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S Anand
s-anand.net · Personal blog · on HN since 2009
S Anand writes about programming, data and web tools, including a full-text search of every Calvin and Hobbes strip.
What HN saysHN links it for the Calvin and Hobbes search and its dataset, and for his account of the takedown demands these search projects attract.
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- 1The Calvin and Hobbes search Takedown (2010)4 people · 5 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
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thunderbong · 2025-11-20
A bit off-topic, but it's been increasingly tough to view Calvin and Hobbes on the internet.
Gocomics seems to go after everyone who posts these comic strips on a regular basis.
The C&H sub-reddit stopped posting some time ago. [0]
The only C&H Search out there is not allowed to show the strips and instead redirects to Gocomics. [1]
Here's a blog post by S. Anand detailing some background on the takedown notice he received, although he doesn't mention who sent it. [2]
I feel saddened that the one comic strip that resisted commercialization has to have its fans face this.
But I suppose that's the nature of the web now.
[0]: https://www.reddit.com/r/calvinandhobbes/comments/1m8j09a/the_post_i_h…
[1]: https://michaelyingling.com/random/calvin_and_hobbes/
[2]: https://www.s-anand.net/blog/the-calvin-and-hobbes-search-takedown/
ChrisArchitect · 2024-02-16
Related:
These C&H search engine projects have long been a target of cease & desist / takedown orders. (Until they weren't as much, hence this one surviving)
Here's a story from the creator of another one by S. Anand:
The Calvin and Hobbes search Takedown
https://www.s-anand.net/blog/the-calvin-and-hobbes-search-takedown/
jkingsman · 2022-07-20
If anyone else is looking for the dataset, it appears here: http://www.s-anand.net/comic.calvin.jsz
unfunco · 2022-07-20
I searched for "Somehow, it's always right now until it's later." and it found nothing, I checked on http://www.s-anand.net/comic.calvin.jsz and it's "Somehone, it's always right now until it's later." – it's not very forgiving.
udit99 · 2021-02-15
Out of curiosity, I looked up the original data source for the search and found this: http://www.s-anand.net/blog/the-calvin-and-hobbes-search-takedown/ . I think he deserves as much credit as the guy who created the search engine.
TLDR: Some guy manually transcribed every single Calvin and Hobbes strip only to get a takedown notice and remove it.
archgoon · 2018-07-26
Trolling 5 year olds is a long established tradition.
http://www.s-anand.net/blog/calvin-and-hobbes-dad-explains-science/
po · 2010-09-25
Well, the JQuery name is already taken. Also it seems that the JPath idea isn't too crazy that someone didn't already do it:
http://www.s-anand.net/blog/jpath-xpath-for-javascript/
dermatthias · 2010-08-13
There used to be another search engine by S. Anand, but it was taken down because of copyright bullshit (http://www.s-anand.net/calvinandhobbes.html). Wonder what will happen with this one...
vijaydev · 2010-08-13
Here's his post about taking down the site: http://www.s-anand.net/blog/the-calvin-and-hobbes-search-takedown/
ananthrk · 2010-02-02
Couldn't resist passing on this link:
http://www.s-anand.net/calvinandhobbes.html
(An interface to search C & H quotes and download them)