Over 1M Pages About Comics
The article announces that the website has surpassed one million pages of content dedicated to comics, marking a significant milestone for the ongoing project of cataloging and writing about comic books.
Background
- The post is by Lars Ingebrigtsen, a prominent Norwegian programmer and long-time GNU Emacs maintainer who also writes about Norwegian copyright law and digital culture.
- He recently discovered that Nasjonalbiblioteket (the National Library of Norway) has digitized over 1 million comic book pages and made them freely available online — a massive trove of Norwegian and translated comics, from old newspaper strips to modern graphic novels.
- This is notable because most national libraries heavily restrict access to digitized copyrighted material. The Norwegian library's unusually permissive approach (free access for anyone on Norwegian IPs) has been a subject of debate and interest among digital-rights and library-tech observers.
- The post reflects Ingebrigtsen's personal excitement as both a comics fan and a long-time advocate for open access to cultural heritage.