Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for October 17, 2015

Destined for Reality TV. That seems to be the magnet for people with no talent but a desire to be famous.

c’est la vie

Well, that’s it. For the weekday strip, that is. Starting Monday in my lineup, the The Middletons (the sister strip of Bound & Gagged) will take over. The now Sunday only comic of Stone Soup will move to my “Sundays Only” line-up with Foxtrot.

I don’t suppose you will, Jan, but I think it would be great if you started the Sunday only strips with age progression so that we might see some of these predictions evolve.

I might see Alix as more of a marine biologist.

Thus it ends.

Darn, just realized the weekday one was ending – have enjoyed it very much since I started reading it a few years ago – good job, Jan – thanks for all the great work – and will keep reading on Sundays

Good-bye, good friends. We’ll look forward to seeing you on our Sunday visits now instead of having you right next door to visit with every day. It’s been wonderful. We’ll miss you. Thank you for everything.

I hope it isn´t the case with Luci – those guys are annoying, and lacks arguments.

Thanks for being a great everyday comic. You will be missed. See you on Sundays (which will seem a bit brighter now.)

Jan as with everyone unsure you read comments here. At least we have Sunday of your magic but will really miss weekday of Holly drama, Alix imagination of marine to bugs. Of Val and Phil life and Joan and Wally with Max growing and Luci and more important cannot forget Biscuit. We wish you well on your life and happy we still have Sunday. When I have more time I may go back to read strips I missed.

Does anyone know if GoComics will be rerunning from the beginning? I would love to see how the whole thing started

Well, here it is, the final daily Stone Soup comic strip before the Sunday only cutback.

I’m not going to say goodbye.We will still see you Sunday.And in the reruns. Im looking forward to the reruns.Im sure that I’ve missed something somewhere in the past.That means that there are still new (to me) comics to see.New surprises.And, we can hope, possibly, at some time in the future, a new comic strip…: D

Thank you Jan. Good Night and Good Luck

Enjoy retirement, Jan – you’ve earned it :)

So is today the last day before Sunday Only mode w/ this comic?

Thanks, Jan. it’s been fun.

Stone Soup is full of my favorite comic characters! When I lived in Japan, I didn’t have access to this strip. Now, I will really miss the weekday ones, but am relieved that the Sunday ones will continue. Thank you for your top notch comics, Jan!

I’ll miss the daily, that’s for sure. One of the better ones.

Sad to see it end Jan but I do understand.

Dear friends…thank you for all the kind comments and for being such great Stone Soup fans. I’m happy to know you’ll be with me on Sunday! And yes, GoComics will run the strip from the beginning starting Monday. My humble beginnings!

Jan, I only discovered your strip about 18 months ago. Thanks for the good times, good to hear Sunday will continue and the strip will be rerun from the beginning.

That was a very satisfying and memorable last daily strip. It reminds me of Calvin’s and Hobbes’ last winter sled trip together. I’m looking forward to reading Stone Soup from the beginning, and continuing to follow the Sunday strips.

My sentiments EXACTLY!

Nice Harry Potter reference.

Bye, Jan. Thanks for lots of laughs and insights into family life. I’ll miss the strip. Don’t yet know if I’ll tune in on Sundays, though. Too painful.

Agreed Holly. And this concludes the Daily Adventures of Stone Soup.

I spent an enchanting hour-and-a-half yesterday (Friday) listening to Jan Eliot tell her tale at a gathering in Springfield. We learned the origin of most of the characters. Off. Jackson is modeled on a real motocop who stopped Jan several times, and was sympathetic to a single mother working full time. (No, they did not date) I can’t tell you what a wonderful experience it was. She is warm, funny, and open. She answered all the questions the audience asked. It was an afternoon I will treasure for a long time. The rumor from the syndicate is that Go Comics will rerun from the beginning. Since she is now doing one strip a week, Jan will take over coloration from the talented young woman who has been doing it for some years. The color is added in Photoshop.

I, too, would like to see this from the beginning. I started reading this when she was pregnant with Luci. Thank you Jan, I loved this comic, and I wish you the best!!

So ends 20 years of one of the greatest comic strips of all time!

Congrats on the Sundays-only retirement, Jan Eliot!

Bravo!! Love your work, Jan Eliot, and your characters are so wonderful. Thank you for everything, the laughs, the tears, the “been there, done that”s… From a big fan

So sorry to see the daily strip ending. Thank you Jan for a wonderful strip that seems so real at times.

Holly will become a junior high teacher…PAYBACK !

Yes – thank you, Jan ! Enjoy your semi-retirement!

Thank you, Jan. It’s been quite the ride.

This is how the world ends: not with a bang, but with a whimper. Or at least a whine.

This strip is frighteningly suggestive of the last of the series. I hope not.

And according to the Daily Herald, it isn’t. Tomorrow’s is.Damn.

Thank you JAN for all these years of a true Treasure! I did miss the beginning couple of years, so the beginning will be A DELIGHT and the re-runs will be AWESOME as well!

Thank you, Jan, for all the laughs and a wonderful comic. I will miss reading new ones during the week, but look forward to reruns and new Sunday strips. Best wishes.

Good luck in retirement Ms. Elliott. I have enjoyed your comic very much.

Thank you Ms Eliot. I have enjoyed your work. Best regards from a Eugenean

Jan, thank you for the adventure. Although I cannot believe the daily strips have ended, I look forward to new Sunday comics. I wish you well.

I will miss this as a daily strip, from what I have seen it will still be running on Sunday. I hope that somehow the writer will keep us updated on all the family members including the Grandmother. It’s just a comic I know but I really enjoy this one.

Thanks for the memories, Jan – I’ve always enjoyed this strip. Definitely a step above most of the other “family” comics. Enjoy the time off, you’ve earned it!!

p51strega, you wanted to see the beginning of the strip — I think all you have to do is click on the red “<<” button at the top of every strip, and it takes you to the first one!

Sad loss. I’ve been a comics reader since I became a reader in the late thirties, when the pages were too wide for my 5 year old arms to hold, and the Sunday Funnies were spread out on the living room floor. I put this strip among my long term favorites and will miss their daily visit. Thanks, Jan, for bringing this wonderful family into our all our worlds.

Was wondering what happened to ‘MY’ Stone Soup! And my paper doesn’t publish it in their Sunday Funnies!! Thank God for GoComics.com!!!

Finishing from the beginning Dec 1. 2023. 9:30

Took me a few years. : )

I remember this final week in the newspaper, 8 yrs ago.