The Spiders (comic)

Infobox Webcomic
title = The Spiders


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author = Patrick S. Farley
url = http://web.archive.org/web/20070602151344/http://www.e-sheep.com/spiders/
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genre = Infinite canvas, Alternate history
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"The Spiders" is a webcomic written and illustrated by cartoonist Patrick S. Farley for his website, Electric Sheep Comix. The comic traces an alternate history of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, where Al Gore is President of the United States, and ordinary civilians can view the war through web cams carried by roving robotic "spiders" dispersed into Afghanistan by the U.S. Army.

Unlike most webcomics, the comic is displayed in an "infinite canvas" format, where each page of the comic has the individual panels lined up in one continuous strip, viewable in full by scrolling with the horizontal scrollbar of the reader's web browser. Occasionally, the pages of the comic deviate from the format for storytelling effect, usually in the form of a fictional web page created for the story.

There are currently three episodes, with a fourth one said to come out in Autumn 2004. As of this writing, however, it has yet to surface.

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070602151344/http://www.e-sheep.com/spiders/ "The Spiders"] (old site down)
* [http://www.e-sheep.com/ Electric Sheep Comix]
* [http://saturn5.com/~esheep/spiders/ Patrick S. Farley's web page]