There’s a wide range of opinions on whether these “image ripper” programs are good or bad for the artist and webcomic in question. We had a lengthy discussion before on the copyright issues.
This time we’ve found an add-on to the popular Postpn backend system that lifts comics strips from a number of on and offline comic publications. Here’s it in action on the creator’s homepage.
I saw this posted on Journalista today, and it spawned me to post a little tirade on my blog, Pitiful Bastard.
If you are worried about your comic being ripped, it’s easy to prevent it. I did some checking today and well, it’s pretty sad that some of the pay sites are wide open to this type of attack.