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So, what's the diff between this and the Golden Age Downloads website?

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BountyHunter:
It looks the same, it smells the same, it's inhabited by all the same people.

I'm confused.  :)

Yoc:
If you really can't tell BH, you haven't used either very long.
Neither cost you money so take some time and try them out and some should show up.

I think the forum does share some of the same people but certainly not All.  Neither site shares the same Staff.

We both started with a goal of sharing public domain comics but GAC has branched out beyond that.
They allow some post-1959 material while we are firm on the cut-off date.  They've also added Fanzines and even some movies I hear.  While DCM has managed to avoid any download limits.

DCM has been there a couple times when GAC had some problems and we'd hope they'd do the same if we needed it.

John C:
Both sites are trying different things and evolving, so there isn't anything like a marketing checklist of "where should you be."  And both center on sharing public domain (mostly pre-1960) comics, so you might not find any of the experiments or differences compelling.

There's an overlap in population, too, as you point out, so there's not much mileage to get out of any sort of "us versus them" discussion.  Having been involved on "opening day" of both, it'd be a lot like choosing a favorite child.

boox909:
What John and Yoc said.  ;D ;D ;D

Roygbiv666:
Maybe from a more historical point of view, GAC was like the Catholic Church, and there was a schism and DCM was formed.

GAC was hacked and DCM stepped up and helped repopulate files.

So, hopefully, we maintain friendly relations betwen the two and provide some online file redundancy to guard against catastrophic losses.

I also have to say, both groups are the most positive online presence of comic geeks I've seen, and that's supercool.

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