Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for July 19, 2020

Could you maybe send us a post card from time to time?

Where do i line up?

Thank you for all the art, characters and well-crafted stories Jan

traveling with a party sure costs money

“And now that I’ll have so much more time, I can travel even MORE.”

Not to Europe for the foreseeable future.

Having second thoughts (I hope)?

I love the rumble of the luggage wheels in the corner of panel three. :)

where is this strip going? Closing or continuing? Make up your mind.

Yeah, now that she got on the stage, she doesn’t really want to leave.

Where’s Val?

Next week is the last strip. I am both excited and sad.

Apparently Val doesn’t want to go…

forgot to draw Val in the group.

They want to go with you, sadder each Sunday.

All packed and ready to go in her heart and mind. Thank you Jan.

and i wanted her to bring back daily strip

I guess it’s a staycation for the foreseeable future. Europe doesn’t want you, Mexico doesn’t want you, Canada doesn’t want you…I wonder why

Dang! I hate long goodbyes, especially when they’re forever.

You’re gonna need a bigger boat,Jan ;)

Who’s she kidding? That cast will be with her everywhere the rest of her life.

Dear Jan,

(I hope it’s OK that I call you Jan ~ I feel like I know your family better than I know my own)

I kind of think we have two more weeks to enjoy your art and wit. I expect we’re going to get one more “gotta love August” cartoon.

But I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to say, thank you for sharing your talent! I feel I could have been a cartoonist if I had the discipline. Also, I would need to be able to come up with a basic idea, a new story to build on that idea at regular intervals, a sense of humour, enough empathy to keep the readers interested, and the ability to draw a straight line (with or without a ruler). But other than that….

But what I really really want to say to you is, can I have Alix’s magical pool after the strip is done? Pleeeeeze?

to bad, git a good comic and they go and retire. It`s like heart of the city change things and ruin the comics.

This Stone Soup Retirement Victory lap is a little self-indulgent. Neither Peanuts nor Calvin & Hobbes spent this much time congratulating themselves, and Stone Soup is way, way below them in quality.

And if you ever get tired of retirement you could do a travelog of the places that you have been! :D

Next Sunday: The conclusion.

I love Stone Soup. I will miss all of you!

hope it stays for awhile… its sanity helps with the insanity.

I’m living too long! I’m outliving everything / everyone I care for. I hope this is just another shtick or another story bringing the cartoonist into the strip. Wouldn’t that be a gas?

You have to take us with you Jan!!

Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease

A few other cartoonists have also retired recently. I guess this pandemic has given us all a chance to evaluate our lives. Thanks for saying goodbye to your characters and not just disappearing overnight. Good luck in all you do!

Not a demand, but just a thought:

Over the years, several comic strips have gone from daily to weekly. What about monthly? Or simply now and then, whenever the mood strikes you to share something new with your fans?

No reply needed. If it happens, I’ll be delighted. If not, there are still many other things for me — and for you — to enjoy. 8^)

Sad!

Jan when you leave the beloved characters you created leaves with you, that we all will miss. Just happy SS Classics still on GC.

and they’re all ready and willing!…..

Please enjoy the rest of your life – we’ll miss you.

Thanks for the big lead-in to the grand finale next week. It’s nice to have some notice, instead of being shocked the last day. I’ll miss Stone Soup, but look forward to reading the reruns. Can’t wait for the big finish, too.

I love the way she is ending this! It’s called closure! ❤

Really classy Jan! Thanks for all the insight. It will make me miss the comic strip all the more.

Please dont stop! this strip can grow and change with you! Take us with you go to a few days a week or even once a month

I will really miss this stip. I love it.

It probably goes on in whats-its mind.

Now we get a reboot.

No Val in last strip?

Wait. We need Biscuit there.