Before I knew it was a comic site I was amazed they took the time to copy all of the icons they wanted as svg. Even knowing the author is an illustrator it is still admirable and impressive.

That part didn't seem strictly required to address the third-party content problem. They could have used the font icons, and just copied all the necessary bits to their server.

Also, for anyone with a similar problem, consider backing https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/232193852/font-awesome-... . They're 15 hours from completion, and $38k away from a stretch goal to release SVG icon support in the Open Source version.

> the work required to avoid them And that's the rub, it was a _lot_ of work. It's nice to see it can be done, but few sites will have the time or inclination.