SpiderForest is both a collective and host that offers freedoms in website administration not available on free, public webcomic hosts such as Comic Genesis, Drunk Duck or Smack Jeeves. It also offers notoriety upon acceptance simply by requiring an admission process, multiple choices in comic archival systems, website building and administration assistance, a subdomain at [domain].spiderforest.com (and/or hosting for an already-purchased domain name), and an instance audience via the mandatory rotating banner at the top of every site.  Founded in 2004 as the sister sites “Spider Forest” and “Spider Spawn,” which catered to fantasy/science fiction and humor comics, respectively, earlier in 2008 the networks merged into a single, unified entity simply called “SpiderForest.”  Current members include such long-running comics as CAT LEGEND, by Katrina “Kat” Santoro, EMERGENCY EXIT by NJ Huff, NAHAST: LANDS OF STRIFE by Alejandro “Al-X” Melchor, REQUIEM by James Roden, SPECIAL SCHOOL by Andy Mason, and THE WAR OF WINDS by Karen “KEZ” Howard.

SpiderForest currently hosts 16 active comics, 3 complete comics and 10 inactive or on hiatus comics. An unspecified number of spots are open for new members, and not all applicants will be accepted. To request more information on the application process, or to pose questions to current SpiderForest members, please visit the SF forum or directly email members via information found on the About SpiderForest page.  More detailed information about the benefits of acceptance may also be found on the Apply page.

The next round of admissions to the network starts June 2009. Good luck to all applicants!