We're often asked about how to link to our comic, so here is a guide for bloggers, journalists, and everyone else in-between.

How do I link to the current comic?
If you'd just like to generally link to our main Joy of Tech page, on which the comic changes every few days, you can link to http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/index.html or http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/index.html. If you want a cool little graphic that changes as our comic changes, try out the Amazing Joy of Tech thumbnail!

How do I link to a particular comic, especially the current Joy of Tech?
Each new Joy of Tech comic is simultaneously added to the Archives, so you can find its permanent resting spot there. Just click on the Archives link, , and use the links available there. Or use the Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ buttons on the comic's page to find the embedded archive link. That way you know you will be directing your friend, or social network, or your audience to the correct comic, even after a few days.

Is there a preferred way to link to the Joy of Tech comic?
You bet! Because we derive our income from page views, we'd prefer that you publish a snippet or teaser image of the comic, then link to the comic's .html page in our archives. That way you get a story, and we get a bit of traffic to help us make the next comic. (A great example of that is here, thanks Brainrow, or here, thanks Laura!)

On the 'Net today it's really common to see images used without attribution. It's just so easy now to take an image and post it up without thinking. But imagine if you were an artist, and you made your income from the people that came to your website to look at your pictures. Now imagine if someone else published your images in their entirety on their own website. I'm sure you would find that a little frustrating. Sure, we do get some traffic from people seeing a comic and then typing in our URL or googling us, but it is only a tiny, tiny, infinitesimal fraction of what a real link will bring us. So we really appreciate it when someone takes a few minutes more and links to us in an awesome way.

Other suggestions?
Linking directly to the image of the comic on our server isn't that great for us, as it uses up our precious bandwidth. And please don't remove the copyright notices, our title, our names, our url information, or change the text of the comic without asking us first. Thanks!

Can I publish an entire comic on my blog?
Well, you can publish a comic or two on your blog, but again, we'd much prefer that you publish a snippet or teaser image of the comic, then link to comic's .html page in our archives. Just like we would do if we were linking to content on your page. If you are using the comic on a semi-regular basis, we expect you to license the comic. Again, if you have a question,or want a teaser image, please ask.

Syndication
If you are interested in syndicating the Joy of Tech as part of a website, please email us for details. The Joy of Tech is well loved and very much addictive, use it to help bring traffic to your site, and keep it coming back.

We are very proud to be have been featured for over 8 years on Kara Swisher's and Walt Mossberg's websites, starting way back in 2007 with All Things D and then moving to Recode. Why else do you think Vox bought them? :D

We also have a great run on Mashable and in Businessweek Magazine!

Sweden's MetroTeknik! We ran in on the website and in the weekly tech magazine!

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Can I publish a foreign language version of the Joy of Tech?
We've worked our several deals with foreign language sites to translate the Joy of Tech comic into different languages. In return for a small licensing fee, they host the translated comic on their site, and we link directly to their page from our site. So they get some great content to keep viewers coming back to their site, and we send them our foreign language traffic. If this is something that would interest you, send us your request and site information.