Line #7 Platform/SmackJeeves


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3	->''The next generation of Webcomics is here.''
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5	[[https://www.smackjeeves.com Smack Jeeves]] was one of the oldest free webcomic hosting services on the internet, allowing users to upload and organize their own webcomics. Since 2005, Smack Jeeves had come to host over 47,000 comics online. It had a lot of {{yaoi}} and {{sprite\|Comic}} (usually [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]) comics, but also hosted some hidden gems.
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7	One of the most popular webcomic hosts in the early 2000s, the site began to decline as TheNewTens wore on, largely because little effort was made to make the site compatible with users on mobile devices (a mobile app was never produced), and competitors like Platform/{{Tapastic}} (later Tapas) and Platform/{{Webtoon}} emerged which filled this void, along with presenting pages in [[InfiniteCanvas the more trendy]] [[KoreanWebtoons Korean style]] (albeit at the expense of customizabilty and side content), and providing creators with opportunities to monetize their comics on-site. Gradually, many popular Smackjeeves creators migrated there.
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9	Although explicitly pornographic comics were not allowed, this prohibition was often loosely enforced in the site's early years, and occasional nudity and sexual situations (as long as there was at least an ongoing ExcusePlot to break them up) were generally allowed to be displayed uncensored. This was one of the reasons why the site continued to be popular into TheNewTens, as competitors like Tapas and Webtoon were ''much'' stricter about even non-sexualized nudity. However, once the site changed hands in the mid-2010s, the new owners began to crack down much more harshly on NSFW content, which helped to speed the site's collapse.
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11	In early December 2019, the site's new owner [[https://webcomicnetwork.com/Articles/SmackJeeves_Outrage_Mass_Exodus_From_site launched a redesign]] which reduced the authors' ability to customize their pages by enforcing a uniform look and limiting strip sizes. The change also deleted blogs, cast, and info pages, stripped authors' ability to moderate comments, closed the community forums, and reset passwords deemed weak. This eliminated all of the things that kept Smackjeeves distinct from other webcomic sites, leading those authors who had remained (because they ''liked'' the Smackjeeves format) to leave in large numbers, mostly migrating over to Platform/ComicFury and other, similar sites.
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13	In late August 2020 the site temporarily "region-locked" access from outside the US and Asia. The reason is rumored to be the refusal to abide to privacy laws of EU and countries that followed suit. This caused yet more people to leave, although by this point almost all of the few webcomics that still regularly updated there were mirrors that were also hosted elsewhere. Finally on November 3, 2020 the owner [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/El7WDWMWMAMB785?format=png declared]] that the site would close on December 31.
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15	According to [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DHExchange/comments/l012n1/s_smackjeeves_web_comics_archive/ this Reddit post]] some nice people managed to save 34,757 out of 36,100 comics before shutdown and uploaded them to [[https://archive.org/details/smackjeeves-web-comics archive.org]]. All webcomics that were neither hosted elsewhere nor preserved at archive.org should be considered [[MissingEpisode lost]].
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18	!!Comics formerly hosted on Smack Jeeves:
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20	[[index]]
21	* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfAryanBoy''
22	* ''Webcomic/TheAfterSubtract''
23	* ''Webcomic/{{Alternate}}''
24	* ''Webcomic/APTComic''
25	* ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}''
26	* ''Webcomic/ArmlessAmy''
27	* ''Webcomic/AroundTheBlock''
28	* ''Webcomic/{{Aware}}''
29	* ''Webcomic/BallAndChain''
30	* ''Webcomic/{{Bard}}''
31	* ''Webcomic/{{Biscuit}}''
32	* ''Webcomic/BracefaceFangface''
33	** ''Webcomic/BrockOfTheUndead''
34	* ''Webcomic/TheChanterelleAndMayLife''
35	* ''Webcomic/{{City of Trees}}''
36	* ''Webcomic/ClockworkAtrium''
37	* ''Webcomic/ClosedGate''
38	* ''Webcomic/{{Cominerds}}''
39	* ''Webcomic/ComplicatedNess''
40	* ''Webcomic/ConventionalWisdom''
41	* ''Webcomic/CrusaderAmulet''
42	* ''Webcomic/CrystalDoubleNuzlocke''
43	* ''Webcomic/{{Devoto}}''
44	* ''Webcomic/DoubleK''
45	* ''Webcomic/DrunkenJellicleGang''
46	* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo''
47	* ''Webcomic/EonsAgo''
48	* ''[[Webcomic/EurekaSevenParadoxMakers Eureka Seven: Paradox Makers]]''
49	* ''Manga/Evangelion303''
50	* ''Webcomic/EverydayHeroes''
51	* ''Webcomic/EvilPlan''
52	* ''[[http://ffh.smackjeeves.com/ Final Fantasy High]]''
53	* ''Webcomic/FinalFantasyVIITheSevening''
54	* ''Webcomic/ForestHill''
55	* ''Webcomic/FourCorners''
56	* ''Webcomic/FourKingHell''
57	* ''Webcomic/FrankieAndStein''
58	* ''Webcomic/FriendsTillDeath''
59	* ''Webcomic/FurryExperience''
60	* ''Roleplay/FurryFury''
61	* ''Webcomic/{{Fuse}}''
62	* ''Webcomic/{{Galebound}}''
63	* ''Webcomic/AGameOfRoleplay''
64	* ''Webcomic/{{Gloomverse}}''
65	* ''Webcomic/GhostEyes''
66	* ''Webcomic/HateThePlayer''
67	* ''Webcomic/{{Hellp}}''
68	* ''Webcomic/{{Hemlock}}''
69	* ''Webcomic/HoneydewSyndrome''
70	* ''[[http://hotdagn.smackjeeves.com/ Hot Dagn]]''
71	* ''Webcomic/TheHouseOfCraziness''
72	* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob''
73	* ''Webcomic/JosephAndYusra''[[note]]Both the original and the reboot[[/note]]
74	* ''Webcomic/KirbyAdventure''
75	* ''Webcomic/KirbyBlast''
76	* ''Webcomic/KirbyCardClash''
77	* ''Webcomic/AKirbyKomic''
78	* ''[[http://kirbyda.smackjeeves.com/comics/765323/gimme-five-more-minutes/ Kirby's Dream Adventure]]''
79	* ''[[http://kirbysdreamlandadventures.smackjeeves.com/comics/499133/in-the-beginning/ Kirby's Dreamland Adventures]]''
80	* ''Webcomic/KirbyTalesInDreamland''[[note]]also known as [=KTD1=][[/note]]
81	* ''Webcomic/KirbyVsTheSqueaks''
82	* ''Webcomic/KnightsErrant''
83	* ''Webcomic/KoopaQuest''
84	* ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom''
85	* ''Webcomic/LethHate''
86	* ''Webcomic/LifeAndDeath''
87	* ''Webcomic/LifeSketch''
88	* ''Webcomic/LsEmpire''
89	* ''Webcomic/MaddieOnTheIslandHue''
90	** ''Webcomic/MaddieInAmerica''
91	** ''Webcomic/{{Outsiders}}''
92	* ''Webcomic/{{Magience}}''
93	* ''Webcomic/MariosDayJob''
94	* ''Webcomic/MaxwellAndFriends''
95	* ''Webcomic/MMBN7TheWorldTournament''
96	* ''Webcomic/{{Mokepon}}''
97	* ''Webcomic/{{Monstar}}''
98	* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterBoy''
99	* ''Webcomic/MorphE''
100	* ''[[http://mortifer.smackjeeves.com/ Mortifer]]''
101	* ''Webcomic/{{MUTE}}''
102	* ''Webcomic/MYth''
103	* ''Webcomic/{{NebulaBeings}}''
104	* ''Webcomic/NewHome''
105	* ''Webcomic/{{Nexus}}''
106	* ''Webcomic/{{October 20th}}''
107	* ''Webcomic/TheOvercoming''
108	* ''Webcomic/PerfectionEngine''
109	* ''Webcomic/PicturesOfYou''
110	* ''Webcomic/PinkBlack''
111	* ''Webcomic/ThePirateBalthasar''
112	* ''Webcomic/{{Pogeymanz}}''
113	* ''WebComic/PokemonMysteryDungeonVictoryFire''
114	* ''Webcomic/PokemonNoRakuen''
115	* ''Webcomic/PragueRace''
116	* ''Webcomic/ThePropertyOfHate''
117	* ''Webcomic/QuestionDuck''
118	* ''Webcomic/{{Rain\|2010}}''
119	* ''Webcomic/RareCandyTreatment''
120	* ''Webcomic/RavenWolf''
121	* ''Webcomic/RiskHunterK''
122	* ''Webcomic/RockPaperScissorsHiruda''
123	* ''Webcomic/RosenkreuzstiletteAt4OClock''
124	* ''Webcomic/{{Royal}}''
125	* ''Webcomic/{{Rumplestilskin}}''
126	* ''Webcomic/{{Sakana}}''
127	* ''Webcomic/TheSearchForHenryJekyll''
128	* ''[[http://series9.smackjeeves.com/ Series 9]]''
129	* ''Webcomic/SharkTeeth''
130	* ''Webcomic/{{Shifter}}''
131	* ''Webcomic/ShinkaTheLastEevee'' (pre-reboot)
132	* ''Webcomic/SimonSues''
133	* ''Webcomic/{{Sire}}''
134	* ''Webcomic/{{SMGPMD}}''
135	* ''Webcomic/SpaceSchool''
136	* ''Webcomic/SpinaCage''
137	* ''Webcomic/SurvivorFanCharacters''
138	* ''Webcomic/SweetBeat''
139	* ''Webcomic/ThisIsAShittyWebcomic''
140	* ''Webcomic/ToddAllisonAndThePetuniaViolet''
141	* ''Webcomic/TwoEvilScientists''
142	* ''Webcomic/TwoKeys''
143	* ''Webcomic/TwoMasters''
144	* ''Webcomic/VampireGirl''
145	* ''Webcomic/WallETheHumanTouch''
146	* ''Webcomic/WhenIgnoranceFails''
147	* ''Webcomic/YaoiCats''
148	* ''Webcomic/YaoiTales''
149	* ''[[http://ygo-09.smackjeeves.com/ Yu-Gi-Oh! 09]]''
150	[[/index]]
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152	!!Tropes commonly used on Smack Jeeves:
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154	* TheArtifact: The name "Smack Jeeves" began as a parody of the name of the now long-forgotten search engine [=AskJeeves=].com, whose mascot was a helpful butler named Jeeves.[[note]]The idea was that the butler would provide answers to questions asked in a natural language, not unlike more recent "semantic search". An ambitious goal for 1997, that didn't work out. The idea, the mascot, the name and the engine itself were dropped in 2006. Today it's called [=ask.com=], best known for its adware toolbars bundled with many useful freeware and {{shareware}} programs.[[/note]] [=SmackJeeves,=] in turn, used an image of a cartoon butler getting slapped. As the original reference faded into obscurity, the butler-getting-slapped graphic was quietly abandoned, but the site's name remained.
155	* AuthorAvatar: Especially for the sprite comics.
156	** AuthorPowers
157	* BoysLove: [[http://www.smackjeeves.com/search.php?comic_title=&style_all=on&genre_all=on&format_all=on&sort_by=2&submit=1 Some]] of the most popular comics are about BoysLove.
158	* DevelopmentHell: [[invoked]]A few comics have been known to restart more than once.
159	* FillerStrips: There's an [[http://www.smackjeeves.com/comicprofile.php?id=40140 entire comic]] devoted to FillerStrips.
160	* ScheduleSlip: [[invoked]]As with any webcomics.
161	* SpriteComic: Sprite comics are often hosted on this site.

Context Platform / SmackJeeves