diff --git a/doc/changelog.txt b/doc/changelog.txt
index 5ee9613bd..96510be15 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.txt
+++ b/doc/changelog.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Dosage 2.10 (released xx.xx.2014)
 
+Features:
+- comics: Comic strips are downloaded in parallel.
+
 Changes:
 - cmdline: Ensure only one instance of dosage is running to prevent
   accidental DoS when fetching multiple comics of one site.
diff --git a/dosage b/dosage
index 520fbcd1d..f4a6fccd3 100755
--- a/dosage
+++ b/dosage
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ class ComicGetter(threading.Thread):
         """Store options."""
         super(ComicGetter, self).__init__()
         self.options = options
+        self.origname = self.getName()
 
     def run(self):
         """Process from queue until it is empty."""
@@ -231,6 +232,7 @@ class ComicGetter(threading.Thread):
         while True:
             try:
                 scraperobj = jobs.get(False)
+                self.setName(scraperobj.getName())
                 with lock:
                     host_lock = get_host_lock(scraperobj.url)
                 with host_lock:
@@ -238,6 +240,7 @@ class ComicGetter(threading.Thread):
                 with lock:
                     comic_errors += errors
                 jobs.task_done()
+                self.setName(self.origname)
             except Empty:
                 break
 
@@ -281,9 +284,9 @@ def voteComics(options):
 def voteComic(scraperobj):
     """Vote for given comic scraper."""
     errors = 0
-    name = scraperobj.getName()
-    out.context = name
+    out.context = getScraperName(scraperobj)
     try:
+        name = scraperobj.getName()
         answer = scraperobj.vote()
         out.debug(u'Vote answer %r' % answer)
         if answer == 'counted':
@@ -313,7 +316,6 @@ def getStrips(scraperobj, options):
     else:
         # get current strip
         numstrips = 1
-    out.context = scraperobj.getName()
     try:
         if scraperobj.isComplete(options.basepath):
             out.info(u"All comics are already downloaded.")
@@ -331,8 +333,6 @@ def getStrips(scraperobj, options):
     except Exception as msg:
         out.exception(msg)
         errors += 1
-    finally:
-        out.context = u''
     return errors
 
 
diff --git a/dosagelib/output.py b/dosagelib/output.py
index a185a67fe..f3e39d004 100644
--- a/dosagelib/output.py
+++ b/dosagelib/output.py
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ from .ansicolor import Colorizer
 
 lock = threading.Lock()
 
+def get_threadname():
+    """Return name of current thread."""
+    return threading.current_thread().getName()
+
+
 class Output(object):
     """Print output with context, indentation and optional timestamps."""
 
@@ -65,13 +70,15 @@ class Output(object):
         """Write message with indentation, context and optional timestamp."""
         if level > self.level:
             return
-        if self.level > 1 or self.timestamps:
+        if self.timestamps:
             timestamp = time.strftime(u'%H:%M:%S ')
         else:
             timestamp = u''
         with lock:
-            if self.context or timestamp:
+            if self.context:
                 self.stream.write(u'%s%s> ' % (timestamp, self.context))
+            else:
+                self.stream.write(u'%s%s> ' % (timestamp, get_threadname()))
             self.stream.write(u'%s' % s, color=color)
             try:
                 text_type = unicode