According to Wikipedia it was syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995.
Bill Watterson took two sabbaticals from the daily requirements of producing the strip. The first took place from May 5, 1991, to February 1, 1992, and the second from April 3 through December 31, 1994. These sabbaticals were included in the new contract Watterson managed to negotiate with Universal Features in 1990. The sabbaticals were proposed by the syndicate themselves, who, fearing Watterson's complete burnout, endeavored to get another five years of work from their star artist.
Me too, but now that you guys just mentioned it went to it and found out that its mantainer, @MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz, seems pretty much active. I'd like to think something about the bot happened, but I can't help but fear something like the fate of r/calvinandhobbes repeated here somehow
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klu9@piefed.social · 4 pts · 339d
Was that the end, the last ever Calvin and Hobbes?
DontNoodles@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 337d
According to Wikipedia it was syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995.
Bill Watterson took two sabbaticals from the daily requirements of producing the strip. The first took place from May 5, 1991, to February 1, 1992, and the second from April 3 through December 31, 1994. These sabbaticals were included in the new contract Watterson managed to negotiate with Universal Features in 1990. The sabbaticals were proposed by the syndicate themselves, who, fearing Watterson's complete burnout, endeavored to get another five years of work from their star artist.
klu9@piefed.social · 6 pts · 337d
Thanks for the info.
I guess @DailyComic@sh.itjust.works has stopped posting for some other reason.
Pity, I look forward to these daily doses of C&H.
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 336d
On it.
I fully intend to keep it running until the heat-death of the universe.
klu9@piefed.social · 2 pts · 335d
Awesome! Thanks
DontNoodles@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 337d
I look forward to it everyday too. I came looking for it since I felt something was missing from my daily routine.
mmmm@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 336d
Me too, but now that you guys just mentioned it went to it and found out that its mantainer, @MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz, seems pretty much active. I'd like to think something about the bot happened, but I can't help but fear something like the fate of r/calvinandhobbes repeated here somehow
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 336d
Oh shit. Ya'll need to ping me if it stops working. It's happened a couple times before due to changes over on gocomics.
I'll look into what's wrong.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 334d
Can your username be added to the community sidebar as the "contact person" for the bot?
MentalEdge@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 334d
It's in the bots bio, as required by most instances. I don't mod the community tho.