Some thoughts on the infinite canvas

[P.D.]

This little story came to me in a flash one morning last November, but it has taken me a while to get around to drawing it. Comments are appreciated. It's rather likely that someone else has already done something like this, so that's fair criticism if it's so.

Anyway...

An Enquiry into the Infinite Potential of Webcomics
or
A Monkey's Journey to Omega and Beyond

http://www.fecundity.com/pmagnus/canvas

--P.D.

[Kris Lachowski]

hmmm... interesting, now how am I going to get to sleep after having to contemplate that

[Tim Tylor]

What if he'd been hammering on a typewriter...? Good idea! But the copyeditor's going to charge you a mint.

[kaos_de_moria]

...great idea, well realised, i like it.
kaos

[Greg Stephens]

I really liked the infinite second page. It really just goes on, doesn't it? I don't know if anybody's done anything quite like that, yet, but it's a great idea. Plus, of course, it's entirely germane to the comic itself, making the comic all the better.

[Veleno]

I really liked the infinite second page. It really just goes on, doesn't it? I don't know if anybody's done anything quite like that, yet, but it's a great idea. Plus, of course, it's entirely germane to the comic itself, making the comic all the better.

Yup. it goes on and on:

http://www.fecundity.com/pmagnus/canvas ... 9999999999

and also in the negative direction:
http://www.fecundity.com/pmagnus/canvas ... age=-99999

and even as an alphanumeric sequence:
http://www.fecundity.com/pmagnus/canvas ... 4v5y3tgbq4

Why, it's almost as if someone set it up so no matter what the parameter was it would always go to the same page.

But anyways, some interesting thought in there. I like it.

[Rip Tanion]

Why, it's almost as if someone set it up so no matter what the parameter was it would always go to the same page.

How do it work?

Actually, it seems that only the first digit of the search string [?###?] is recognized. Thus page=666 links next to page=7, not page=667. A non-numeric character will link back to page=3.

Hmmm, a monkey on a typewrtier. Reminds me of an Asimov story I once read.

[P.D.]

How do it work?

Actually, it seems that only the first digit of the search string is recognized.

It's a fair cop-- the original script was not as thorough as it ought have been. I've fixed it up a bit, so that
http://www.fecundity.com/pmagnus/canvas ... l?page=734
gives you a link to 735 and
http://www.fecundity.com/pmagnus/canvas ... he_curtain
does something suitable broken.

Thanks for the compliments, and also for prodding the script mercilessly.

--P.D.

[Veleno]

gives you a link to 735 and
http://www.fecundity.com/pmagnus/canvas ... he_curtain
does something suitable broken.

Put in an Easter Egg, eh? Always good to stick a couple in, ya?

[Kris Lachowski]

gives you a link to 735 and
http://www.fecundity.com/pmagnus/canvas ... he_curtain
does something suitable broken.

this url fasinates me O.O

[Rip Tanion]

http://www.fecundity.com/pmagnus/canvas ... he_curtain
does something suitable broken.

Thanks for giving me an epileptic seizure!