Oh, I forgot to add…
FWIW, they did actually release some versions on floppies as it was pre-internet. IIRC, it was like $20 an issue back then and took two floppies to view one 1-bit issue.
What also made me think of this is they did have a 30 or second animated bit you could also buy that fit on a single floppy. I want to say it was made in Hypercard but don’t know enough to say that confidentally. I remember getting introduced to this comic on a mac playing the animation at a now defunct comic-con-type-thing of my childhood.
The comic wasn’t widely distributed digitally though as you describe. It was definitely more of a printed phenomena.
