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Encyclopedia > Doctor Fun
Doctor Fun
Author(s) David Farley
Website http://www.ibiblio.org/Dave/drfun.html
Update schedule Updated on weekdays
Launch date 1993 September 24

Doctor Fun is a webcomic by David Farley, begun on September 24, 1993. Most often compared to The Far Side, Doctor Fun is a series of bizarre one-panel gags. Topics range from the mundane to the obscure—readers with interests in science are most likely to get all the jokes. An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... This page as shown in the aol 9. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... Webcomics, also known as online comics and web comics, are comics that are available on the Internet. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Wiener Dog Art, one of many Far Side collections published in the United States. ...


Doctor Fun was the first comic on the World Wide Web (but not the first comic on the Internet: Where the Buffalo Roam had a Usenet group in 1991). Its appearance was noted by the NCSA, creator of the Mosaic web browser, as "a major breakthrough for the Web". The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is a global, read-write information space. ... An Internet comic strip by Hans Bjordahl. ... Usenet is a distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP network of the same name. ... NCSA may refer to: the National Center for Supercomputing Applications the North Carolina School of the Arts This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Mosaic is a World Wide Web browser and Internet Gopher client developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) beginning in 1992, and officially ending on January 7, 1997. ...


Farley states that he "hope[s] to be allowed to continue Doctor Fun after the superintelligent robots have taken over and made us all their slaves," or for 520 weeks. On June 9, 2006, after posting the final comic of his 520th week, he announced on the Doctor Fun page that "Doctor Fun is over," concluding the series. June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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Doctor Fun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (191 words)
Doctor Fun is a webcomic by David Farley, begun on September 24, 1993.
Doctor Fun was the first comic on the World Wide Web (but not the first comic on the Internet: Where the Buffalo Roam had a Usenet group in 1991).
Farley states that he "hope[s] to be allowed to continue Doctor Fun after the superintelligent robots have taken over and made us all their slaves," or for 520 weeks.
The Doctor Fun Archive (819 words)
Doctor Fun was on break from December 17, 2005 through January 8.
Doctor Fun was on break until November 29.
Doctor Fun was on break from August 27 through September 7 and taken offline for the rest of the week on September 11.
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