Little Orphan Annie to end

[nakak]

Yes, this strip was still running. As of this June, however, it will end.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...aily_news.html

Well, it had an 86-year run, so that's not bad. (Note that the strip was on hiatus from 1974 to 1979, replaced with reruns during that time)

[Shawn Hopkins]

Yes, this strip was still running. As of this June, however, it will end.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...aily_news.html

Well, it had an 86-year run, so that's not bad. (Note that the strip was on hiatus from 1974 to 1979, replaced with reruns during that time)

Yeah, Little Orphan Annie didn't end years ago? That was my reaction. And wow, it was down to just 20 papers by the end.

[Peter Paltridge]

I'm surprised anything can get cancelled. The Katzenjammer Kids is still in production and that dates to the 19th century.

How will they wrap this up? Will they even have time? They should be working on June's strips right now. Annie's been through a lot of adventures and sold a lot of Ovaltine; it'd be anitclimactic if she just abruptly said "Bye".

[nakak]

I'm surprised anything can get cancelled. The Katzenjammer Kids is still in production and that dates to the 19th century.

How will they wrap this up? Will they even have time? They should be working on June's strips right now. Annie's been through a lot of adventures and sold a lot of Ovaltine; it'd be anitclimactic if she just abruptly said "Bye".

This article says that it'll end on a cliffhanger.

[dth1971]

The Chicago Tribune stopped carrying the Annie strip in 1992.

I will surely miss the strip, but will Gasoline Alley or Brenda Starr or Dick Tracy or Gil Thorp or Broom Hilda be next on the Tribune comic strip distribution retirement list?

[Shawn Hopkins]

The Chicago Tribune stopped carrying the Annie strip in 1992.

I will surely miss the strip, but will Gasoline Alley or Brenda Starr or Dick Tracy or Gil Thorp or Broom Hilda be next on the Tribune comic strip distribution retirement list?

Probably Gil Thorp. I mean, honestly, what is the point of it?

[Peter Paltridge]

Probably Gil Thorp. I mean, honestly, what is the point of it?

Gil Thorp won't meet the same fate as Annie because it's being kept alive singlehandedly by anti-fans of the Comics Curmudgeon website, who protest whenever it's considered to be dropped by any paper.

[PeppeRaskell1]

Gil Thorp won't meet the same fate as Annie because it's being kept alive singlehandedly by anti-fans of the Comics Curmudgeon website, who protest whenever it's considered to be dropped by any paper.

Wonder if these "anti-fans" will show up to protest Annie's cancellation?
Probably not.

Anyway, it's sad when a comic strip ends. Perhaps Annie will return someday in one form or another (animated series, webisodes, Fantagraphics collection series, etc.).

Good-bye, Annie. The Daily News funny paper section just won't be the same without you.

EDIT: Uh-oh. http://http://www.gocomics.com/annie/2010/06/06/ This does NOT look good!

[dth1971]

I just saw the final Annie strip online The final words were "And this is where we leave our Annie, for now..."

[Shawn Hopkins]

So it ends with some Annie being kidnapped by some guy called the "Butcher of the Balkans?" Yeah, that's closure. I'm sure they only did that because they hope to bring it back in some form eventually.

[Peter Paltridge]

Wonder if these "anti-fans" will show up to protest Annie's cancellation?
Probably not.

And they didn't. The only hope of a zombie strip long past its appeal is to be made fun of by Josh. Annie never was.

Awkward place to end an extremely long story, but at least they didn't go with the shark ending from one week prior.

[Ed Liu]

I don't know, in a way, I think it's entirely appropriate to end Little Orphan Annie on a cliffhanger, seeing as it was such a reliable staple of the strip for so long. I don't think it's a sign that they want to bring her back somehow as much as it's just a signal that This Is How Things Work for her. I viewed the endings to The Incredibles and Justice League/Justice League Unlimited the same way -- while the door's open, I don't think either crew really has any plans to go back to that territory.

[dth1971]

For anyone in the New York City area: What comic strip takes over the vacated Annie place in the Daily News comics pages?

I am shocked that in 2007 the Daily News dropped Classic Peanuts for good seven years after Peanuts ceased but why couldn't the Daily News reinstate it nor reinstate dropped since 2008 the For Better or For Worse comic strip?

[Matt Hazuda]

For anyone in the New York City area: What comic strip takes over the vacated Annie place in the Daily News comics pages?

I am shocked that in 2007 the Daily News dropped Classic Peanuts for good seven years after Peanuts ceased but why couldn't the Daily News reinstate it nor reinstate dropped since 2008 the For Better or For Worse comic strip?

The thing is, why run old strips?

Yes, elderly people are really the only ones who muster outrage if the comics section is changed (the reason why nearly every crappy comic out there still runs), but why not try something new instead of reruns of a dead comic? That's what collections are for if you really want to see it again.


Anyways, for those who haven't seen it yet, the final strip:

http://www.gocomics.com/annie/2010/06/13/

Part of me just thinks it would be interesting to re-launch the strip years later, with Annie becoming a trained assassin under the "Butcher," taking down the leaders of the military-industrial complex, until the next target on her list is one "Daddy" Warbucks and things go from there