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01-10-2007, 08:35 AM
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THANK YOU! Now if they could just get Liz settled down (and not with Paul, please) I'd be happy.
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01-10-2007, 08:42 AM
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Meh, it's worked for the Simpsons. Maggie has been a baby for 18 years, and it hasn't hurt that show any.
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01-10-2007, 09:29 AM
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Bummer! I liked that they aged.
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01-10-2007, 09:33 AM
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She should just retire. For Better of For Worse was unique in that the characters aged. Even though I haven't read it in years, I still like it for what it was.
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01-10-2007, 10:08 AM
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I think that it would be difficult to continue aging the family. No one wants to see the parents die, or even grandpa. And how do you follow three families as well as you've followed one?
However I'm not sure that choosing freezing it over ending it is better. Sometimes you should just go out on top (even if I like reading the comics all the time) like Calvin did and Foxtrot has.
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01-10-2007, 11:01 AM
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That's stupid. If she doesn't want to continue aging them, she should just quit as planned or turn it over to someone else. The whole point of FBOFW is that they DO age and don't just stay still.
I'm sure $$$ has to do with it. Please, Lynn, take a look at the final seasons of Friends, Seinfeld and Roseanne and rethink this decision.
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01-10-2007, 11:54 AM
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Oh god why couldn't it just be cancelled...
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01-10-2007, 11:59 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 33girl
That's stupid. If she doesn't want to continue aging them, she should just quit as planned or turn it over to someone else. The whole point of FBOFW is that they DO age and don't just stay still.
I'm sure $$$ has to do with it. Please, Lynn, take a look at the final seasons of Friends, Seinfeld and Roseanne and rethink this decision.
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I remember the final episodes of all three of those shows and not fondly!!!!
Big finales are lame. Have a big deal at the last minute Maried...With Children style. They betrayed that show, but it was nice seeing Al give Kelly away in the back yard.
FBoFW....should end with the death of the father, but it won't, because
A: No money and
B: fans don't want it.
Only reason A is acceptable [at least to me]
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01-10-2007, 11:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Drolefille
However I'm not sure that choosing freezing it over ending it is better. Sometimes you should just go out on top (even if I like reading the comics all the time) like Calvin did and Foxtrot has.
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Wait - Foxtrot ended its run? When?
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01-11-2007, 12:39 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sistermadly
Wait - Foxtrot ended its run? When?
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FoxTrot has not ended it's run per se, but it now runs in Sunday-only format. If you can get ahold of the 12/27/06-12/30/06 comic strips, they pay homage to the fact that Bill Amend has decided after all these years to cut back and do Sundays only. It's actually quite funny. Caught me by surprise (and saddened me) but I can understand where it gets to be a lot of work and redundant to do daily strips--as fun as they are to read, I can see where it just gets to be too much. Lots of creativity goes into a strip and when you have a daily it's really hard to do it without running out of ideas.
Try gocomics.com; they should have them still.
Last edited by deadbear80; 01-11-2007 at 12:49 AM.
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