Cathy Newspaper Comic Strip Ending

[Sleepyskull]

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.

[Jack]

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.

[Sleepyskull]

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!

[indianasmith]

I agree.  Wish we could resurrect "Calvin and Hobbes" or "The Far Side" to take its place.

[Joe the Destroyer]

I heard this today on the news and said, "It was still going?"  Our newspaper dropped it years ago.

[Sleepyskull]

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!

[Jim H]

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.     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.   

[indianasmith]

Right now, the best things in our paper are DILBERT, GET FUZZY, and ZITS.

[Sleepyskull]

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!

[Pilgermann]

Good riddance, Cathy!

[InformationGeek]

Huh?  That thing still exists?  It was so uninteresting that I forgot that it is still around.