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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Sev Wide Web is an Australian cartoon site by John Cook, who is known to fans simply as "JC". It features parodies of science fiction television programs and films, as well as more conventional cartoon concepts. There are new strips every week. His webcomics are unconventional in that Cook draws and writes all but the punchlines. Many comic ideas also come from fans of this site. He then hosts competitions where readers send in their own punchlines, and then vote for winners on IRC (or, more recently, web-based voting, when there were too few people in IRC to vote). In the past, Cook allowed punchlines to be submitted directly from anyone on the Internet, but recently, only people with accounts (subscription is free) can submit punchlines. This prevents someone from posing as another person by simply typing the same name in the box.Like many parody sites, the humor derives from fans' love for the franchise and often punchlines reflect more the contrasting intentions and obligations of writers and network executives, rather than the series itself. Fans of the site are termed Sevilians [3].Sev comics are also printed in the Adelaide Sunday Mail, Fiji Times & Herald, The Cairns Post, S-press [4], and AZ Weekly [5]. They have been formerly printed in the Dalby Herald [6], Gympie Times [7], Weipa Bulletin [8], and Milton-Ulladulla Express. [9]Due to server loads and bandwidth issues, a subscription service was enacted on 1 April 2005. [10] (When it was enacted, it was thought to be an April Fool's Day joke by some.) To view most of the cartoons on the site, users must register and pay a fee. The memberships cost A$15.00 (around 9 Euro or US$11) per 12 months.Memberships are also available as a bonus when merchandise is bought from the Sev Shop [11].Cartoons from the past month are free for viewing. There is also an "On This Day" page, where cartoons that were done in past years on the current day are shown for free.The subscription service also provides access to thousands of user comments on cartoons, and four exclusive subscriber cartoon storylines.On 6 April 2006, Cook added another perk to subscribing. Cook will now draw caricatures of new subscribers or of members updating their subscriptions. These caricatures can be used as avatars on the site. Cook will also send you the original drawings, if you request them. [12]On 20 October 2006, Cook added a Sev Wiki [13] to the site. [14]On 17 February 2010, Cook made the decision to virtually shut down the Sev site for good, aside from the occasional A Time to Laugh cartoon. [15] This decision was not unexpected, since the site had been floundering for the previous year and a half, with updates being late and missed. Cook originally was caught up working on Cricket Blog, a cricket website, but his interests turned towards Skeptical Science, a site about information on global warming. This site was said to "take over [his] life so dramatically" that all other projects, including Sev, Cricket Blog, and a site dedicated to web programming, are now "sorely neglected." The decision was preceded by fans complaining on the Discussion Board about Cook's "hobby" taking over, and it rose to the level of "personal attacks" on Cook. Cook denies any of the accusations in these attacks. Cook apologizes to all who enjoyed his cartoons over the years that they won't be getting any more. Cook's critics are disappointed in his decision, as shown by the following quote:It's very sad to me that he seems to be abandoning a decade long project to bring humor to the world in order to set up a website that filters global warming articles for people. In a few clicks I can get really scientific articles from very credentialed people on both sides of the issue, so I don't know why we need another web site that says one side is totally right and the other side is totally wrong.. }

• Sev_Wide_Web abstract "The Sev Wide Web is an Australian cartoon site by John Cook, who is known to fans simply as "JC". It features parodies of science fiction television programs and films, as well as more conventional cartoon concepts. There are new strips every week. His webcomics are unconventional in that Cook draws and writes all but the punchlines. Many comic ideas also come from fans of this site. He then hosts competitions where readers send in their own punchlines, and then vote for winners on IRC (or, more recently, web-based voting, when there were too few people in IRC to vote). In the past, Cook allowed punchlines to be submitted directly from anyone on the Internet, but recently, only people with accounts (subscription is free) can submit punchlines. This prevents someone from posing as another person by simply typing the same name in the box.Like many parody sites, the humor derives from fans' love for the franchise and often punchlines reflect more the contrasting intentions and obligations of writers and network executives, rather than the series itself. Fans of the site are termed Sevilians [3].Sev comics are also printed in the Adelaide Sunday Mail, Fiji Times & Herald, The Cairns Post, S-press [4], and AZ Weekly [5]. They have been formerly printed in the Dalby Herald [6], Gympie Times [7], Weipa Bulletin [8], and Milton-Ulladulla Express. [9]Due to server loads and bandwidth issues, a subscription service was enacted on 1 April 2005. [10] (When it was enacted, it was thought to be an April Fool's Day joke by some.) To view most of the cartoons on the site, users must register and pay a fee. The memberships cost A$15.00 (around 9 Euro or US$11) per 12 months.Memberships are also available as a bonus when merchandise is bought from the Sev Shop [11].Cartoons from the past month are free for viewing. There is also an "On This Day" page, where cartoons that were done in past years on the current day are shown for free.The subscription service also provides access to thousands of user comments on cartoons, and four exclusive subscriber cartoon storylines.On 6 April 2006, Cook added another perk to subscribing. Cook will now draw caricatures of new subscribers or of members updating their subscriptions. These caricatures can be used as avatars on the site. Cook will also send you the original drawings, if you request them. [12]On 20 October 2006, Cook added a Sev Wiki [13] to the site. [14]On 17 February 2010, Cook made the decision to virtually shut down the Sev site for good, aside from the occasional A Time to Laugh cartoon. [15] This decision was not unexpected, since the site had been floundering for the previous year and a half, with updates being late and missed. Cook originally was caught up working on Cricket Blog, a cricket website, but his interests turned towards Skeptical Science, a site about information on global warming. This site was said to "take over [his] life so dramatically" that all other projects, including Sev, Cricket Blog, and a site dedicated to web programming, are now "sorely neglected." The decision was preceded by fans complaining on the Discussion Board about Cook's "hobby" taking over, and it rose to the level of "personal attacks" on Cook. Cook denies any of the accusations in these attacks. Cook apologizes to all who enjoyed his cartoons over the years that they won't be getting any more. Cook's critics are disappointed in his decision, as shown by the following quote:It's very sad to me that he seems to be abandoning a decade long project to bring humor to the world in order to set up a website that filters global warming articles for people. In a few clicks I can get really scientific articles from very credentialed people on both sides of the issue, so I don't know why we need another web site that says one side is totally right and the other side is totally wrong.".