For over two centuries, newspaper comics have enthralled readers of their respective generations and beyond. While it certainly took some time for comics in the same vein as classic titles such as Charles Schulz’s Peanuts to emerge in the way readers know them today, the end result has culminated in a phenomenal progression of the medium that is still going strong today.
Of course, not even the most popular comic strips will last forever. That said, there are many reasons why fan-favorite strips have come to an end, ranging from heartwarming to tragic to purely bureaucratic. Although a few comic strips have had the rare opportunity to find a new life later on, the rest have been relegated to cultivating their audiences through reprints, collected editions, and outside media.
In 1987, CBS debuted the first of three Cathy animated specials. The first half-hour special followed Cathy’s search for “Mr. Right,” which consistently takes disenfranchising, if occasionally humorous, turns for the worse. After winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program shortly after its release, Cathy was followed up by two sequels in the forms of 1988’s Cathy’s Last Resort and 1989’s Cathy’s Valentine. Though no further animated spin-offs were produced, the Cathy comics kept going strong up through 2010, when Guisewite made the “unbelievably agonizing” decision to end the series to step away from the daily strip routine and focus on more personal matters. Thankfully for fans, a single-panel sequel series, Cathy Commiserations, debuted in 2020 to explore everything that its titular character (and creator) had experienced in their time away.
For over two centuries, newspaper comics have enthralled readers of their respective generations and beyond. While it certainly took some time for comics in the same vein as classic titles such as Charles Schulz’s Peanuts to emerge in the way readers know them today, the end result has culminated in a phenomenal progression of the medium that is still going strong today.
Of course, not even the most popular comic strips will last forever. That said, there are many reasons why fan-favorite strips have come to an end, ranging from heartwarming to tragic to purely bureaucratic. Although a few comic strips have had the rare opportunity to find a new life later on, the rest have been relegated to cultivating their audiences through reprints, collected editions, and outside media.
In 1987, CBS debuted the first of three Cathy animated specials. The first half-hour special followed Cathy’s search for “Mr. Right,” which consistently takes disenfranchising, if occasionally humorous, turns for the worse. After winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program shortly after its release, Cathy was followed up by two sequels in the forms of 1988’s Cathy’s Last Resort and 1989’s Cathy’s Valentine. Though no further animated spin-offs were produced, the Cathy comics kept going strong up through 2010, when Guisewite made the “unbelievably agonizing” decision to end the series to step away from the daily strip routine and focus on more personal matters. Thankfully for fans, a single-panel sequel series, Cathy Commiserations, debuted in 2020 to explore everything that its titular character (and creator) had experienced in their time away.
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