The Spiders

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:For other uses of the word "spider," see Spider (disambiguation).

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The Spiders is a webcomic written and illustrated by cartoonist Patrick S. Farley for his website, Electric Sheep Comix. The comic traces an alternative history of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, where Al Gore is President of the United States, and ordinary civilians can view the war through web cams situated inside "spiders" dispersed into Afghanistan by the U.S. Army.

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Webcomic - Cartoonist - Electric Sheep Comix - Alternative history - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan - Al Gore - President of the United States - Civilians - Web cams - Afghanistan - U.S. Army

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Contrary to most webcomics, the comic is displayed in an "infinite canvas" format, where each page of the comic has the individual panels lined up in one, continuous strip, viewable in full by scrolling with the horizontal scrollbar of the reader's web browser. Occasionally, the pages of the comic deviate from the format for storytelling effect, usually in the form of a fictional web page created for the story.

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Infinite canvas - Strip - Scrolling - Scrollbar - Web browser - Storytelling - Fictional - Web page

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There are currently three episodes, with a fourth one said to come out in Autumn 2004. As of this writing, however, it has yet to surface.

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Autumn - 2004

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