I will mourn the loss of this strip. The Stone Soup family has always felt like my extended family. I understand that Jan needs to retire. Can we please have re-reruns?
Check out her FaceBook page. There is no mention of retirement. We are approaching her 25th anniversary of syndication so she is doing something “special”. I didn’t read far into her FaceBook page, so if someone wants to enlighten us further they can look deeper at:
https://www.facebook.com/jan.eliot
By the way, that’s a pretty good self portrait (based on her profile pic)
from Ecuador, SouthAmerica: I have been following this strip for a long time, and agree nothing lasts forever… either if you are retiring or handlind this strip to someone else or whatever, I just want to say THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH for your creativity. I’ll miss you.
Since she’s already gone from a daily to a weekly, I suspect she’s retiring completely. I hope she holds out for one more round of “Gotta Love August,” because I really do, at least the way she tells it.
BTW, thanks for mentioning Heart Of The City, everyone! I checked it out and I love the art! I’ll be giving it a trial run to see if how much I liked today’s was a fluke!
This reminds me of a Star Trek, the Next Generation, there was a character on the Holo deck who understood he was fictional, and when Picard left he was likely to disappear. Wink out of existence
Oh nooooo — I will really miss this family; been following it for the past 20+ years. I didn’t realize that she’s almost 70 years old; so I completely understand her wanting to call it a day. Still … Wahhhhh.
I hate to think that Stone Soup may be ending after all these years. However, I respect Jan’s decision either way. I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for next week …
The strip is 25 years old in November so my guess is that is when she’s retiring. I hope she flashes forward the next few weeks and lets us know how everyone’s lives turned out!
When she cut back to Sunday-only strips, I figured t was only a matter of time until she called it “Done.” I’m assuming that is what this is. I appreciate the part of yourself you have shared with us. Thank you.
From her Facebook today:Dear gentle readers…For those of you who saw this Sunday’s strip, I know you can see that I have decided to retire Stone Soup. I can’t imagine turning the strip, which is so personal to me, over to anyone else, and my syndicate is not planning on running reruns. The last Stone Soup strip will appear on July 26, when I will officially jump off the funny pages. My book collections will still be available for a while (Amazon and elsewhere) and GoComics will be running Stone Soup Classics for a long long time.
Years ago, when I was still an aspiring cartoonist, I photocopied one of my strips, reducing it to the size of the other cartoons on the funny page, and pasted it there as a way to visualize my someday success. I have always felt so fortunate to be part of this amazing world, to have such a wonderful, enjoyable career. It will be as strange for me to see the funny pages without Stone Soup as it will be for you.
But… after a late start (I was 45 when is finally got syndicated) my 25 wonderful years in cartooning have brought me to a very “wise” age, and I am ready to be completely free of deadlines, obligations, and schedules. As many of you know I love to travel and if COVID ever gets beaten back I intend to do quite a bit more. I have family and friends all over the world, a wonderful group of cartoon friends in South Africa, and a bizarre love of long-haul plane flights. Look out world, here I come!
I hope I can find a way to tell you all how much I appreciate you. Your support and love of my work, my characters, and my perspective has been a huge gift. Thank you. Thank you for the privilege of entertaining you. Thank you for the love. Thank you for everything!
Yeah, Jan announced on Facebook she’s retiring and no one will be taking over. No reruns either. You still have Stone Soup Classics, which I started following on Go comics when she went to once a week.
comic4matt almost 4 years ago
Either she’s retiring or handing the strip over to another cartoonist…
MA FANGYI Premium Member almost 4 years ago
oh no!!! not another one!!
LastRoseOfSummer 1 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Do. Not. Stop. This. Strip! I mean it, I’ve lost too many friends. I watched the kids grow up ( a little bit)! Marriage, boy friend, relations. No!
HollyStone almost 4 years ago
Oh no! She’s not going to stop stone soup right?
…right?
pschearer Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Ah, I’m gonna miss everyone. Jan is approaching 70 and deserves her retirement. Thanks for all the joy, Jan!!
JoanHelen almost 4 years ago
I will mourn the loss of this strip. The Stone Soup family has always felt like my extended family. I understand that Jan needs to retire. Can we please have re-reruns?
adina.sherer almost 4 years ago
Oh NOoooooooooooooo
hildigunnurr Premium Member almost 4 years ago
oh nooooo! understandable but I’ll miss you so much <3
jr1234 almost 4 years ago
“All here”? Only the females were…probably the originals.
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I understand in life there are changes.
Jan, if you check the comment section, I wish you the best on your retirement.
All I ask, if they run repeats please do not constantly reset the story to the beginning. Like that was done to the “Elderberries”, last week.
janicehalerichardson almost 4 years ago
I enjoy this strip! I was hoping it would be around for even longer!!
jalden1003 almost 4 years ago
Please Jan…if you are retiring, please give us one last August! Sigh….you gotta love August!
P51Strega almost 4 years ago
Check out her FaceBook page. There is no mention of retirement. We are approaching her 25th anniversary of syndication so she is doing something “special”. I didn’t read far into her FaceBook page, so if someone wants to enlighten us further they can look deeper at:
https://www.facebook.com/jan.eliot
By the way, that’s a pretty good self portrait (based on her profile pic)
DRkm Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I hope Stone Soup continues.
Carl Fink Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Ow, ow, ow! I got a splinter of fourth wall in my finger.
cholomanaba almost 4 years ago
from Ecuador, SouthAmerica: I have been following this strip for a long time, and agree nothing lasts forever… either if you are retiring or handlind this strip to someone else or whatever, I just want to say THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH for your creativity. I’ll miss you.
jruckman almost 4 years ago
Since she’s already gone from a daily to a weekly, I suspect she’s retiring completely. I hope she holds out for one more round of “Gotta Love August,” because I really do, at least the way she tells it.
jtburgess Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I lost my Heart in Philadelphia. Bye bye. We can only wait until tomorrow for the other Stone to drop.
atlantawhit almost 4 years ago
NOOOOOO
Dawn Premium Member almost 4 years ago
WHAT!?!?!
morningglory73 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Love and loved this strip. If Jan is retiring may you have a wonderful one and may the strip continue in reruns. <3
pa1morecast almost 4 years ago
Oh crap…
kab2rb almost 4 years ago
Oh my I hope only a dream, now we have to wait until next Sunday. Jan we all love your strip.
MeGoNow Premium Member almost 4 years ago
The retirement of the daily strip was back in 2015. And restarted the next year as a Sunday only. Can’t blame her for chucking it at what? 77 or 78?
scottbruce almost 4 years ago
I hope they get a good severance package. Jan, may all the fun you created for us bounce back at you.
paul GROSS Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Noooooooooo!
Darth Stevious almost 4 years ago
BTW, thanks for mentioning Heart Of The City, everyone! I checked it out and I love the art! I’ll be giving it a trial run to see if how much I liked today’s was a fluke!
Hollyjoy almost 4 years ago
Not funny, Jan, not funny!
russef almost 4 years ago
Uh. Oh!
mike75035 almost 4 years ago
She was already down to Sunday only. Guess this will be goodbye.
Michael G. almost 4 years ago
Thanks for the memories!
fosterchylde86 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Just freakin’ lovely. Another one of my beloved comic strips going away. :(
TimothyP23 almost 4 years ago
Say it isn’t so! I just discovered Stone Soup a little over a year ago!
aedra6 almost 4 years ago
oh man, i’m cryin’…. I know she started doing just the Sunday strips but I’m really gonna miss those.
Lou almost 4 years ago
But…but…what about all of those “you gotta love August” strips we’ve come to love.
mkw Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Oh, please don’t. Do the opposite – bring the daily strip back!
mi_sbs almost 4 years ago
“to be continued” so its not over yet. Here’s hoping this was just a nightmare.
Prescott_Philosopher almost 4 years ago
This reminds me of a Star Trek, the Next Generation, there was a character on the Holo deck who understood he was fictional, and when Picard left he was likely to disappear. Wink out of existence
daisypekin01 almost 4 years ago
Nooo-ooo!!!
donwestonmysteries almost 4 years ago
All comments aside, we’ll have to wait a week to find out. Talk about a cliffhanger.
Dan Tooker almost 4 years ago
Re-runs are here at GoComics. Go to https://www.gocomics.com/stone-soup-classics/2020/06/14?ct=v&cti=1171898
DebraSalitra almost 4 years ago
Please don’t stop the strip
tracybsmith almost 4 years ago
NOOOOOOOOO!!!!
lawelsh1129 almost 4 years ago
OH NO!!!
soogan almost 4 years ago
Don’t even kid! I would miss everyone so much.
Robert Nowall Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Well, if it has reached the end…it hasn’t been the same since the dailies stopped.
ValancyCarmody almost 4 years ago
Please, please, NO!
ag agent almost 4 years ago
I hope it isn’t ending
bigal666 almost 4 years ago
Sure would be nice to have one arc set 15 years in the future.
tcayer almost 4 years ago
I guess once a week is too much…
JeffDuncan1 almost 4 years ago
The latter, I hope…
Stonesoup1 almost 4 years ago
NOOOOO! Don’t leave us!
ancientone Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I sure hope Stone Soup won’t go stone cold… I love this comic and the great set of characters
Scudding almost 4 years ago
25 years is a great run for one of the all time best comics.
maureenmck Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Who’s Evie?
Jayneknox almost 4 years ago
Aw!
carpediem329 almost 4 years ago
This is my favorite strip!
oakie817 almost 4 years ago
aw
pamela welch Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Oh nooooo — I will really miss this family; been following it for the past 20+ years. I didn’t realize that she’s almost 70 years old; so I completely understand her wanting to call it a day. Still … Wahhhhh.
WCraft Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I’m too new here to understand what is happening. But obviously, some people are pretty upset.
TheDadSnorlax Premium Member almost 4 years ago
2020 Has stunk in so many ways….
RonBerg13 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/06/14/rumors-are-running-rampant/
Carolyn Cherry almost 4 years ago
No!!!!!!!
paullp Premium Member almost 4 years ago
If this is the announcement of her retirement, it’s the cleverest I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait for next week’s installment.
rgcviper almost 4 years ago
I hate to think that Stone Soup may be ending after all these years. However, I respect Jan’s decision either way. I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for next week …
nomad almost 4 years ago
Handing it over hasn’t worked so well for Heart of the City…
Black76Manta almost 4 years ago
Please make it all just a nightmare
uptowngirlct almost 4 years ago
The strip is 25 years old in November so my guess is that is when she’s retiring. I hope she flashes forward the next few weeks and lets us know how everyone’s lives turned out!
Jimmyk939 almost 4 years ago
Cue the theme from “Dragnet”
hdcanterbelle Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Tis, sad. one hopes you have a great retirement…and your characters live on in some fashion
The Legend of Brandon Sawyer Premium Member almost 4 years ago
OK now I’m scared
betseytacy almost 4 years ago
I don’t understand why most everyone is talking about a different strip instead of this one!
Kirk Barnes Premium Member almost 4 years ago
When she cut back to Sunday-only strips, I figured t was only a matter of time until she called it “Done.” I’m assuming that is what this is. I appreciate the part of yourself you have shared with us. Thank you.
ScretWitch almost 4 years ago
From her Facebook today:Dear gentle readers…For those of you who saw this Sunday’s strip, I know you can see that I have decided to retire Stone Soup. I can’t imagine turning the strip, which is so personal to me, over to anyone else, and my syndicate is not planning on running reruns. The last Stone Soup strip will appear on July 26, when I will officially jump off the funny pages. My book collections will still be available for a while (Amazon and elsewhere) and GoComics will be running Stone Soup Classics for a long long time.
https://www.gocomics.com/stone-soup-classics/2020/06/15
Years ago, when I was still an aspiring cartoonist, I photocopied one of my strips, reducing it to the size of the other cartoons on the funny page, and pasted it there as a way to visualize my someday success. I have always felt so fortunate to be part of this amazing world, to have such a wonderful, enjoyable career. It will be as strange for me to see the funny pages without Stone Soup as it will be for you.
But… after a late start (I was 45 when is finally got syndicated) my 25 wonderful years in cartooning have brought me to a very “wise” age, and I am ready to be completely free of deadlines, obligations, and schedules. As many of you know I love to travel and if COVID ever gets beaten back I intend to do quite a bit more. I have family and friends all over the world, a wonderful group of cartoon friends in South Africa, and a bizarre love of long-haul plane flights. Look out world, here I come!
I hope I can find a way to tell you all how much I appreciate you. Your support and love of my work, my characters, and my perspective has been a huge gift. Thank you. Thank you for the privilege of entertaining you. Thank you for the love. Thank you for everything!
Stay safe. Wear a mask. Be kind.
— Jan
bhgiz53 almost 4 years ago
Gonna miss this family
SandyRoss- Premium Member almost 4 years ago
https://www.stonesoupcartoons.com/ She is retiring. :( I’ve enjoyed this comic over the years! Enjoy your retirement Jan!
FunnyPageLover almost 4 years ago
Noooooo…….
FunnyPageLover almost 4 years ago
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/06/15/jan-eliot-retires-stone-soup-ends/
Blue Owl almost 4 years ago
https://www.stonesoupcartoons.com/2020/06/dear-gentle-readers.html
HollyStone almost 4 years ago
July 26th will be her last comic ={
deanhmcdonald almost 4 years ago
Have immensely enjoyed your work Jan. You retired about the same time I did so I’m not surprise that you’re completing it now. Go with much love.
ag agent almost 4 years ago
Dailycartoonist.cim says she is retiring and the last strip is July 26.
chriscc63 almost 4 years ago
wait, what?
chriscc63 almost 4 years ago
First “Retail” and now “Stone Soup”?! darn
rgcviper almost 4 years ago
Very sorry to hear “Stone Soup” will be ending. However, it’s had a great run, and we still have a while before the big finale …
dknutson01 almost 4 years ago
She’s retiring and ending the strip.
Ceeg22 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
uh oh
DebraSalitra almost 4 years ago
retiring
donwestonmysteries almost 4 years ago
Yeah, Jan announced on Facebook she’s retiring and no one will be taking over. No reruns either. You still have Stone Soup Classics, which I started following on Go comics when she went to once a week.
Hoosier Poet almost 4 years ago
To be continued… When? Today was Sunday, and no strip.
Sue Ellen almost 4 years ago
No. Not another one. I’ve already lost “Retail” and “Pajama Diaries.” You’re taking the fun out of the funny papers!
tammyspeakslife Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I’d be sad to see either you or the strip go Jan