And that reminds me… I didn’t get back in time to answer Nighthawks about that re-run strip for yesterday…
So… @Nighthawks…
When I point out an older strip, or a classic bit of comedy… there’s nothing critical about it.
I’ve been a comics fan since before I could read…
I didn’t tell jokes yet… but I loved comedians, read humorous authors, and even owned a joke book, by the time I was 8 or 9.
I love classic bits… some of the jokes I like best are ancient.
Well-worn clichés make the comics world go round, because they’re a universal language.
I comment on “Fat Cats” almost every day, on its umpteenth go-round.
I read a BUNCH of strips that are completely in reruns…a big part of my comics queue…
Off the top of my head… Get Fuzzy, Doonesbury, Citizen Dog, Dinette Set, For Better or For Worse, Jane’s World, The Meaning of Lila, the rerun versions of Stone Soup and Dilbert… and more. (Sorry, I got tired of typing quote marks.)
Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts… both in my queue and also among the most popular strips on GoComics.
Other strips, like Daddy’s Home, slip in frequent reruns.
The “new” (2020) Ballard Street is currently from 2003, and this one, of course, is from 2010.
You see how many new comments they get!
All this just to say… IMHO… you don’t need to retire a strip because we see it once a year.
If it no longer fits your vision for “Cleo and Company” … sure… drop it.
If just the art no longer pleases you… I suppose you can redraw it.
I meant to say earlier…
@StelBel…. TWO new posters from you in one week!
I’m impressed!
And that reminds me… I didn’t get back in time to answer Nighthawks about that re-run strip for yesterday…
So… @Nighthawks…
When I point out an older strip, or a classic bit of comedy… there’s nothing critical about it.
I’ve been a comics fan since before I could read…
I didn’t tell jokes yet… but I loved comedians, read humorous authors, and even owned a joke book, by the time I was 8 or 9.
I love classic bits… some of the jokes I like best are ancient.
Well-worn clichés make the comics world go round, because they’re a universal language.
I comment on “Fat Cats” almost every day, on its umpteenth go-round.I read a BUNCH of strips that are completely in reruns…a big part of my comics queue…
Off the top of my head… Get Fuzzy, Doonesbury, Citizen Dog, Dinette Set, For Better or For Worse, Jane’s World, The Meaning of Lila, the rerun versions of Stone Soup and Dilbert… and more. (Sorry, I got tired of typing quote marks.)
Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts… both in my queue and also among the most popular strips on GoComics.
Other strips, like Daddy’s Home, slip in frequent reruns.
The “new” (2020) Ballard Street is currently from 2003, and this one, of course, is from 2010.
You see how many new comments they get!
All this just to say… IMHO… you don’t need to retire a strip because we see it once a year.
If it no longer fits your vision for “Cleo and Company” … sure… drop it.
If just the art no longer pleases you… I suppose you can redraw it.
But merely being a rerun is no crime.
I doubt anybody has left because of re-runs.