Like many great comics, Cat and Girl seems to have a comic for my every mood – even though I’m neither a cat, nor a girl. This one perfectly captured recent angst filled moments…

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The GoComics Gadget on iGoogle passed the 500,000 subscriber mark today, passing CNET.com and entering the elite 25 most-subscribed to Gadgets on Google. Next in our sights? Google Reader (528k) and FOXNews.com (541k)

Get it for yourself (requires iGoogle account).

For my math geek friends (and family):

Its been a long time coming, but we finally had the public release of the new GoComics.com. Thanks to Mark at LocusFocus for all of his help. Michael Holloway, Doug Sparling and Eric Hurst were the core of the uclick Rails team who spent some long hours getting us to launch.

To see the site in action, go to GoComics.com and start exploring.

The new site tries to go beyond the old-school comics sites and to take advantage of some of the social tendencies that are natural within a comic’s fan community. This is the initial release and more good stuff is on the way, so stay tuned.

The first thing you’ll notice about the new site is that many of features that were only available to paid subscribers are now available to anyone who registers. Any registered user can:
* Tag comics with relevant keywords
* Share comics with friends
* Make a Comment on any comic
* Mark comics as Favorites
* Create Comics Pages by subscribing to your favorite titles
* Create free online Collections; keep them to yourself or make them Shared Collections and spread the love to the rest of the GoComics community
* Connect with other fans – View shared collections and member profiles and click Follow to keep up-to-date on their activity

Once you’ve created and account and signed in you’ll be taken to your Dashboard, which is like your own personal headquarters on GoComics.com. You’ll find all of your Comics Pages, Collections and Tags saved there. You’ll also find sections devoted to your followers and those you’re following, as well as a Comics Action Feed with updates from GoComics and other users.

Toon Picker: If you’re not familiar with all of the comics on our site (or if you’re just feeling adventurous) give the Toon Picker a try. The Toon Picker automatically generates a Comics Page for you based on comic categories you select, then you get to read and rate them. When you’re done, you’ve got a great new custom comics page on your dashboard, and you can come back and read the updated version everyday.

The initial launch went smoothly, without server downtime or service interruptions. Initial reaction has been positive – with the exception of some folks who just don’t like new things!

The team at uclick and I have been working with outside contractors to get a turn-key mobile store built, featuring all of our personalization products, game applications and comics applications. Lots of folks involved to get this going, with many thanks to the excellent folks at Fli-Digital. Check it out here: mobile.gocomics.com (m.gocomics.com on your phone)

Read the press release here: http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/12/emw575657.htm