Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for December 31, 2023

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    Ratkin Premium Member 11 months ago

    I don’t think I’ve ever been to a New Year’s Eve party. I watched the ball drop once or twice and then gave up on that. If that’s your thing, then enjoy it. I’ll be asleep.

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    Happy Tinkerbelle Premium Member 11 months ago

    the dunce cap was actually developed by John Duns Scotus and it was supposed to funnel knowledge into the brain. There’s your trivia for today and now that fact has taken the spot in your brain that remembers where your keys are.

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    BearsDown Premium Member 11 months ago

    Tragic victims of self-inflicted alcohol wounds…

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    oakie817  11 months ago

    HIPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!

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    Lady loves a joke  11 months ago

    Try not to ‘celebrate’ yourselves stupid, everyone! Have a safe and Happy New Year!

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    Skeptical Meg  11 months ago

    Adam@Home made the same observation.

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    Ji535m  11 months ago

    I think that “watching the ball drop” is one of the most asinine things Americans do!

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    pipebombsrus  11 months ago

    I grew up in northern Idaho just five miles west of the Montana line, where it was an hour later. There was a tavern at the border on the MT side, so it was possible to celebrate there for a half hour, run back into ID to the Moyie Club ten miles distant and do it all over again.

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    Rich_Pa  11 months ago

    I’ll watch the new year come in in England, make a champagne toast and go to bed early.

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    lind777  11 months ago

    I just saw in my local paper that this comic panel is no more. Sad. I enjoyed it.

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    KeithJ63  11 months ago

    I guess the person doing the repeats of this strip have taken extra New Year days off…..

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    Jeff0811  11 months ago

    It’s possible the reruns filled in the span from retirement to the end of the year. I will have to the same thing here as I do with another strip published weekly, hit the “Random” button.

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    Josieq  11 months ago

    What’s up with no new comics?

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    lind777  11 months ago

    At least we can keep re-seeing these by hitting the random button!

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    theoldidahofox  11 months ago

    What happened to this comic? Where are the new days?

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    daking27  11 months ago

    Check this strip for the date Nov. 17, 2023. It’s a farewell panel.

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    Barnhartfam  11 months ago

    Other strips have “retired” but GoComics still recirculates the old as new, for example Get Fuzzy and Herman.

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    HOTLOTUS1  11 months ago

    must have been a heck of a celebration if they’re still not at work. You guys need help. blink twice

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    ladykat  11 months ago

    I wonder if we will be seeing reruns, or if I should just delete this strip from my lineup.

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    Autological  11 months ago

    Been reading this strip for many a year. Sorry to see it go! But before it vanishes from the servers, here is my absolute favorite from GoComics…: reallifeadventures/2021/05/28

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    raybarb44  11 months ago

    I’ll drink to that…..

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    ComicGent  11 months ago

    It appears that this strip has ended ?

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    BaconBoyCamper  11 months ago

    This comic isn’t the only one not updating since the last day of 2023, and it isn’t the first time this strip has been “stalled”. Probably due to someone not renewing the contact on time. If GoComics was planning to drop this strip, past observances are they would be pretty quick to delete it totally. I’m confident it will be back.

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    Macushlalondra  11 months ago

    Supposedly this comic had started over in October sometime and I thought I’d get to read it from the beginning since I was relatively new to it. But now it’s not updating again. Maybe this time it really is bye bye. I wish there was a definite answer. There are others that have not updated in months, why don’t they just remove it from the site like they did Stone Soup and Garfield Classics? Makes it easier to know it’s not coming back.

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    kjnrun  11 months ago

    Is Real Life not producing any more comics or did GoComics drop them?

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    kjnrun  11 months ago

    Is Real Life not producing anymore comics or did GoComics drop them?

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    HOTLOTUS1  11 months ago

    is it done? this is it

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    DavidBorck1  11 months ago

    what is happening here? no new comics

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    MJ Weber Premium Member 11 months ago

    Darn, no new comics. This one always made me smile. Hopefully they’ll return as “Classic”

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    sbenton684  11 months ago

    Writer Lance Aldrich has just celebrated his 78th birthday, so he has earned his retirement from the daily grind. Close to Home will replace Real Life Adventures

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    Flossie Mud Duck  11 months ago

    I suppose we’ll know it’s the last one to be shown when gocomics removes it permanently.

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    Darryl Heine  11 months ago

    This is the final Real Life Adventures rerun.

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    Wm Jones  11 months ago

    New Comics Please,

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    hardymk  11 months ago

    Has Real Life been discontinued? Always one of my faves!

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    HOTLOTUS1  11 months ago

    Cheers Gary and Lance. It’s been a ride!

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    billwilliam20  11 months ago

    Is this comic over???

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    dv  11 months ago

    At least it is all ready for the 2025 new year

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    Wm Jones  11 months ago

    New COMIC please.

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    purepaul Premium Member 11 months ago

    I avoid reruns on tv and in the comics. Goodbye!

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    findbobryan  11 months ago

    if this strip is no more can’t I take it off my account?

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    chris christmas Premium Member 11 months ago

    are you all on vacation or is the comic over?

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    MrTerry1946  11 months ago

    Real Life Adventures, a nationally syndicated daily comic strip created by Lance Aldrich and Gary Wise, is officially ending on November 17, 2023.012 The comic’s creators, former advertising executives from Southfield, Michigan, retired in the fall of 2023.2 The daily panels of Real Life Adventures have been in rerun status since October 16, 2023.02 The replacement for Real Life Adventures will be Close to Home, a one-a-day gag created by John McPherson in 1992.0 The Daily Cartoonist reports that the strip’s finale will be published on November 17, 2023.01

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    kaboobs  11 months ago

    Is real life adventures over?

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    pschearer Premium Member 11 months ago

    READ THE COMMENTS, PEOPLE!!!

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    ekke  11 months ago

    One literati in the early 20th century reported that he had a wonderful dream of the greatest play: it all worked just perfectly and was very powerful. He actually woke up enough to scribble down the outline before going back to sleep.

    His comment later: “When I woke up and read my notes, I realized that in my dream I had written Hedda Gabler!”

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    kv450  11 months ago

    We miss you, Gary and Lance. Hats off to the commenter who suggested the “random” feature to enjoy “new” Real Life Adventures.

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    tjkanzler  11 months ago

    What’s going on? Is this strip over?

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    avocat4u  11 months ago

    Is there a reason the strip hasn’t been updated since the first of the year?

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    largeungulate  11 months ago

    So…..do i delete my following strip now?

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    GoBlue  11 months ago

    Guess we’re not going to get reruns, eh? sigh

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    eric.franz.petras  11 months ago

    Wise and Aldrich on vacation? Or retired? Or dropped from this site?

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    Wm Jones  11 months ago

    this got to change

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    Wm Jones  11 months ago

    Not again

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    eromlig  11 months ago

    OK; we’re obviously done here. Thanks for all the laughs over the years, Gary and Lance.

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    William Bednar Premium Member 11 months ago

    New Year’s Eve is looking more like “Ground Hog Day”.

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    lawguy05  11 months ago

    Probably wishful thinking, but I wish they would rerun this strip from the beginning :-)

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    paranormal  11 months ago

    Dear GoComics,

    ……Please show reruns or remove the comic totally!

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    eric.franz.petras  11 months ago

    So, since there have been no updates this year, is this comic through on this site?

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    KeithJ63  11 months ago

    As there are no more comics published I’ve been hitting the Random Button. Landed on several comics from the early 2000’s without any comments. I’ve left comments on those with the date I landed there

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    Flossie Mud Duck  10 months ago

    It’s been a full month, so I am deleting “Real Life Adventures” from my favorites. It’s been a good run.

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    Withan  10 months ago

    This strip over?

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    goboboyd  10 months ago

    End of the line for Real Life Adventures?

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    dennysierk  10 months ago

    are they ever coming back or is this comic strip DOA

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    Sisyphus1967  10 months ago

    According to customer support they are waiting for the creator to decide to do reruns or drop it.

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    ShadStar  10 months ago

    Has this comic been dropped? It is still in the comics listing…

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    taxidancer  10 months ago

    Is this ever going to change or is it just going to be dropped eventually?

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    Robert Williams Premium Member 9 months ago

    There hasn’t been a new comic in over 7 weeks. Are you done or just taking a break?

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    tigerave Premium Member 9 months ago

    When are we gonna see a new comic here? Please don’t say you’ve stopped the strip!!

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    donut reply  9 months ago

    Has this comic become another dead zombie?

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    mistercatworks  9 months ago

    They are functional. At some point in the evening you cut off the tip and have a beer funnel. :)

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    dsoli717  9 months ago

    Is this ever going to get updated?

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    dsoli717  9 months ago

    Are you going to update this thing?

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    bnewt  9 months ago

    What happened to the real life adventures comic?The comic’s creators were former advertising executives from Southfield, Michigan who began creating the comic strip in 1991. In the fall of 2023, Aldrich and Wise retired. Beginning on October 16, 2023, the daily panels of Real Life Adventures were in rerun status.

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    Cozmik Cowboy  8 months ago

    3.5 months – is this strip dead?

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    carlosrivers  8 months ago

    I just wanted to be the latest to post on this comic…;)

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    sbenton7684  7 months ago

    I’m still clicking on this comic link. I really miss it… especially the ones tied to the Green Bay Packers. Go Pack!!

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    comicalstart  6 months ago

    Episode 310

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    mistercatworks  6 months ago

    That is completely intentional. The cultural meme there is to get “stupid drunk” to celebrate an arbitrary numerical change in the calendar. Any change will do.

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