# What's going on with gocomics.com? **URL:** \ **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:** 2
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/21 "2022-11-23T01:52:11Z")
Available evidence suggests that GoComics is more or less sorted out. I found several news stories indicating the problem was with Andrews McMeel in general. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/22 "2022-11-23T02:53:14Z")
> [@cincinnatus](#): > > > [@Lumpy](#): > > > > 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. I never sign up to have comics sent to my email, I always read them onsite. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/23 "2024-01-30T03:05:26Z")
One would think that the site administrator(s) for GoComics would’ve learned something from the November 2022 incident. But, evidently, one would be thinking incorrectly. With no warning whatsoever, they dropped the Garfield Classics feature. At the same time, the Back to B.C. feature was idling and that idling lasted until just a few days ago. Again, no notification of that. Yes, I know it’s still a first world problem, but, hey, let me destress without having to hunt around the Internet. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/24 "2024-01-30T17:50:13Z")
I like to read the comments on the comics, at Comics Kingdom. Unfortunately, I can’t read them without a paywall (maybe free the first couple days of the month). So I just read them elsewhere (Seattle Times or Arcamax) and go to the comments on CK. I subscribe to most comics from the Arcamax site and they’re sent to my mailbox. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/25 "2024-01-30T17:56:35Z")
I know Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal last I checked had its last strip on Halloween of the past fall. Dunno if GC is to blame or its creator ( Zach Weinersmith)-latter has new strips on his own site, note. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/26 "2024-01-30T18:53:37Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > I like to read the comments on the comics, at Comics Kingdom. I gave up on those and just read the great comments on the [Comics Curmudgeon](https://www.joshreads.com) site\*… Josh’s, but also everyone else there is pretty witty. \*The hilarity of deconstructing the Soap Opera Strips is wonderful. . eta: I’m taking a break from newspaper strips. Those “Soap Opera Strips”? They’re SO boring right now. Mary Worth, Judge Parker, and Rex Morgan? Even Luanne and Crankshaft? Not a lick of that Inadvertent Hilarity these days. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/27 "2025-03-17T15:15:44Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > 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. ☹ I see that this thread was started 28 months ago and zombified 14 months ago. Welp, 14 months later, right on schedule, it’s happened again (no comix today, not a favorite comic just went away.) ---
**Author:** ![De\_La\_Rue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/28 "2025-03-17T16:43:22Z")
And now today’s comics are up. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/29 "2025-03-17T21:12:39Z")
Not now. Only the list page is up. Whatever I click on goes to the “This site can’t be reached” page. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/30 "2025-03-17T21:36:24Z")
When I checked this morning, I was getting Sunday’s strip. Now I’m getting today’s. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/31 "2025-03-17T21:41:02Z")
I checked _Andy Capp_. It took me to the 16th’s. I clicked on the navigation button to go to the 17th’s. Then back to the list. And then nothing other than the list page was live, and even that is unreachable now. ETA: And _now_ everything is up, but clicking on the comic’s link takes me to the 16th and then I click to go to the 17th’s. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/32 "2025-03-17T22:54:54Z")
Ever since they put the “Things are going to change in April” banner up, I’ve been super nervous. I’m really not looking forward to the horrors that await us ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/33 "2025-03-18T00:05:07Z")
This morning, when I loaded my Comics I Follow page, 5 of 6 had allegedly not updated. Funny, my notification email had 6 of 6 with new strips. It’s working correctly for me at this moment. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/34 "2025-03-18T00:16:12Z")
I have noticed that ever since the banner went up. It seems that the pages don’t load smoothly. If I dare to venture into the comments, as I scroll up the page it will reload multiple times moving whatever I’m trying to read up, down, or totally off of my screen. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/35 "2025-03-18T00:21:59Z")
I believe GoComics announced they’re rolling out a new version of their site soon. Maybe these are just hiccups on the way to that. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/36 "2025-03-18T19:40:21Z")
I’ve noticed there seems to be aa time limit when reading non sequitur, so long and then stops. Apparently Go Comics also seems to eat up a lot of space ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/37 "2025-03-18T20:24:24Z")
I just got an email about the update, which described a bunch of new features which I couldn’t care less about, along with the news that the annual rate is being increased. Although as a previously loyal customer they’re going to graciously let me have the next year at a reduced rate. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/38 "2025-03-19T23:15:58Z")
has anyone noticed that when viewing older years, some days do not appear, only comments? ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/39 "2025-04-01T16:02:14Z")
If I try to go to the site today, I get “request is blocked.” Not seeing any other posts about that‐-is it just me? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285/40 "2025-04-01T16:18:42Z")
I got some kind of ‘Oops! Can’t find that!’ this morning. But I just tried it and it seems to be working fine. If they demand money from me now, I can find comics I follow elsewhere online…I can read, but can’t comment without signing in, and when I press ‘sign in to post’ it doesn’t take me anywhere useful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gocomics-com/975285.md?page=3)