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Microsoft Comic Chat

Microsoft’s 1990s comic-book IRC client, now released as source code.

At a glance:

First seen:2026-07-16

Last seen:2026-07-16

Times seen:1

Website:github.com

The short version

Microsoft’s 1990s comic-book IRC client, now released as source code.

Why it caught our attention

A historically interesting code release with active interest in modernizing and building it.

Where it surfaced on Hacker News

2026-07-16

Editorial paraphrase

HN commenters supplied the official repository and discussed its IRC extensions and current-toolchain revival.

Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source