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The utilities listed here on The DrawingBoard's sidebars and menus are ones that in some way help artists and writers use the internet to their advantage. Below are some down-to-earth descriptions of each of these tools:

MyMail: By now, everyone has heard of free email accounts on the internet. This isn't anything new. Just like HotMail, Excite, or any number of web-based free email services, MyMail @ TheDrawingBoard.com is meant to provide an easy place for people to access their personal correspondences online. You can even set up an account to read a number of regular email accounts (from your normal ISP), putting it all in one place and available anywhere you can access a web browser. It's free, it's handy, its fun. Give it a try. http://mymail.thedrawingboard.com

Click Here to Check Your Mail / Click Here to Sign-Up

FreeDrive: Best to start by saying what FreeDrive is NOT. FreeDrive is NOT a free web page service. You can't load your images and/or HTML onto this and expect everyone to be able to grab them. That's what free web hosting is for. FreeDrive is your own, private/public hard drive for communicating with potential clients, friends, or what have you. Basically, when you set up your FreeDrive, you can upload up to 50 Megabytes worth of information to it (images, mp3 files, text documents, etc...). At any time, you can update, alter, and give people access to this information as you see fit.

Example: You're working on the latest pages of "UltraGirl Unlimited" and you need to get your colored pages to the editor. She's got internet access, so... you could email them to her... but you KNOW how much a pain huge files can be coming through email! Instead, using FreeDrive you can upload all the files, and simply email her a URL at which she can access them at her leisure.

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• Eliminate your need to carry around floppy disks and external drives
• Back up your critical data (e.g., on-line taxes, presentations)
• Share pictures with your friends and family
• Share documents with clients or classmates

Everyone who uses the FreeDrive system has to register with them in order to access any of the files, but once you're in, you're all set. Think of it as the ICQ of Internet hardrive space. Managing your files is quick and very easy. FreeDrive is like your own personal FTP site, or public folder on the Internet. When you sign-in, you just supply your email address and as much information as you care to disclose (would that we could control what they asked...). If you don't have an existing e-mail account (or don't want to use it to link to this service), you can sign-up for a free e-mail with The DrawingBoard (as described above). Simple, huh?

Search: Still Under Development -- Search-A-Saurus REX. This link is the home of the most versatile search forms around. The aim of this search form (note: its NOT a search engine by any means!) is to allow creators to quickly get to the information they need.

• Need a translation?
• Need to find a book?
• Need information of an existing character?
• Need photo reference?
• Need to do research on something?
• Want to know who someone is?

All of these questions and many more will be answerable through this form. Kind of like the "Ask Jeeves" of the Comics web. Now... its still starting out, so give it some room to grow, but we're sure you'll find it useful. Please email us with your problems or suggestions!

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