History Platform / SmackJeeves

* ''Webcomic/MaxwellAndFriends''

* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresofBob''

* NotSafeForWork: Although explicitly pornographic comics were not allowed, this prohibition was often loosely enforced in the site's early years, and occasional nudity and sexual situations (as long as there was at least an ongoing ExcusePlot to break them up) were generally allowed to be displayed uncensored. This was one of the reasons why the site continued to popular into TheNewTens, as competitors like Tapas and Webtoon were ''much'' stricter about even non-sexualized nudity. However, once the site changed hands in the mid-2010s, the new owners began to crack down much more harshly on NSFW content, which helped to speed the site's collapse.

In early December 2019, the site's new owner [[https://webcomicnetwork.com/Articles/SmackJeeves_Outrage_Mass_Exodus_From_site launched a redesign]] which reduced the authors' ability to customize their pages by enforcing a uniform look and limiting strip sizes. The change also deleted blogs, cast, and info pages, stripped authors' ability to moderate comments, closed the community forums, and reset passwords deemed weak. This eliminated all of the things that kept Smackjeeves distinct from other webcomic sites, leading those authors who had remained (because they ''liked'' the Smackjeeves format) to leave in large numbers.

According to [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DHExchange/comments/l012n1/s_smackjeeves_web_comics_archive/ this Reddit post]] some nice people managed to save about 34 700[[note]]34 757 as of May 2021[[/note]] out of 36 100 comics before shutdown and uploaded them to [[https://archive.org/details/smackjeeves-web-comics archive.org]]. All webcomics that were neither hosted elsewhere nor preserved at archive.org should be considered [[MissingEpisode lost]].

* ''Webcomic/YingAndYan''

* TheArtifact: The name "Smack Jeeves" began as a parody of the name of the now long-forgotten search engine [=AskJeeves=].com, whose mascot was a helpful butler named Jeeves. [=SmackJeeves,=] in turn, used an image of a cartoon butler getting slapped. As the original reference faded into obscurity, the butler-getting-slapped graphic was quietly abandoned, but the site's name remained.

According to [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DHExchange/comments/l012n1/s_smackjeeves_web_comics_archive/ this Reddit post]] some nice people managed to save about 34,700 out of 36,100 comics before shutdown and uploaded them to [[https://archive.org/details/smackjeeves-web-comics archive.org]].[[note]]Although archive.org reports having only 32,825 comics.[[/note]] All webcomics that were neither hosted elsewhere nor preserved at archive.org should be considered [[MissingEpisode lost]].

In late August 2020 the site temporarily "region-locked" access from outside the US and Asia. The reason is rumored to be the refusal to abide to privacy laws of EU and countries that followed suit. This caused yet more people to leave, although by this point almost all of the few webcomics that still regularly updated there were mirrors that were also hosted elsewhere. Finally on November 3, 2020 the owner [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/El7WDWMWMAMB785?format=png declared]] that the site would close on December 31. Trying to access Smack Jeeves now results in a redirection to Pocket Comics. All webcomics hosted on the site which are not hosted elsewhere should be considered [[MissingEpisode lost]].

* ''[[http://pikasemechu.smackjeeves.com/ Pika Seme Chu]]''

* ''Webcomic/DoubleK'' [[note]]DOUBLE K is no longer hosted on Smack Jeeves.[[/note]]

* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'' [[note]]No longer hosted on Smack Jeeves.[[/note]]

* ''Webcomic/FinalFantasyVIITheSevening'' [[note]]Partially on Smack Jeeves[[/note]]
* ''Webcomic/ForestHill'' (Formerly. Now moved to another host due to the content not being suitable for Smack Jeeves)

* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresofBob'' [[note]] The comic's main site is now on Website/ComicFury.[[/note]]
* ''Webcomic/JosephAndYusra'' [[note]]Both the original and the reboot[[/note]]

* ''Webcomic/KirbyTalesInDreamland'' also known as [=KTD1=]

* ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom'' [[note]]Stopped updating in 2019, erased archive in September 2020.[[/note]]

** ''Webcomic/MaddieInAmerica'' [[note]]Hosted on the author's alternate account "Bourbonnais" due to its more mature content compared to the other comics.[[/note]]

* ''Webcomic/MaxwellAndFriends'' [[note]]Formerly; now hosted by Website/ComicFury as of 2020.[[/note]]

* ''WebComic/PokemonMysteryDungeonVictoryFire'' [[note]]Only available on Website/DeviantArt.[[/note]]

* ''Webcomic/PragueRace'' [[note]]Left Smack Jeeves in 2014[[/note]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Rain}}'' [[note]]SJ archive stops at December 2019, due to the site overhaul locking Jocelyn out of her account.[[/note]]
* ''Webcomic/RavenWolf'' [[note]]Left for Tapas around 2019.[[/note]]

* ''Webcomic/ToddAllisonAndThePetuniaViolet'' [[note]]It's a bit complicated; it moved to its own site in February 2015, but after a 3 year hiatus moved back to Smackjeeves and resumed updates in 2018[[/note]]

* ''Webcomic/TwoKeys'' [[note]]Has moved to Tapastic, but Smack Jeeves site is still up[[/note]]

In early December 2019, the site's new owner [[https://webcomicnetwork.com/Articles/SmackJeeves_Outrage_Mass_Exodus_From_site launched a redesign]] which reduced the authors' ability to customize their pages by enforcing a uniform look and limiting strip sizes. The change also deleted blogs, cast, and info pages, stripped authours' ability to moderate comments, closed the community forums, and reset passwords deemed weak. This provoked many additional authors to leave.

In late August 2020 the site temporarily "region-locked" access from outside the US and Asia. The reason is rumored to be the refusal to abide to privacy laws of EU and countries that followed suit. This caused more people to leave. Finally on November 3, 2020 the owner [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/El7WDWMWMAMB785?format=png declared]] that the site would close on December 31. Trying to access Smack Jeeves now results in a redirection to Pocket Comics.

[[http://www.smackjeeves.com Smack Jeeves]] is one of the oldest free webcomic hosting services on the internet, allowing users to upload and organize their own webcomics. Since 2005, Smack Jeeves has come to host over 47,000 comics online. It has a lot of {{yaoi}} and {{sprite|Comic}} (usually [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]) comics, [[SturgeonsLaw but also hosts some hidden gems]].

In early December 2019 the site's new owner [[https://webcomicnetwork.com/Articles/SmackJeeves_Outrage_Mass_Exodus_From_site completely redesigned it]]. This reduced the authors' ability to customize their pages, enforcing a uniform look and limiting strip sizes; deleted cast and info pages; stripped authours' ability to moderate comments; shut down the forums; reset passwords deemed weak. This provoked many active comics to leave.

In late August 2020 the site "region-locked" much of the world -- blocked many countries by [=GeoIP=]. The reason is rumored to be the refusal to abide to privacy laws of EU and countries that followed suit. This caused more people to leave.

Finally, in November 3, 2020 the owner [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/El7WDWMWMAMB785?format=png declared]] that the site will close on December 31.

!!Comics currently or formerly hosted on Smack Jeeves:

* ''WebComic/PokemonMysteryDungeonVictoryFire''

In late 2019 the site greatly reduced the authors' ability to customize their pages, enforcing a uniform look. This provoked a significant outflow of active comics.

In mid-2020 the site blocked significant part of the world by IP. The reason is rumored to be the refusal to abide to privacy laws of EU and countries that followed suit. This caused more people to leave.

!!Comics hosted on Smack Jeeves:

* ''Webcomic/LatchkeyKingdom'' (stopped updating in 2019, erased archive in September 2020)

* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresofBob'' [[note]] The comic's main site is now on Website/ComicFury at http://bobadventures.thecomicseries.com[[/note]]

* ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresofBob''

* ''[[http://pikasemechu.smackjeeves.com/ Pika Seme Chu]]'' [[note]]Note that this is Yaoi.[[/note]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Rain}}''

[[http://www.smackjeeves.com Smack Jeeves]] is one of the oldest free webcomic hosting services on the internet, allowing users to upload and organize their own webcomics. Since 2005, Smack Jeeves has come to host over 47,000 comics online. It has a lot of {{yaoi}} and [[SpriteComic sprite]] (usually [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]]) comics, [[SturgeonsLaw but also hosts some hidden gems.]]

* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo''