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Title: Cathy Newspaper Comic Strip Ending Post by: Sleepyskull on August 12, 2010, 11:42:54 AM http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_cathy_calls_it_quits (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_cathy_calls_it_quits)
Does anybody besides me feel thrilled? I have never felt anything other than boredom and annoyance when reading Cathy. Title: Re: Cathy Newspaper Comic Strip Ending Post by: Jack on August 12, 2010, 12:23:43 PM I haven't looked at that strip in years. Seemed like it was pretty much the same thing over and over. By the twentieth time Cathy went "Ack!!" over how she looked in a swimsuit, it had gotten pretty damned old.
Title: Re: Cathy Newspaper Comic Strip Ending Post by: Sleepyskull on August 12, 2010, 12:37:10 PM I haven't looked at that strip in years. Seemed like it was pretty much the same thing over and over. By the twentieth time Cathy went "Ack!!" over how she looked in a swimsuit, it had gotten pretty damned old. Exactly! Title: Re: Cathy Newspaper Comic Strip Ending Post by: indianasmith on August 12, 2010, 10:42:47 PM I agree. Wish we could resurrect "Calvin and Hobbes" or "The Far Side" to take its place.
Title: Re: Cathy Newspaper Comic Strip Ending Post by: Joe the Destroyer on August 12, 2010, 11:53:57 PM I heard this today on the news and said, "It was still going?" Our newspaper dropped it years ago.
Title: Re: Cathy Newspaper Comic Strip Ending Post by: Sleepyskull on August 13, 2010, 08:04:18 AM I agree. Wish we could resurrect "Calvin and Hobbes" or "The Far Side" to take its place. Those are two of my favorite comics! You have good taste! Title: Re: Cathy Newspaper Comic Strip Ending Post by: Jim H on August 13, 2010, 09:43:44 PM I agree. Wish we could resurrect "Calvin and Hobbes" or "The Far Side" to take its place. I'm actually rereading C&H right now. :teddyr: I read it every year or two, as I have all the books. I can understand why Watterson quit when he did though - the strip was starting to get repetitive at times towards the end. Still, I think he should have kept it going for at least another two years, as his rather wonderful artwork was still fresh with his hardfought-for gigantic Sunday strips. Watterson should come back and just do SOMETHING public though. He said he didn't like the deadlines - fine, just do a new comic in your own time and publish it online or exclusively in book form. He still has the clout for it! The Far Side though? I think that could be fantastic if brought back. That's another one I own all of - in those gigantic leatherbound editions. :teddyr: Title: Re: Cathy Newspaper Comic Strip Ending Post by: indianasmith on August 13, 2010, 10:18:38 PM Right now, the best things in our paper are DILBERT, GET FUZZY, and ZITS.
Title: Re: Cathy Newspaper Comic Strip Ending Post by: Sleepyskull on August 13, 2010, 10:27:44 PM Right now, the best things in our paper are DILBERT, GET FUZZY, and ZITS. I LOVE Dilbert and Get Fuzzy is great! I have not read enough Zits to really care about it, but it's good. I also LOVE Pearls Before Swine! Title: Re: Cathy Newspaper Comic Strip Ending Post by: Pilgermann on August 14, 2010, 12:15:11 PM Good riddance, Cathy!
Title: Re: Cathy Newspaper Comic Strip Ending Post by: InformationGeek on August 14, 2010, 09:12:32 PM Huh? That thing still exists? It was so uninteresting that I forgot that it is still around.
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