I agree with C. Davies. It’s only happened the last few days- “The Other Coast” image has been compressed widthways.I get a daily email of my chosen strips, and I have to click on this one to read it.
All the images have “width=300” which cocks up the aspect ratio of the wide image.
GoComics seems to have some bugs in its system (pun entirely intended). This is the only comic I have a problem reading, and it’s because it is drawn to be wide but delivered square. Recently another comic was inexplicitly replaced with something else, but has now gone back to normal.
The Stephen Pastis who draws “Pearls Before Swines” has said that failure to follow the proper width/hight ratio when drawing a comic strip can result in squashing or otherwise distorting a strip when it typeset (if that word is still used) by computerized printing presses (if they’re still called printing presses).
ChickPea57 Premium Member about 12 years ago
I agree with C. Davies. It’s only happened the last few days- “The Other Coast” image has been compressed widthways.I get a daily email of my chosen strips, and I have to click on this one to read it.
All the images have “width=300” which cocks up the aspect ratio of the wide image.
woodwork about 12 years ago
read Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
Barbaratoo about 12 years ago
VERY good!
mjkaswan Premium Member about 12 years ago
GoComics seems to have some bugs in its system (pun entirely intended). This is the only comic I have a problem reading, and it’s because it is drawn to be wide but delivered square. Recently another comic was inexplicitly replaced with something else, but has now gone back to normal.
Anyway, with respect to this comic — Go Organic!
Skylark about 12 years ago
Dear Go…Please fix this one. Thank you.
jack Nunes Premium Member about 12 years ago
poorly transmitted email…
iced tea about 12 years ago
I thought DDT spraying was banned?
galanti about 12 years ago
The Stephen Pastis who draws “Pearls Before Swines” has said that failure to follow the proper width/hight ratio when drawing a comic strip can result in squashing or otherwise distorting a strip when it typeset (if that word is still used) by computerized printing presses (if they’re still called printing presses).
pabsfx-comics about 12 years ago
Commentary on Silent Spring: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2428/was-rachel-carson-a-fraud-and-is-ddt-actually-safe-for-humans