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> Probably the most famous examples are the strips where the creator said, "Okay, I'm done." Peanuts, Calvin & Hobbes, Far Side, Boondocks... They said what the
by wl 5y ago
> Probably the most famous examples are the strips where the creator said, "Okay, I'm done." Peanuts, Calvin & Hobbes, Far Side, Boondocks... They said what they wanted to say and decided that they wanted to move on. In Charles Schulz's case, that was after after fifty years; in Bill Watterson's case, that was after ten years. Regardless of the timing or the reasons, the creator decided they didn't want to work on the strip any more.
Peanuts and Charles Schultz isn't a good example here. Schultz wrapped up Peanuts because he had terminal cancer. He died shortly afterward.
- bombcar 5y agoTo be fair Schultz shut it down - many comics have continued long after the creator’s death.
- labster 5y agoYeah, there was not a lot of insight in this article. “Comic strips fail when they can’t adapt” is the deepest idea here, closely followed up by “people used to be pretty racist.” (paraphrasing)
- watersb 5y ago> Schultz wrapped up Peanuts because he had terminal cancer. He died shortly afterward. In fact, his last strip was printed as he passed away. At the time, newsprint was the primary (only?) distribution method for Peanuts.