested and was able to catch up on both. I can’t go a day without Pearls Before Swine!
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