From: wskan@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Fran Kan)
Subject: Announcement for Establishment of HKPA.COMIC (sub-group of HKPA)
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 17:35:02 GMT

Hi all:

I'm very proud and happy to annouce the establishment of Hong Kong Picture
Archive - Comic Fever (HKPA.COMIC).  HKPA.COMIC is just similar to
HKPA.POPSTAR, HKPA.SCENIC and HKPA.MISC.  As you can tell from the name,
this sub-group is a collection of pictures of Hong Kong Comic.  We welcome
any kind of comic pictures prduced by Hong Kong Artist.  But pictures that
are from reprinted Japnese or American comic books will be considered to
belong to HKPA.COMIC.

Starting next week, i'll be posting pictures in alt.binaries.pictures and
alt.binaries.pictures.misc every Wednesday.  You can also get the files
thru 'ftp' at asia.lcs.mit.edu.

If you are interested and want to know more about how to contribute
pictures to HKPA.COMIC, please read the README.DONORS which is enclosed at
the end.  You can also find it in asia.lcs.mit.edu /pub/hongkong/hkpa/comics.

After all, i want to thank Alan, Thomas, and William who help me with
HKPA.COMIC.  And we hope you can contribute more pictures to HKPA to keep
it grows.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GUNG HEI FAK CHOY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fran <wskan@vela.acs.oakland.edu>



The following is HKPA.COMIC's README.DONORS
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
HONG KONG PICTURES ARCHIVE - COMIC FEVER (HKPA.COMIC)
=====================================================
RULES FOR CONTRIBUTORS (Rev 1.00)
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Persons-in-charge:
Fran Kan	<wskan@vela.acs.oakland.edu>

1.	WHAT KIND OF PICTURES ARE ACCEPTABLE?
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Any kind of comic pictures produced by Hong Kong Artist are welcome. However,
there are some comic books which basiclly reprint some Japanese or American
comic books, and these picture will be considered NOT belong to HKPA.COMIC.
Only those that are drawn by HONG KONG ARTIST will be accepted.

2.	HOW DO I CONTRIBUTE PICTURES TO HKPA.COMIC?
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There are two ways. THE FIRST ONE IS THE BEST!!

i)	-Uuencode the GIF file and email the uuencoded file to Fran Kan
	 <wskan@vela.acs.oakland.edu>.

	 Example:
	 uuencode <filename.gif> <filename.gif> | mail wskan@vela.acs.oakland.edu

	 Example for splitting the files into parts (this make sure the
	 size of mail does not exceed the mail buffer):

	 uuencode <filename.gif> <filename.gif> | split
	 (files named xaa, xab, xac...etc will be produced)
         mail wskan@vela.acs.oakland.edu < xaa
	 mail wskan@vela.acs.oakland.edu < xab
	 ....... (with all the x* files)


	 Send a description of the picture to Fran via email.  Please give us
	 as many details as you can.  The information we need are:

	 Artist name, Title of the Comic book, Name of the Character in
	 the Picture (if it's only a few characters)

	 These information are needed for filing purposes.

	-Contributors deserve to credits. Please specify the prefer way we
	 should metion your name or alias in the HKcomic.index file.  If
	 nothing is specified, the default will be the email address of
	 the contributor.
	 If you prefer to stay anonymous, please say so.  We will not put
	 any contributor's name in the index file at your request. If you 
	 have any name (Nickname) that want us to use in the HKcomic.index,
	 please inform us.

ii)	-Contributors can post the pictures to the pictures newsgroups:

	 alt.binaries.pictures, alt.binaries.pictures.misc

	- EXAMPLE OF POSTING A GIF TO PICTURES NEWSGROUPS:
	- uuencode the GIF file first.
	- split the uuencoded file into parts less than 1000 lines. 
  	  This can be done using the Unix "split" program.
	- add the lines:
  	  "BEGIN--------------------Cut Here--------------------"
	  at the beginning and the line
	  "END----------------------Cut Here--------------------"
	  at the end of each split file.
	- crosspost each part to "alt.binaries.pictures" AND
	  "alt.binaries.pictures.misc". This can be done by typing in
	  "alt.binaries.pictures,alt.binaries.pictures.misc" when asked
	  for the name of the newsgroup to post to.
	- when posting, be sure to include "(chinese: HKPA.COMIC)" in the
	  Subject: line to identify this posting as a part of our HKPA GIFs
	- and include the filename and part number of current part being
	  posted. ( eg. Subject: file.gif (chinese: HKPA.COMIC) [part 1/3] )
	- post a part number 0 first (eg. [part 0/3]) which has a short
	  description of the content of the picture. Please state clearly
	  what the picture is about.

	-After posting the pictures, mail Fran Kan <wskan@vela.acs.okalnd.edu>
	 for notification of availability.
	-Contributors are deserved to have credits. So please specify
	 whether your name or alias will be printed on the HKcomic.index.
	 If nothing are specified, the default will be the email address
	 of the contributor.


3.	CAN I UPLOAD PICTURES TO FTP SITE MYSELF?
-------------------------------------------------
Not recommended. However, if you insist on uploading pictures this way,
please mail Fran first with a good reason, and observes the following
rules while uploading:

Please include a <picture files name>.readme file stating a brief
description of the picture, and stated that this picture is contribute to
HKPA.COMIC.

	STEPS FOR UPLOADING A PICTURE TO FTP SITE (HIGHLY NOT RECOMMEND)

	- upload the ***.gif file INCLUDING a ***.gif.readme files

	  Example for a ***.gif.readme files:

	  This is a comic picture of wonder, drawn by Mr. Wonderful.  The
	  character inside named Wonder is walking in Wonderland.
	  This pictures is contributed to HKPA.COMIC.  Please refer my name as
	  follows:

	  Contributor: C-man <abc@def.ghi.jk.edu>
  
	- Please notify Fran via email after you have done the uploading.



4.	ARE OTHER FORMATS ACCEPTED?
-----------------------------------
In general, it is recommended to contribute pictures in GIF format, however,
other common formats will be accepted.  We'll convert them into GIF format
for you.



Original written by Alan Yim for HKPA.MISC.
Modified by Fran Kan for HKPA.COMIC.