~ Early Web Links ~

The Comics Reporter is Tom Spurgeon's comprehensive web site covering comics news, reviews, interviews, and commentary, featuring an extensive alphabetical list of books about comics with an emphasis on criticism and history. The site serves as a rich reference hub for comics enthusiasts, offering links to find local comic shops, buy graphic novels, and access industry data.

The Pony Highway is a charming old-web-inspired My Little Pony fan site featuring a personal collection showcase, a dedicated Minty shrine, free graphics, a commercial archive, species guides, and even custom quizzes. Built with a cozy small-town narrative framing, it captures the spirit of 90s and 2000s MLP fandom with a generous amount of original content and resources.

Creature Feature is a personal Neocities site dedicated to monsters, critters, and creatures of all kinds, featuring a Monster Library with sections on biology, games, and literature. The site includes a journal, gallery, virtual creatures, and a Halloween zine issue, all wrapped in a charmingly spooky aesthetic.

A preservation archive dedicated to RANFREN (Randal's Friends), a surreal webcomic series by captainhowdie featuring catmen, sentient dolls, and a mysterious Great Canadian suburbs setting. The site archives comics, cartoons, and related media, complete with atmospheric auto-playing music and a warning for nihilistic and unsettling themes.

Masked Toonz is a child-friendly creative world built by T.J., featuring the original universe of Wetpaw Way with character bios, activity sheets, an art gallery, and a world map. Designed as a safe alternative to mainstream social media, it draws inspiration from beloved children's authors and includes a companion section for parents covering morals, lessons, and the creator's inspirations.

The Animation Station Webring connects personal pages where members share their favorite animations, with a special emphasis on early 2000s-2010s works that have been buried by modern algorithms and platform deprioritization. Run by infini.gay, it encourages participants to curate animations meaningful to them rather than exhaustive rankings, keeping a corner of the old web alive for animation enthusiasts.

Owned by Mikh, this is the official Fanlistings Network fanlisting dedicated to cheese, celebrating one of the world's most beloved foods. With 379 members from 47 countries, it invites fellow cheese enthusiasts to join and show their appreciation.

Scary-Crayon is a pop culture commentary and collectibles review site run by Wes, covering action figures, toys, comics, Halloween countdowns, and original web comics like 'Dusty Plastic HELLside.' With over 33 pages of content spanning since 2003, it blends nostalgia, humor, and earnest geek enthusiasm across topics from Madballs to San Diego Comic-Con.

Daniel P. Lopez's personal site showcases an ongoing comic series called 'boys i had a crush on before i came out,' alongside sections for games, teaching, and Quake mapping. The comic series is the most prominent feature, making this a charming creative hub with a queer personal narrative at its center.

Edward Katz (also known as Erich or Katz) is an Indonesian web creator who built this colorful personal site to showcase art, graphics, shrines, and a deep love for early 2000s to mid-2010s internet culture. The site features fandom interests spanning Transformers, Cartoon Network classics, Team Fortress 2, and music from Gorillaz and Lemon Demon, with a strong nostalgic aesthetic and active changelog.