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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
Quote from: 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.

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
Quote from: 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.

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
Quote from: 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.

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
Quote from: indianasmith on August 13, 2010, 10:18:38 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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