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infinite canvas comics Post date  07.16.2005, 1:44 PM

posted by dan visel

A while back, I posted on this demo (Flash, 8.4Mb) of Jef Raskin's proposed zooming interface for his Archy system. There's more than an echo of that work in these infinite canvas comics made using the Tarquin Engine, a template for Macromedia Flash that lets authors easily create scrolling, zoomable comics. While I can't say I'm enthralled by the content of any of the comics on display, there's something exciting about the possibilities of the form. I do wish the format was free & open, enabling more dabbling by amateurs: there are clearly any number of directions that this could take.

Posted by dan visel on July 16, 2005 01:44 PM
tags: the_form_of_the_book

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