diff --git a/dosagelib/scraper.py b/dosagelib/scraper.py
index b971a9b4b..3f7da1806 100644
--- a/dosagelib/scraper.py
+++ b/dosagelib/scraper.py
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ class _BasicScraper(object):
     # if more than one image per URL is expected
     multipleImagesPerStrip = False
 
+    # set of URLs that have no image (eg. only a video link)
+    noImageUrls = set()
+
     # set to False if previous URLs do not match the strip URL (ie. because of redirects)
     prevUrlMatchesStripUrl = True
 
@@ -80,9 +83,17 @@ class _BasicScraper(object):
         if self.indexes:
             for index in self.indexes:
                 url = self.stripUrl % index
-                yield self.getStrip(url)
+                if url in self.noImageUrls:
+                    out.info('Skipping no-image URL %s' % url)
+                else:
+                    yield self.getStrip(url)
+
         else:
-            yield self.getStrip(self.getLatestUrl())
+            url = self.getLatestUrl()
+            if url in self.noImageUrls:
+                out.info('Skipping no-image URL %s' % url)
+            else:
+                yield self.getStrip(self.getLatestUrl())
 
     def getStrip(self, url):
         """Get comic strip for given URL."""
@@ -123,8 +134,11 @@ class _BasicScraper(object):
         seen_urls = set()
         while url:
             data, baseUrl = getPageContent(url, self.session)
-            imageUrls = set(fetchUrls(url, data, baseUrl, self.imageSearch))
-            yield self.getComicStrip(url, imageUrls)
+            if url in self.noImageUrls:
+                out.info('Skipping no-image URL %s' % url)
+            else:
+                imageUrls = set(fetchUrls(url, data, baseUrl, self.imageSearch))
+                yield self.getComicStrip(url, imageUrls)
             if self.firstStripUrl == url:
                 out.debug("Stop at first URL %s" % url)
                 break
diff --git a/tests/test_comics.py b/tests/test_comics.py
index cb6d12742..d73bc5ba7 100644
--- a/tests/test_comics.py
+++ b/tests/test_comics.py
@@ -53,11 +53,13 @@ class _ComicTester(TestCase):
             # ie. it detects duplicate filenames.
             saved_images = self.get_saved_images()
             num_images = len(saved_images)
-            attrs = (num_images, saved_images, max_strips, self.tmpdir)
+            # subtract the number of URLs with no image from the expected image number
+            num_images_expected = max_strips - len(scraperobj.noImageUrls)
+            attrs = (num_images, saved_images, num_images_expected, self.tmpdir)
             if self.scraperclass.multipleImagesPerStrip:
-                self.check(num_images >= max_strips, 'saved %d %s instead of at least %d images in %s' % attrs)
+                self.check(num_images >= num_images_expected, 'saved %d %s instead of at least %d images in %s' % attrs)
             else:
-                self.check(num_images == max_strips, 'saved %d %s instead of %d images in %s' % attrs)
+                self.check(num_images == num_images_expected, 'saved %d %s instead of %d images in %s' % attrs)
 
     def check_stripurl(self, strip):
         if not self.scraperclass.stripUrl: