> In the past, when authors died, a space was created for new authors. Has that ever been the case? Little Orphan Annie kept going for 50 years after the auth

> In the past, when authors died, a space was created for new authors. Has that ever been the case? Little Orphan Annie kept going for 50 years after the author's death; Dick Tracy is still going. Tarzan, the original multimedia syndicated empire, is still going strong 75 years later, although the comic wrapped up 50 years after the death of the author.