Annie by Jay Maeder and Alan Kupperberg for May 27, 2010

Dead as a door nail

G’Morning, LS, Marg, MLady, VBill, LordD, WW, S Slim and everyone.

Yep, still dead! Howdy, fellow Annie lovers and Sockpuppets!

Nice to hear from you, ML!

MontanaLady called me silly

NOW I GOT TO CUT YA

Good morning everyone!

Me too. So unfair to the faithful readers.

Well. I guess that answers that. I don’t think he would have been much help, anyway.

Morning everyone. Good to have MontanaLady back in touch.

I think I need a new avatar.

Alright boys and girls. I’m cutting this short for tonight.

Hope to see all you good people manana. :-))

The last 24 hours were great. Lots of chatter for over 50 comments. I had fun. Let’s do it again?

LoneWolf, I would like to expound on my “advice” of last night with the piece I put on my CD in ‘02.

On the subject of geruatrics, like the song says, ain’t nothing you can do about it. Time will have it’s way. One can get all the nips and tucks, tightening and enhancements, all the cosmetic surgery available. And you can go out in the yard and paint the old shed real pretty…. But it’s still an old shed inside.

Have you watched the children? Four, five, six or seven years okd? Their world is so full of wonders that adults pass by, forgetting.A tiny flower, a pretty rock a sky full of of puffy cloud that look like,,,,, What did you see when you used to look up.

Life to so many becomes tunnel-vision. All they see is what’s in front of them/ Any deviation from that is an interuption, an irritation.

We need to hold some of that wonder in our hearts. Check out what that child finds so ifascinating. Maybe a big black beetle crawling along that sticks his rear end up if he’s prodded with a twig.

Look up at the sky the children are looking at and ask what they see. You just might see it,too, when it’s pointed out to you.

Watch the children and remember, you can be child-like without being childish…… I am so glad my world is still full of wonders.

That was very nice, Slim! Thank you for wording that piece the way you did.

And with that, I am headed off to the horizontal position.

G’Night All.

I need to put my guitar in the gig-bag, have ny chamomile tea and ease into bed myself. My jaws are starting to ache from yawning

Guten Morgen LS, Marg, MLady, VBill, LordD, WW, S Slim and everyone.

You know, it would be nice if GoComics would communicate with us and let us know what their intentions are concerning this strip.

Good morning,everyone. Sandy has some nose,he would make a good reporter. Maybe he can work for The Planet when this strip ends.

OK, here’s the way I figure it. GoComics will either:

1 - Quit running Annie altogether 2 - Continue to run the final strip indefinitely, like they do Opus 3 - Start rerunning the classic Harold Gray strips 4 - Run the Leonard Starr strips 5 - Start over with the Jay Maeder strips 6 - Continue the story online as if nothing ever happened

What do y’all think?

I reread the announcement yesterday (in the daily cartoonist). It certainly suggests that Annie will continue in some incarnation, be it comic books or online. I’m too lazy to go back today and cut and paste the exact quote, but something about it being too valuable to just stop.

I’m hoping that means the online version will continue at least for a while. There are many strips out there that are online only (Pibgorn and Yenny on this site to name 2).

I’m all for Option 6, but if they start reruns, I’d rather see the Leonard Starr stuff. The man was absolutely incredible in his 19+ years of providing us with Annie’s adventures. Just don’t want to see her disappear altogether as it would leave a huge hole in my life. What does everyone else feel here?

Lying there in a pose of death Possibly having drawn his last breath Time is swiftly running out They’ll get no help from this lout A fallen camera, a picture there Will further add to their despair An infamous butcher they will see Has taken Annie and did flee To escape from a secret lair Aided there by a dastardly pair Who are vile and pernicious as can be On this, I think that we can all agree Poor Annie heading to her fate Daddy and Sandy arrive to late The ocean waves will leave no trace About what is soon to take place.

38 POEMS!!!? That means I will need copious amounts of alcohol or other mind altering substances. Please send ASAP! To: Hermetically Sealed Chamber Altered Consciousness Way Hermitage, Ca. 420420 Send now, don’t delay!

Nobody said anything about my Little Rascals avatars or my Pogo either, dang it. So how do you like this one?

I think I agree with LittleRedDress. I’d like to see the story continue, but if we go to re-runs, I’d like to see the Leonard Starr material. That all happened at a time in my life when I was so busy with so much reeeealy important stuff that I rarely looked at the comics, so I missed nearly the whole period.

Alright!!!! WonderWarthog is back, and as acute in his observations as ever.

Oh, by the way WW, I’ll send you the mind-altering substance as soon as the “Candy Man” gets it to me.

DRT..Dead Right There.

Still hoping for the best, David, but if they reprint the Starr strips, you’re in for a treat. I have some of this collected, and the man’s writing style and artwork are closer to Harold Gray’s originals than anyone else has ever been able to manage. Not to slight Jay Maeder and Ted Slampyak, however. Meader has provided us with some great storylines and Slampyak’s work is better than Pepoy or Kupperberg. I especially like his eyes and facial expresseions, plus he draws Sandy very well also.

Davidf42 I like your avatar, but I don’t know who it is.

We can only hope that they contiue Annie here in some form. I would like to see the Leonard Starr strips, too, as I missed them all.

From the “Notebooks of Lazarus Long” as recorded by one Robert A. Heinlein.

Experience is an excellent teacher, but not everyonr gets a passing grade.

All some people learn from experience is that they’ve just made another mistake.

Wisdom is not a prerogative of age, nor is foolishness one of youth.

Margueritem, let me tell you a quick story.

Once upon a time FlightSuit tapped me on the shoulder and said……….C’mere kid, I’m gonna show you every dirty, filthy, low down, underhanded, sneaky trick there is about puters.

He then showed me that you can right click on an avatar, click on properties, and it will show you what the avatar is.

Flight Suit Computer hack. !!!

Shirttail Slim said,

“All some people learn from experience is that they’ve just made another mistake.”

That’s me!

McCoy He’s dead, Jim. /McCoy

NO! Don’t go in 17 days, Annie!

I said” “all some people learn from experience is that they’ve just made another mistake”.

VistaBill said:

“That’s me!”

I find that hard to believe, sir. Most of those kind don’t last as long as you and I!

Shirttail Slim said, “I find that hard to believe, sir. Most of those kind don’t last as long as you and I!”

I was good at dodging the bullets!

Oh Ho, Leaky, it worked! It’s the Asp!

I don’t know about wisdom, but experience has given me a three part phrase for survival: Take your time. Watch where you put your feet. And always give the other person sufficient space. These can be used in most situations.

Who am I, margueritem?

It only works if the name of the pic is in the info. You can rename a pic and upload it and the name you gave it will show. :^)

VBill, your avatar is a good example as it doesn’t state the name in the info line. It has whatever it is named on your ‘puter.

LoneWolf said to VistaBillL

VBill, your avatar is a good example as it shows what you have it named on your ‘puter files.

I had to read those last comments about three times before it got through to my brain. Don’t speak “puter very well, I still go a lot by trial and errors.

Yeah, Yeah,Yeah

You think I’m gonna go into all that explaining for no dough??

Fax me my regular fee, and I will show you more!!!

VistaBill continues to get “cutsie” with his “Who am I ” comment. Knowing very well he changed his name from Walter Brennan to Vista Bill.

Keep it up and another zippo paycheck for you next week!!!

I thought it was sneaky too, but I wasn’t about to let the Walter out of the bag. :^)

Um VistaBill, you’re VistaBill a/k/a ‘Walter Brennan’.

Do I win a prize?? if so just send it to Leaky to cover his fee, please.

leakysqueaky712 said, “Keep it up and another zippo paycheck for you next week!!!”

I’ll soon owe my soul to the company store!

margueritem said, “Um VistaBill, you’re VistaBill a/k/a ‘Walter Brennan’.”

margueritem, leaky was getting all worked up over my changing the name on my avatar that I changed it back to Walter Brennan.

margueritem continued, “Do I win a prize?? if so just send it to Leaky to cover his fee, please.”

leaky hasn’t been paying me lately… I’m broke!

We need to send Leaky back to the casino!

Morning, Anniephans!