Comic Strips

Philosophy: Data on ethics cases / thought experiements

2008-09-02T01:12:53.0018Z

The contemporary ethics literature is full of thought experiments that are used to support various moral claims. As far as I know there is no database or index which catalogues these ethics cases and the uses to which they are put. It would be a big help to philosophy students and moral theorists to have this kind of a data available in a powerfully searchable format.

Comic Strips: Are webcomics comic strips?

2007-10-17T03:26:54.0007Z

I agree.. perhaps Comic Strip needs a "distribution" property to indicate the actual medium used to distribute the strip? Suggestions for a property name and/or expected type welcome...

Comic Strips: Are webcomics comic strips?

2007-10-12T04:02:57.0007Z

I would say that Web comics are comic strips or comic books—Girl Genius and Dr. McNinja, for example, are comic books.

The collectives like Dumbrella are not syndicates—at least, not yet—and may need their own type. They could probably be co-typed with organization, depending on how they are structured. Some are incorporated businesses (like Blank Label and Dumbrella, I believe), and others are sort of loose associations.

Comic Strips: Are webcomics comic strips?

2007-10-12T00:08:24.0005Z

And are alliances like Dumbrella or Dayfree Press "Syndicates"?

Or should a new type be created for webcomics?

None: Absence of information vs. information of absence

2007-09-17T01:04:49.0007Z

Ah, this page is no longer marked for deletion. Cool.

None: Absence of information vs. information of absence

2007-09-09T04:07:16.0012Z

Freebase generally conflates the absence of information with information of absence, a distinction that many other knowledge representation systems make. If there is a discussion of the logic behind this stance, this would be a good place to link to it.

Viivi & Wagner: Date of first "Viivi & Wagner" strip, 1992 or 1997?

2007-08-23T14:17:42.0005Z

According to most sources "Viivi & Wagner" has been published as a comic strip since 1997. However, it appeared originally in Kultapossu magazine in 1992, see http://www.viivijawagner.net/arkisto1.html.

I am not sure if the 1992 version can be categorized as a "Comic Strip", or at least by the current Freebase semantic definition.

Maybe somebody who knows the terminology could comment on this?

Anyway, I changed the staring year back to 1997, as it was originally before I started editing.

Comic Strips: Regular data loads

2007-07-21T14:13:28.0000Z

Whoops. I just realised I posted this to the wrong domain, my bad. I'll repost it to Comic Books.

Comic Strips: Regular data loads

2007-07-20T18:36:57.0004Z

Comics are an area where a large amount of information is produced on a regular basis. A distributor will stock roughly 5000 new items every month. A lot of information about these titles is probably held somewhere, is looking for regular loads from distributors / publishers (Marvel, DC, Diamond etc.) something that Freebase is about - for the sake of keeping information up to date - or are we looking for a more community based approach.

Of course, after this question is answered we still need to get hold of said information - but that's a fight for another day.

Alan Moore: Alan Moore and Graphic Comics

2007-07-07T03:58:07.0005Z

This author has changed the nature and direction of Graphic Comics and needs more serious academic work written about his philosophy and approach to the medium.

David Lynch: David Lynch did not direct Million Dollar Baby

2007-07-06T00:09:55.0009Z

qx00qx01 - I'd pay to see that remake.

David Lynch: David Lynch did not direct Million Dollar Baby

2007-07-05T18:01:17.0007Z

Just now. ;)

As we're still in the alpha stage, we're still developing tools to help us catch things like this, but we're not quite there yet. There's certainly more to come.

In the meantime, there are many errors that have been caught and corrected by users interacting with the system. Obviously we haven't caught them all, but we're working on it. :-)

David Lynch: David Lynch did not direct Million Dollar Baby

2007-07-05T01:28:32.0012Z

this is a mistake I intentionally added to test Freebase's (alpha) vulnerability to information sabotage. how long until someone corrects it? =]

Monty: My favourite comic

2007-06-26T10:29:08.0011Z

I think it's pure genious

Ronin: Ronin, the book

2007-03-22T22:09:00.0006Z

The original 6-vol graphic novel was subsequently issued as a book, thus the book tag.

Ronin: Ronin, the book

2007-03-22T22:08:25.0012Z

The original 6-vol graphic novel was subsequently issued as a book, thus the book tag.