Stagnant Strips
These are strips and toons that claim to be updated regularly, but
which have gone for a long period without change. Or occasionally
strips that have been discontinued by the cartoonist, leaving the
archive and 'current' installment available. In some cases the 'toon
was only a sample of what is available in books or other retail
materials. Please visit the sites to see what else they offer.
It is possible that some of these strips may have simply moved
without leaving a forwarding URL. If you identify any such cases,
please e-mail me the current URL at the address below.
NOTE: I'm not entirely happy with the term 'Stagnant' to indicate
'toons that do not change. It is not intended to be in any way pejoritive.
Please feel free to suggest a replacement. It needs to be short enough to
fit easily in the Menu column on the Daily and Weekly pages.
The After Life of Bob
Page: http://web.cs.ualberta.ca/~davidw/ALoB/strips/strip_intro.html
No updates since September, 1996.
Perhaps he graduated and didn't leave a forwarding address...
Bent Perspectives by Brian Fairrington
Page: http://www.incwell.com/Bent/Bent.html
Presented by
SPECTRUM - The Family
Internet Magazine.
No updates since 28 August, 1996.
Bolfar, Hero of the 9th moon by Mark Bussler
MainPage: http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~kiss/bolfar/
Mark is putting most of his resources into his weekly strip (Captain
Bucknell); so don't expect frequent updates. There is an archive of about
thirty strips.
Bumma Dude
Officially ended late in 1997.
Archives and a pointer to any replacement strip will be found at:
http://dailymail.com/comics/bumma.htm
Café Angst
Alas, Café Angst closed on 2 August, 1997.
The main page, final strip, archives, etc. are still available at
http://internet-plaza.net/zone/angst/
CORPORATE City by Shin C. Kao
The last strip appears to have been mid-April, 1996.
The main page is at
http://emf.net:80/~skao/,
with links to archives, previous works, etc.
CultuRe Trap
According to their main page, this strip is currently on hiatus. There is no
indication of when, or if, it might resume.
Was monthly, linked to magazine publication. But John has been busy with
other projects, and wants you to have some reason to buy the comics,
so only a few are on-line.
See also the Wild Life entry below, and the Beached entry in the
Weekly menu.
Doctor Fun ® (original site)
Main page at: http://sunsite.unc.edu/Dave/
New Dr. Fun cartoons have been suspended indefinitely.
See the Web page for details.
Extra Pepperoni
Main page at: http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/lcachola/pepper.htm
Waiting for the author/artist to find time to draw more strips...
Feet of Clay
This strip is no longer in syndication; but the
Universal Press Syndicate & Andrews and
McMeel Web site still lists it with their other comics, and retains an
archive of published strips.
Foofaraw
Main page at: http://www.reuben.org/foofaraw/
This strip was daily (Monday through Friday); but now seems to be cycling
through the same series of strips.
Frost Byte
Main Page at: http://www.matnet.com/frostbyte/strip/index.html
It was updating every couple of weeks; but seems to have gone dormant
after the Sept 19, 1996 strip.
Generation What?
Main page at: http://www.iwhouse.com/generation/
Theoretically updated every week; but it hasn't changed since I found it.
Gulliver by Mike Tackett
Main Page: http://www.halcyon.com/gecko/
The last update was mid-April, 1997.
Hatbag Productions (Hippie and the Black Guy)
Main page at: http://www2.netdoor.com/~lainh/hatbag.html
The main page menu lists several 'new' strips; but the strips themselves say that
they were produced for the Web in late November, 1995.
Happily Ever After!
Main page at: http://www.concentric.net/~doodlesb/latest.html
For a while, three to five 'daily' strips were appearing every week; but
the last update was February 22nd, 1997.
Just N Case
Main page at http://www.experts.austin.com/justcase/
Now available in print, so no more Internet version.
Kevin's Cartoons by Kevin Rochowski
These are separate strips; but I've lumped these together because none of them have
been updated since late 1995.
- Boring the Square
- http://inferno.cs.bris.ac.uk/~kevin/boring.html
- SINGLE PANEL STRIP
- http://inferno.cs.bris.ac.uk/~kevin/single.html
- Xs
- http://inferno.cs.bris.ac.uk/~kevin/xs.html
Michael T Desing's Army Ants
Page: http://www.friedalive.com/tbpress/
Print publication appears to be continuing at a regular pace; but the
only Army Ants comics on-line are a few illustrations the occasional
sample page. The site also has a few of his Mike - the Disgruntled Retail
Associate strips.
Mou's Cartoon
This is from The Daily
News On-line, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Was daily.
My Hero
Page: http://www.anet-dfw.com/~kurtz/
This seems to have transformed into 'Wedlock' (see below).
One Brick Shy - A weekly cartoon strip
Page: http://www.citynet.net/diller/diller.html
Archive: http://www.citynet.net/diller/archive.html
This single-panel off-the-wall humor strip has been discontinued. Check the
Weekly page for the replacement - Bumma Dude.
Overkill
Page: http://www.mindspring.com/~stefan/OVERKILL/overkill.html
No indication of update frequency.
Ozone Patrol
This strip was hosted by Zone Interactive at
http://internet-plaza.net/zone/ozone/.
It appears to have stopped updating around mid June, 1998.
Peanut Butter Galaxy
Page: http://www.crl.com/~tyman/pbgalaxy/
This story strip was daily for about three weeks from late September through
mid October 1996. No indication of why it stopped or if it will be back.
Petshop by David Horton
Page: http://www.incwell.com/PetShop/PetShop.html
Presented by
SPECTRUM - The Family
Internet Magazine.
No updates since 8 July, 1996.
Pizza Bones by Chris Cassatt
Pate: http://pizzabones.com/
Chris has discontinued this strip so that he can work on other projects.
Check this page for progress on a new strip.
Polititudes by Tansley
Page: http://www.incwell.com/Polititudes/Polititudes.html
Presented by
SPECTRUM - The Family
Internet Magazine.
No updates since 8 July, 1996.
Spencer Green
This was Peter Zale's college strip (ca. 1998-1992). He's digitizing them
and putting them on-line as an archive. The first strip is at
http://www.peterzale.com/gr1.html.
Note that the strips are not in strict chronological order as first published.
Some of the characters later evolved into characters in his current strip
Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet;
but the two strips are not actually related.
Strange Matter
Page: http://galadriel.ecaetc.ohio-state.edu/tc/sm/
No longer updating. But see the replacement strip
Bacchanalia
in the Daily In-Lines page
Strange News
Page: http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/lcachola/strange.htm
This strip is on extended hiatus.
Turnabout
Main page was at: http://www.turnabout.com/
Was daily; but seems to have stopped in mid-December, 1996.
Not to be confused with daily strip by the same name by Nathan Lockwood.
The main page at
http://videotron.ab.ca.Twisted/
promises a brand-new strip every Tuesday; but the last actual update was
around May, 1996.
Thaddeus
Page: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JoeEkaitis/
It was updating weekly, but there have been no new strips for a while.
U.S.S. Utopia
Home Page: http://internet-plaza.net/zone/utopia/index.html
Latest Strip: http://internet-plaza.net/zone/utopia/todays.html
During its run, it was updated daily, Monday through Saturday.
I've included a link to the "Today's USS Utopia" page because it isn't obvious
how to reach it from the Home Page. (You need to go through the "Comics Du Jour"
page.) The "Today's" page indicates that there is an archive; but links
to the Home Page. I haven't been able to find an archive link on the Home Page.
Your Weekly Sexy Glass Onion Comic
Page: http://skynet.oir.ucf.edu/~chuck/go/
Archive: http://skynet.oir.ucf.edu/~chuck/go/other.html
This single panel strip has not been updated since November 1995.
Vern & Dern
Page: http://www.bluemoon.co.za/VernDern/html/the_vern_dern_homepage.html
No updates since early 1998.
Theoretically daily, the strip has not been updated since 8 February, 1997.
Theoretically daily, with updates in weekly batches; but John has been too
busy with other projects to update these pages. (See Dork Tower entry above.)
The World of Lily Wong by Larry Feign
Page: http://www.reuben.org/lilywong
This wonderful strip ran in Hong Kong newspapers for thirteen years; and was
one of the first and most popular strips to appear on the Web. Alas, it is
no more. But the Web site is still there, with a large archive and
more info about her demise.
And print books are available.
Pat Lashley,
<patl@Phoenix.Volant.ORG>
Last modified: Sat Jan 11 10:38:37 1997