Expected Downtime for Maintenance
Comic Rocket will be down for about 15 minutes at 11pm PDT. This is planned system maintenance.
There is a problem with Chrome 29
There is a problem with Chrome v.29 and our toolbar. We are working to fix this issue. Until then you can still navigate via the slider and the small page numbers underneath the toolbar. Thanks for you patience!
Webcomic Outages
Apparently Comic Fury and Drunk Duck webcomic hosting sites are down. If you are trying to read comics hosted on those sites there is a good chance you won’t be able to access them until they restore their service.
Unexpected Comic Rocket Downtime Yesterday
A database issue forced us to take Comic Rocket down yesterday (8/12/13) for an hour. As a result, we didn’t index any comic updates overnight. The crawler is running now and is catching up on the missed updates. Thanks for your patience!
Do You Make Webcomics?
If you make webcomics or if you’re curious about making them, there’s a Kickstarter running for a new book on the topic. Or rather, it’s a follow up to one of the definitive books on the topic, Brad Guigar’s How to Make Webcomics (read Fleen’s review!). You can buy the book on Amazon still. The …
Comic Rocket Android App Shipping!
We’re making the Android version of our site available to the public today! This is the culmination of our successful Indiegogo campaign from the winter. The application has been published to Google Play and is available for download here. All of the features you’ve come to know on Comic Rocket are available to users of …
Metrics are Go!
It’s a little early for me to be typing this but I can’t contain my excitement. Comic Rocket is almost ready to launch its metrics tools that we’ve codenamed The Genie. The purpose of this package is to help creators get more readers, monitor their success, and maybe even make a little money. The Genie …
Advertise on Comic Rocket's Network
Creators! Do you want to broaden your reach, increase your readers, and gain more fans? Buy an ad from us! Your ad will run on over 50 sites including Comic Rocket itself. You’ll be seen by a diverse cross-section of general webcomics readers. Normally we charge $50 for 100,000 impressions. But here’s a deal: If …
Ongoing Attack Against WordPress Sites
Creators! There is what’s been described as a well organized and very distributed attack going on against WordPress sites. This hits the webcomics community right where we live. If you’re using WordPress for your comic you need to do something about it. Right now. Ars Technica recommends the following WordPress security plugins, one to limit …
Comic Rocket Android Beta 3
Hey Everyone! The third beta release of Comic Rocket’s Android app is ready! That means more fixes and features in response to user comments! Here are the latest Beta version 3 release notes: Fixed login using Twitter and Facebook. Pretty buttons added! Keep only one “Explore” and one “My Comics” activity open at a time. …