Complex sentence: It was created by member Hawk, an ex-Tech Support worker, in March of 2000, originally as a web comic, but quickly grew into a bulletin board for reader submissions, and soon added the ability for members to comment on the submissions.
Split into simpler sentences: It was created by member Hawk, an ex-tech support worker, in March of 2000, originally as a web comic. It quickly grew into a bulletin board for reader submissions and soon added the ability for members to comment on the submissions.