Microsoft Comic Chat

Microsoft Comic Chat was an IRC chat client that tried to represent a chat in the style of a comic book, with participants as graphical characters and their messages displayed in speech bubbles. It could use custom background and character graphics, given the extensions ".bgb" and ".avb", respectively. Characters and backgrounds were initially greyscale, but version 2.1 allowed the inclusion of color. It was conceived, and its development led, by David Kurlander. Comic Chat was released 1996 and last updated in 1999.

Software

 * Microsoft Comic Chat itself
 * AVBuster, C++ program to extract images
 * Annotated source
 * Page with creation programs

Sample Files

 * Directory of pages with characters
 * Directory of pages with backgrounds
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/other/microsoftChatCharacter/

Links

 * David Kurlander's Comic Chat Resources
 * Comic Chat - How to Get Started
 * Mermaid Elizabeth's Microsoft Comic Chat Resources Link Page & Support (Somehow still being updated in 2020)
 * Phoenix Comic Chat Help
 * Microsoft Comic Chat How2
 * Sniffles' Comic Chat Place
 * Microsoft Comic Chat