About

F/OSS Comics tells the history of computing and free and open source software through comics. The stories cover early computers, software engineering, hacker culture, Unix, and the free software and open source movements. They introduce the people and events behind these developments and explore how open source projects got started.

I'm Joone Hur, the writer and artist behind F/OSS Comics. I'm also an open source developer, contributing mainly to Chromium and WebKit.

The original Korean series is complete, and the first ten episodes of the English edition were published on Medium. I'm now expanding the content and redrawing much of the artwork, publishing each revised episode in both Korean and English.

These comics are based on real events, so historical and technical accuracy matters to me. The dialogue, however, is imagined, not a record of actual conversations. Please leave a comment on the relevant episode if you spot an error or have a suggestion.

You're welcome to share these comics on social media with attribution. When sharing individual images, please use the site's built-in sharing feature and keep the original artwork intact. A link back to fosscomics.com is appreciated too. For other uses of the images, please reach out to me. Project updates are posted at @fosscomics.

F/OSS Comics is a personal project. Your interest and support help keep the website running. Sponsorship helps cover domain costs, drawing equipment, reference books, and server hosting for the Korean site. You can support the project through GitHub Sponsors.

Thank you!