Downloads Peppter & Carrort comics and crafts a PDF

make-pdf.sh

#!/usr/bin/env zsh

EPISODE=$1
NUMBER=$2

i=0
while
    echo $i
    URL="https://www.peppercarrot.com/0_sources/$EPISODE/hi-res/de_Pepper-and-Carrot_by-David-Revoy_E${NUMBER}P${(l:2::0:)i}.jpg"
    STATUSCODE=$(curl --silent --remote-name --write-out "%{http_code}" $URL)

    if test $STATUSCODE -ne 200; then
        URL="https://www.peppercarrot.com/0_sources/$EPISODE/low-res/de_Pepper-and-Carrot_by-David-Revoy_E${Number}P${(l:2::0:)i}.jpg"
        STATUSCODE=$(curl --silent --remote-name --write-out "%{http_code}" $URL)
    fi
    
    (( i = i + 1 ))
    echo $STATUSCODE
    test $STATUSCODE -eq 200
do :; done

convert -rotate 270 -extent 1240x1753 -units PixelsPerInch  \
        -density 150x150 -gravity center *P00.jpg title-page.pdf

convert *P<1-99>.jpg -compress jpeg -resize 1240x1753 \
              -extent 1240x1753 -gravity center \
              -units PixelsPerInch -density 150x150 story.pdf

gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile="$(basename $PWD).pdf" title-page.pdf story.pdf

An improved version with readily available PDFs can be found at https://github.com/pSub/pepper-and-carrot-pdfs.