Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for February 13, 2022

OH OH !!

Congratulations ………. and thanks for so many laughs and so much insight.

This has all the makings of a retirement announcement

Thank you for for creating and sharing all that smart silliness with us all those years (still miss you on Twitter)!

The first 30 years are the hardest. Cheers Wiley.

From Wikipedia:

Non Sequitur is a comic strip created by Wiley Miller (credited mononymously as Wiley) starting February 16, 1992.

Thanks for all the laughs and great artwork, Wiley!

Keep them coming, please!

Oh, and that Black & White section is from the very first Non Sequitur!

Will we ever see more of Homer?

I’ve been following this for 30 d*mned years? Wow, Wiley, you are old!

Please keep the silliness and the artistry coming our way!

Are you changing the name to Tricenarian Sequitor?

Or since the thirtieth is called the pearl anniversary, should the name be Pearl Before Sequitor?

30 years? That’s crazy – I only found this comic a few years ago, but I have loved it since the first strip.

I dropped my subscription (of 30 years) to my local newspaper because they dropped you. And I signed up for this column. Love you, dear, keep on trucking!

Definitely sounds like "done with the daily strip but maybe moving on to another venue?! PS, I got engaged 45years ago today..Indeed, where does the time go?!

Nice.

Whew!!! Glad she said “mammoth”!!! For an instant I thought he brought home one of the Wiley bears to cook!!!

Three days early, if the archive is to be believed, but then again we’re talking the Sunday strip here. Congratulations (and many thanks) Wiley! You’ve been my constant companion.

hahaha you made a pun! Wow! Congratulations on your anniversary! You have brought so much joy and comfort to me and mine these 30 years!! thank you thank you thank you!! We love ♥️ you Wiley!

could be a sad proclamation but maybe not!

let’s hope for the latter!

Oh Oh, that message looks & sounds ominous!!!

Reminds me of my sister in law. When she heard her daughter was pregnant her first reaction was a joyful “I am going to be a grandma”A few days later she was complaining becoming a grandma made her feel old.

I knew it – Wiley is a barbarian errr.. naturalist at heart! Here is wishing you many more…

Congratulations on 30 great years!

Congratulations.

They had mammoth jerky for months. It’s no wonder somebody invented beer.

Wiley has an earthlink address, so he must be old enough to retire.

“One’s measure is what one ‘bears.’” Congrats!!

You owe us not thanks, it is the other way around, thank gawd we have you. It is usually the way I start my day.

I had to show this to my wife, as we just celebrated OUR 30th anniversary this week! Happy Anniversary to you!

You have been the best part of the newspaper, many thanks

In baseball stats I think that’s 30 years with a BA over .900

We love you too, Wiley! Your cartoons are how I jump-start my day! Thank you for being funny and just plain awesome!

Happy Anniv, Wiley!

I wouldn’t have it any other way. Thanks, Wiley!

. I first starting reading your strip in the 1990s in the Traverse City Record Eagle, I would hate to see you end. Maybe you could do a Gary Trudeau and just write Sunday strips. Or possibly go back to the beginning with Non Sequitur Classic, if you are going to retire I would like that a lot.

looking forward to it. ;)

I look forward to many more anniversaries!

This is one of my favorite…probably is my favorite daily indulgement.

30 more years would put me at 96. Gives me something to look forward to.

The only original comic strip I own is one of your Sunday works of art — I bought it years ago and have it framed and in my office. It’s a treasure. You are too. Thank you!

30 years of imagination!

Among humans, it is a ‘’Tip of the Hat to You’’.

We Pandas, rub our bellies with both paws, to show how we have enjoyed your work.

My favorite comic of all time! Happy Anniversary, Wiley!

We’ve been HAPPY to “Bear” with your silliness for all that time!! Keep Em’ Coming, Wiley!!

You’re the best Wiley!

Happy 30th Wiley! May you irritate trolls for many more years!

Thanks Mr. Miller for sharing your Wiley incites with us.

Oh No! I hope not. Your is one of the few cartoons that make me laugh and think at the same time.

She should thank her lucky stars that she has a man that remembers anniversaries.

Don’t have to be Mr. Obvious to know what this means, sigh!

I sense a disturbance in the force. A subtle foreboding.

Congrats, and here’s to the next 30! And yes, I’ll still be here enjoying this strip. One of the very best

Ditto all the above, especially the comment by Arbitro95. One of the best comics ever. I hold it equal to my personal favorite of over 75 years – Prince Valiant. And my wife colors all the special bears issues.

Whatever you decide, may you enjoy the best of it for many years.

I hope not, there are more stories waiting for us, especially when the girls grow up

Thank you, Mr. Miller, for 30 years of very funny, often acerbic, but always insightful and thought-provoking cartoons. I cannot sufficiently express my admiration of your artistry and wit. Non Sequitur and you are truly international treasures!

¡FELIZ ANIVERSARIO!

Thank for the most relevant and witty comic around.

Congratulations! I will definitely be staying tooned! :D

¡¡¡Felicidades!!!

I certainly hope not !

Always a favorite. Smart, clever, well done. Thank you!

Been looking forward to your cartoons every day for decades. Haven’t had an actual paper newspaper in over 17 years but there’s several NS cartoons on my fridge which still make me giggle! Thanks so much for the wild ride, congrats!

This is a mammoth Valentines comic, you have to admit.

Thank you for 30 years from a loyal reader.

Time flies when we’re having fun.

Hope you don’t go, I’d miss belly-aching about this comic! (In case you do retire – thanks for all the fun & memories!!)

Thanks for all the great strips, you’re one of my favs!

Wiley, you are the best.

Loving your wicked sense of humor and the spot-on reality of being human in the mass of humanity. The more the merrier!

Thank you for all your efforts.

Back when only the man worked at a job, while the woman worked at home.

Congratulations!

Looking forward is the thing to do, particularly as we seem to live in a target-rich environment as ever!

As someone who was also born in 1951 and just setting out on a new path as a writer, I hope to continue to enjoy your strips for many years to come. Thanks for the great strips and the enjoyment you have given me Mr. Wiley!!!

I think he means mammoth guys are the apex in the comic world. It’s all lesser guts after that

Maybe you could saunter off into graphic novels like Dan Piraro has done. A longer story about any one the host of characters you’ve created over the years? Or maybe I’ll wake up tomorrow and this will have been a dream.

No, no – he promised “more!” Congratulations, Wiley!!!!

Thanks for 30 years of wit and artistry!

Thank you, Wiley, for 30 years of light. Albert Camus wrote, “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.” Your comics serve as a form of Rorschach test (inkblot?), giving us to fanciful way to view reality. May you continue to lighten our minds and hearts for along time to come.

No Wiley bears!?

The silliness has entertained me just fine for years, thanks.

Wiley, it has been a pleasure to “stick with your silliness” over the years, which is funny, touching, trenchant, illuminating and insightful. Many thanks for your wonderful work and viewpoint, I’m looking forward to more!

I certainly hope not!

I like your work. Thank you.

Another great one is ready to retire. This comic was original, thoughtful, and funny! A winning combination by any standard. Well deserved my friend.

Congratulations! I am a huge fan, and have followed your strip for about 20 years. Woah… now I feel old.

Congratulations and thank you, Mr. Miller, for all you’ve done over the past 30 years. Please send my best regards to all your characters. I hope you’ll continue to bring us Non Sequiturs for just as long as you feel like doing so!

Remember: after you pass a milestone, your mile will feel a whole lot better.

Wiley, thank you for the past 30 years of daily insight into the ridiculous world in which we seek to survive. Please, go for 40!

I use one of yours in my ethics class to illustrate a principle and your “Its not the size of the splash but the joy along the way” has been hanging on my fridge for a long time. I hope you keep going but thanks for the best over the last 30 years!

Nooooo

30 years?! Dang, time flies when you’re having fun. Thank you, Wiley. You’re art, humor, and philosophy are lights of hope in an often dim world. Bless you.

You’re not just easy to stick to, you’re addicting.

Wow? That long? I’ve “been with you for 30 years”! Time does fly when you are Reading Fun! Keep it going – we Need you in this Crazy World – you certainly have enough material to draw on (pardon the pun!) K.H.

Aha, I agree with that Wiley. In that I hope we do not have to draw or type things. Can’t we develop things in the future to make life easer and pleasanter! I sure hope so!

So enjoy your unique sense of humor laced with wisdom.

Wiley, as a retired (much too early) teacher of gifted kids, I love living vicariously through Danae’s antics! May you and your highly gifted imagination, and your muse continue to have many adventures. Thank you for being part of my therapy! ;-)

Mazel tov to you on your 30th anniversary! Looking forward to many more years of your enlightening, entertaining silliness

Keep ’em coming, for however how long…

Thank you for your marvelous perspectives on the humor and pathos of life. It’s made the journey for all of us better. Congratulations! We’re glad you’re here!

Congratulations Wiley Miller. We have enjoyed your comics. You have brought good humor into our lives. Keep those good comics coming my friend.

I would never tune all of this out! Thanks for the laughs and occasional groans.

Thank YOU, Wiley! You never disappoint!

please continue, one of the pillars letting me start my day is reading your strip. Thank you.

Your strip is one of my favorites! Thanks for making my day for so long!

Love your strip! Here I am with my “Lucy.” His name? Wiley (short for Runaway Wildcat).

And thank you, Mr. Miller. Your work is in its own, shall I say, slightly twisted but thoroughly engaging way, a beacon of sanity. I hope that we can look forward to rooting for the Danae and the Wiley Bears for a long time.

Wiley, always great to see your take on the world. I came upon you many years ago and never want to let you go! All the very best and congratulations from the ‘other’ side of the Pacific.

Congrats to one of the best Comics ever. I appreciate the wit and the intelligence. I wish the stupid San Diego Union Tribune would let you out of the doghouse

So glad to be one of your loyal readers!

I love your strip, Wiley. :)

Thank you for not announcing your retirement – yet. Non Sequitur has become my very favorite of the current offerings of the comics world. Thanks for the laughs and thought provoking cartoons.

Happy 30th Anniversary ♥♥ Looking forward to more silliness — Thank you!

Wiley, have a great time making us laugh … When you retire, they’ll run your stuff in syndication, like so many other strip’s … They’ll still make us laugh! :D

It’s old, but it’s heartfelt here…for what it’s worth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx43392TEbA

Would you look at that! I didn’t realize I could go back 30 years and read from the beginning!

This is better than binging on Netflix!

Well done our good and talented artist/humorist….

Many women would leave a comment here but they’re too busy taking care of the house while the retired husband plays games on his phone/fishes/golfs.Just sayin’ ;)

Thanks for all the great gags keep them coming.

Thank you!

Keep up your beautifully-drawn silliness. Love it!

Happy Anniversary! And a heartfelt thank you for making the world a better place.

@WILEY, got us hooked into liking your daily silliness and now you are telling us that “Just get over it” ? ! ! ! Now looky here Wiley Boy, it doesn’t work like that, just keep on keeping it on, will’ya ?n and by the way more Wiley bears if you don’t mind

We’ll enjoy your strips how ever long you wish to stay with us. Thank you for everything and keep up the great work.

You have never let us down, Wiley, and you never will. Happy anniversary!!!!! ❤️

Happy Anniversary, Wiley, and so happy you still plan to be around on the comics pages. Today’s strip made me wonder … I look forward to reading more as always.

Happy 30th. Non S.

Thank you for all the stories and laughs! Keep it up!

WOW! I remember that one!

Congratulations! I really enjoy the strip!