on archives...

earthsong is a great example of what I am about to complain about. Y'see, I like being able to periodically go back and read through the archives of a comic strip on the internet. it helps me to remember exactly what happened, what innuendos and foreshadowing I may have missed the first time through.

As well, It gives me something to do when I am bored. I am currently re-reading the archives of "the least I could do". It's amazing how art styles change, yet another thing you don't realise until you go back and re-read.

a web-comic is fundementally unlike a a print comic. the fact is, they update less than most print comics, they have less backstory, yet they tend to get far more absurdly complicated. Webcomics need archives, and when you cut them away, you hurt the piece.