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• In 1926, TV Was Mechanical

  That analog television not only was prototyped nearly a hundred years ago but then began being deployed at vast consumer scale ~75 years ago is still just so amazing. It's worth understanding a bit about how it works just to appreciate what a wildly ambitious hack it was. From real-time image acquisition to transmission to display, many of the fundamental technologies didn't even exist and had to be invented then... - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• How Games Used to Look: Why Retro Gaming on a CRT Looks Different [video]

  As the current AAA games are as playable as mediocre movies, and the movies themselves are nothing but soulless remakes, I'd prefer to get some public domain comic books from https://comicbookplus.com and get some stories from Ditko, the non-superhero based ones, but the ones from mistery/scifi themes, kinda like a comic version of The Twilight Zone. On proper gaming, most AAA games are lacking against Slashem,... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• "10 Harsh Realities Of Reading Silver Age Comics"

  I got them all from https://comicbookplus.com/ - a site that has thousands of vintage comic books available for download. (You just have to sign up for an account first, but it's not a big hassle). Source: about 2 years ago

• Is there any superhero characters that I can use?

  Beyond pdsh theres https://comicbookplus.com/ they have a section for the comics in public domain, so if you need reference of some pd superheroes you can check there. Source: over 2 years ago

• Getting over the initial hurdle.

  Check out this website for public domain comics. Could mock up some cards with old comic art maybe. https://comicbookplus.com. Source: over 2 years ago

• Is there any crappy comic book characters during the golden age that I can use for my purposely bad Comic Universe (sorry if this isn’t allowed)

  There is a website called comic book plus that is full of public domain comics because most of the publishers didn’t bother to renewal their copyright to those comics because most of them didn’t sell well or they went out of business and there are a lot of public domain superhero that no one has herded of and I hope this help you in search of public domain superhero. Source: over 2 years ago

• Help.

  You can read some old stuff like Blue Beetle and Shazam for free here: https://comicbookplus.com/. Source: over 2 years ago

• There was ever given an explication in universe, to why kryptonians are so similar to humans?

  You can check out Comic Book Plus for a whole slew of public domain comic books, including many featuring superheroes. Source: over 2 years ago

• I am looking for public domain cartoons/characters I could use, but can't find any

  Fortunately, there happens to be quite a dedicated community devoted to finding and archiving public domain cartoons and comics. Check out the Grand Comics Database, Digital Comic Museum, and Comic Book Plus. The Digital Comic Museum and Comic Book Plus are especially vigilant at vetting the public domain status of the comics they archive and make available. Grand Comics Database is a great indexing resource.... Source: over 2 years ago

• Best Jack kirby comics ?

  Many of his pre-60s comics are public domain and can be found on sites like comicbookplus.com. Try Young Romance and Black Magic, most issues feature lead stories by Kirby. Source: over 2 years ago

• Why is the Ernie Bushmiller comic strip Nancy so hard to find?

  Why is Nancy being so illusive? Is it all copyright? Even https://comicbookplus.com says " All Nancy strips have been deleted.". Source: about 3 years ago

• Pixabay has royalty free music you can use for free

  Free being 'gratis' in this case. There are additional licensing terms that make it non-libre/non-open/non-free (as in freedom) [0]. Finding quality libre or public domain art remains difficult. Here are a few resources that I've found: Archive.org - https://archive.org/ FOSsil Bank Art(Libre) - http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/category:art-libre Flickr British Library -... - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• Cowboy Comic Books?

  And don't worry, Comic Book Plus is one of many communities that works to digitally archive old comics and pulp magazines that have fallen into the public domain. All content posted there is free and legal. Source: about 3 years ago

• Ask HN: Do you believe in GNU's Free Software?

  From GOG, for example. On comic books: https://comicbookplus.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago

• Uncopyrighted pulp covers?

  They're more devoted to comics, but there are communities like Comic Book Plus and the Digital Comic Museum, that work at confirming lapsed copyright status and scanning and posting public domain works. There may be communities devoted specifically to pulp content, though Comic Book Plus has a nice pulp section. Source: over 3 years ago

• Anybody got any ideas for the world's First Superhero, Golden Bat?

  If you like this kind of stuff I can't recommend to you enough the YouTube channel fizzfop he does a series on old and forgotten superheroes ranging from the Platinum age all the way to bronze age of comics also I would recommend looking at sites like the public domain superhero wiki and archives like the digital comic museum or comic book Plus if you want to learn more about some of these old school heroes and... Source: over 3 years ago

• So where can I read public domain comics?

  Comic Book Plus is the best resource out there. Source: over 3 years ago

• Trying to find forgotten comic book characters by todays standards.

  Magazine Enterprises had some fun post-war stuff, including Thun'da (with first-issue art by Frank Frazetta), Cave Girl and Jet Powers, among others, all with nice art by Bob Powell. You can find them all (along with hundreds of other PD comics) on Comic Book +. Source: over 3 years ago

• Does anyone know of any free-to-distribute / public domain comics that are available?

  Here's a whole website full of public domain comics: https://comicbookplus.com/. Source: over 3 years ago

• New to Spider-Man

  If you want to read old comics for free, there's a public domain comic database here: comicbookplus.com . None of these are Marvel or DC (they still have their copyrightss) and they aren't everybody's taste, but I figured I should mention it in case you're like me and would enjoy it. A lot of characters that would later become DC (The Question, Blue Beetle, Captain Marvel (As in Shazam, not the Marvel character)... Source: over 3 years ago

• You Guys Like Comics? Japanese Fairy Tales (In English) From 1885? Well Then! (Link in Comments)

  From The Free Comic Site Comic Book + All sorts of old-time Silver & Golden Age publications, and more! Not much Marvel or DC of course. Source: almost 4 years ago