# My favorite comic strip is ending, sigh **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383 "2020-07-26T10:24:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/1 "2020-07-26T10:24:20Z")
Totally mundane problem here - One of my favorite comics put out the last strip today ☹ I have a few I read every morning, and Stone Soup has long been a favorite. A year or so ago the author went to Sundays only, and now she’s retiring. Thanks, Jan Eliot, for so many years of fun and thoughtfulness [https://www.gocomics.com/stonesoup/2020/07/26](https://www.gocomics.com/stonesoup/2020/07/26) ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/2 "2020-07-30T23:37:12Z")
One of my favourites, too. At least my other top favourites, [Breaking Cat News](https://www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat-news/2020/07/30) and [9 Chickweed Lane](https://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane/2020/07/30) look to be still going strong for the foreseeable future. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/3 "2020-07-31T05:28:45Z")
She did go out gracefully, letting the characters know that everything was going to be o.k. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/4 "2020-07-31T05:38:40Z")
Mine went down 45 years ago, with Pogo. Don’t worry, you’ll get over it, and will be a treasure for all your remaining years. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/5 "2020-07-31T13:29:20Z")
I still miss Calvin & Hobbes. ---
**Author:** ![urbanredneck2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/5f8ce5/32.png) [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/6 "2020-08-03T02:51:59Z")
Wait, didnt she end it about 20 years ago or at least relaunch it? Basically the kids had all grown up and were in college so she redid it and made them little again. Eventually all story lines have to have an ending. Peanuts ended long ago. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/7 "2020-08-03T03:04:45Z")
[SchlockMercenary](https://www.schlockmercenary.com/) ended a 20 year story arc last week, and I still haven’t recovered. I’m confident that there will be more stories told, but the author is on hiatus for a few months. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/8 "2020-08-03T03:07:40Z")
[https://somethingpositive.net/](https://somethingpositive.net/) was supposed to end after 3 or 4 years but its been over 10 although no one knows how long RK millholand will keep it going as his physical problems seemingly get worse every year… ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/9 "2020-08-03T04:57:56Z")
> [@urbanredneck2](#): > > Wait, didnt she end it about 20 years ago or at least relaunch it? Basically the kids had all grown up and were in college so she redid it and made them little again. That was another strip-_For Better Or Worse_, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/10 "2020-08-03T11:05:55Z")
Yup, For Better or For Worse is rerunning. That’s another of my regulars, even though I’m now past where I tuned in originally. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum\_45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum_45/32/3385_2.png) [@eburacum\_45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum_45)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/11 "2020-08-03T11:09:49Z")
Schlock Mercenary posted a strip every day for just over twenty years, in a hard(ish) SF universe, and it was funny, too. _(Ominous hummm)_ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/12 "2020-08-03T13:16:18Z")
One of my favorite online strips is ending real soon-_Go Get A Roomie!_. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/13 "2020-08-04T01:00:46Z")
sad thing is most of these are webcomics … ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/14 "2020-08-04T01:16:23Z")
My favorite strip, _Cul de Sac_ ended some years ago when Richard Thompson’s Parkinson’s disease became too much for him to overcome. My second favorite strip, _Get Fuzzy_, has been effectively over with for almost 7 years now. Thankfully _Pearls Before Swine_ nails it just often enough that I became a fan. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/15 "2020-08-04T09:54:56Z")
Moved to CS. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/16 "2020-08-04T14:15:50Z")
I sometimes forget about Cul De Sac but yeah that was an awesome strip, and too bad about Thompson. I remember at one point a bunch of guest cartoonists stepped in to cover for him while he took some time off to try and recover. I’ve got some Amazon gift cards burning a hole in my pocket. I should look to see if they have any collections available. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/17 "2020-08-04T16:16:46Z")
4 collections, 1 treasury and a massive complete collection in 2 volumes. There’s also a tribute book, a book of Mr. Thompson’s artwork and his _Richard’s Poor Almanac_, if you’re so inclined. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-comic-strip-is-ending-sigh/916383/18 "2020-08-04T16:20:26Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > I still miss Calvin & Hobbes. It’s interesting (to me, anyway) that I will still get a good laugh out of C & H strips, but that The Far Side will only occasionally elicit a chuckle. TFS was a comic breakthrough when it was running and was very funny at the time; now, not so much.