Congratulations on a good run, Mr. Meyer. I wish you the best of luck in your writing career. I also applaud you stepping away before you become Beetle Bailey or Hi and Lois.
I will really miss this strip. It was often very funny and always thoughtful. I think what I liked best was that it took longer than 10 seconds to read, and that it made you think. Good luck on you future efforts. While I will miss the new material I look forward to the reruns.
I’m sorry to see you end the strip. I’m a recent visitor to go comics and to your humor. Thank you, I wish you could do both but I imagine creating a regular occurring comic strip with unique ideas is very demanding.I look forward to seeing your past comics for the first time, I think.
My mood now matches my icon. How are we supposed to replace the intelligence, thoughtfulness, and profound insight we have found here? Good luck on your new projects!
At panel one I was bummed because I had just discovered this strip a couple of months ago. By panel four I was okay – everything old is new again. If it works for Peanuts, For Better or Worse and Doonesbury it works for Basic Instructions!
Aw !! I, too, am fairly new to your Comic, but Good uck on your new Path & Thanks for rerunning the old ones, so I can keep reading :)ps – I have, occasionally, read the fine text if I noticed it there !
The Five Stages1. No no no, of course the strip is not ending!2. I’m really ticked about this strip ending, Scott!3. Look, I’ll buy all your books if you don’t end this strip!4. The strip is ending, I can’t go on!5. Oh, it’s all right, I’ll be OK with the repeats!
Quite a bummer. I have really enjoyed your strip over the years (especially the whole idea of “The Knifeketeer”) . Hope the change in work is satisfying and I look forward to seeing the results.
You are one talented strip writer (and a mediocre illustrator). If your fiction is half as good as your comic has been, success is guaranteed. Oh, and I was joking about the graphics—they are ideally suited to the humor here and serve to perfectly accent whatever wisdom you happen to be beating us with at the moment…
Oh dear, what will I look forward to three times a week now? I first learned of your comic from Cake Wrecks, believe it or not, many years ago. I wish you the best of luck!
Well, you were quite a ways from ending up like “The Lockhorns” “Heathcliff” or “Love is” but I can understand. Like Bill Watterson, you know to quit while you’re ahead. Thanks for all the great strips! When I first encountered your strip, the dialog was so brilliant I thought you might be Kyle Baker (that’s very high praise!) and you kept that brilliance thoughout.Good luck with the writing!
So long, and thanks for all the fish, Scott. I bought your first two books and will buy the rest. I only had a couple years in on this strip, I think, so it will be fun to read them in order.
If you’ve never heard of the news column “This is True” by Randy Cassingham, you should look it up; I think you’d like his sense of humor.
Wish you luck. If, like Arthur Conan Doyle, you find that Basic Instructions is the thing you do that will best pay the bills, come back again.And the repeats are a good idea — I’ve only been reading this for a couple of years, so the first four years will be new to me.
But… But… I brought desk top calendars to keep this strip alive!!! Who needs desk top calendars these days?! Sigh… Good luck, Scott! Look forward to the novels!
Awww….. another one of my favorites going the way of the dodo. Well, thank you so much for the laughs, Scott. They have been greatly appreciated. I hope that you do well in your novel endeavor.
Selfishly, I’m okay with it because I only recently discovered this strip, so it will be years and years before you post anything I’ve ever seen before! Have fun with the writing, and thanks for your work
Sure sorry to hear that. I have enjoyed your work and will miss it. You and Jon Stewart of the Daily Show were two sites I never missed a day without viewing and now you are both gone in the same month, at least regards new material. I’m sure it was great news for the stuffed shirts of the world, but bad news for the rest of us.
Well, Peanuts is in its 500th year of reruns and Garfield is on its 4,000th iteration of the three jokes it uses so I guess we’ll survive.
Someone made a mistake telling cartoonists they were free to try other avenues of creative endeavor (well except maybe for whoever does “frank & ernest”…someone please get the writer a different job.)
DangerBunny over 9 years ago
Well, this is a crappy bit bit of news. Novel? Who the hell reads novels anymore? It better have Rocket Hat as a character.
LaughedMyselfFuzzy over 9 years ago
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Please Scott, don’t do it!! We’re sorry we didn’t read the text on your site….
Mr Nobody over 9 years ago
Bummer.
Pharmakeus Ubik over 9 years ago
Thanks for the laughs and wry smiles, Scott. All success in your new endevours.
*Space Madness at The Station* over 9 years ago
A novel approach to the end.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 9 years ago
Text ‽What text? I will read the #amn text if I could find it. I’ll do (almost) anything for you to continue this strip!.Sigh; good luck.
Joe Cooker Premium Member over 9 years ago
How will I make life’s decisions without basic instructions ??
Melki Premium Member over 9 years ago
Best of luck, Scott. Thanks for all the advice.
ekw555 over 9 years ago
I was hoping this was a joke. But I fear that it is not.
supplier over 9 years ago
Dang, two of my comics end in the same week, what in the heck am I supposed to do with all that extra free time?
tommysmo over 9 years ago
Congratulations on a good run, Mr. Meyer. I wish you the best of luck in your writing career. I also applaud you stepping away before you become Beetle Bailey or Hi and Lois.
Willywise52 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Suckage!
Donaldo Premium Member over 9 years ago
I wish that was a joke
Malcolm Hall over 9 years ago
I now feel aimless or rudderless. Crap.
canthonyrobinson over 9 years ago
I read Scott’s first novel. I highly recommend it. Lots of fun. Good luck to you.
dmk57 over 9 years ago
I will really miss this strip. It was often very funny and always thoughtful. I think what I liked best was that it took longer than 10 seconds to read, and that it made you think. Good luck on you future efforts. While I will miss the new material I look forward to the reruns.
Lionel Couturier over 9 years ago
I’m sorry to see you end the strip. I’m a recent visitor to go comics and to your humor. Thank you, I wish you could do both but I imagine creating a regular occurring comic strip with unique ideas is very demanding.I look forward to seeing your past comics for the first time, I think.
prince valiant Premium Member over 9 years ago
Scott has four books out of cartoons. They are worth getting. Enjoyed your humor and style. Adios.
wordymom over 9 years ago
Aww. No more whacking people with the 2×4 of Knowledge. :( Best of luck with the writing career, though.
Lawrence Stetz Premium Member over 9 years ago
AAARRRGGHHH. I always look forward to this comic strip. How dare you end it. Sorry, that was rude.
damifid0 over 9 years ago
Good luck,Scott. Thank you for the wry humor. :) Peace.
victoria2 over 9 years ago
And this, after the $10.00 I sent him 4 years ago.
Cozmik Cowboy over 9 years ago
And I always wished it was daily!I feel…….empty.
puggles over 9 years ago
My mood now matches my icon. How are we supposed to replace the intelligence, thoughtfulness, and profound insight we have found here? Good luck on your new projects!
Solaricious Premium Member over 9 years ago
At panel one I was bummed because I had just discovered this strip a couple of months ago. By panel four I was okay – everything old is new again. If it works for Peanuts, For Better or Worse and Doonesbury it works for Basic Instructions!
Michie Z Premium Member over 9 years ago
Aw !! I, too, am fairly new to your Comic, but Good uck on your new Path & Thanks for rerunning the old ones, so I can keep reading :)ps – I have, occasionally, read the fine text if I noticed it there !
Michie Z Premium Member over 9 years ago
I mean “LUCK” !! …not uck ! hahaha
ChessPirate over 9 years ago
The Five Stages1. No no no, of course the strip is not ending!2. I’m really ticked about this strip ending, Scott!3. Look, I’ll buy all your books if you don’t end this strip!4. The strip is ending, I can’t go on!5. Oh, it’s all right, I’ll be OK with the repeats!
TOMOTH over 9 years ago
Dear Scott;
May you do well in your new endeavor.
P.S. J-L-P was a better Enterprise captain than J-T-K.
TOMOTH over 9 years ago
OH – and I hope you go broke – and have to rent out your spare bedroom to Jenkins…
(just kidding!)
Nick Danger over 9 years ago
Fare well, Mighty Monarch of Mirth and Merriment…
Stephen Post over 9 years ago
Thanks for the laughs. You are witty, talented, and funny, which may well translate to the novel format. I’ll try them out!
nmrwilson over 9 years ago
Please come back after you complete your novel! How about 1 new strip a week?
ChasOldMan over 9 years ago
Ouch.
palealien over 9 years ago
Well, yeah, even after only reading for 4 years I can see that. At least "Bloom County is back!
SergeitheAntagonist over 9 years ago
Curses! I’ll get you next time, Rocket Hat!
jcole998 over 9 years ago
You will be sorely missed, Scott. I tuned in to you way too late and missed an immense amount of great sage advice. Best of luck!
Coyoty Premium Member over 9 years ago
Oh boy, six years of complaining about the copyright year not updating!!!
P51Strega over 9 years ago
Good luck & thank you
Steveh16 over 9 years ago
Damn and this was one of my favorite comics… =(
MeGoNow Premium Member over 9 years ago
He’ll be back. They all come back.
Fenshaw over 9 years ago
Don’t let the screendoor hitcha on the ass, Y’all.
SiteeSatee Premium Member over 9 years ago
Thanks for years of laughs, giggles, snickers, sniggers, chuckles, and the occasional milk out my nose at breakfast. We’ll miss you!
CougarAllen over 9 years ago
Ackkkkkkkkk! Now there will be no more new copyright dates! Ackkkkkk! Ackkkkkkkk! Ackkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk! :(
Pakgor over 9 years ago
Aww, I just discovered this one. Good news, the reruns won’t be reruns to me. Bad news, every strip from here on is a countdown…
gettheballlucy over 9 years ago
Quite a bummer. I have really enjoyed your strip over the years (especially the whole idea of “The Knifeketeer”) . Hope the change in work is satisfying and I look forward to seeing the results.
Spyderred over 9 years ago
Best of luck. Wry humor’s loss.
Robert Stroud over 9 years ago
You are one talented strip writer (and a mediocre illustrator). If your fiction is half as good as your comic has been, success is guaranteed. Oh, and I was joking about the graphics—they are ideally suited to the humor here and serve to perfectly accent whatever wisdom you happen to be beating us with at the moment…
Tirasmol over 9 years ago
Oh dear, what will I look forward to three times a week now? I first learned of your comic from Cake Wrecks, believe it or not, many years ago. I wish you the best of luck!
Zepp Jamieson over 9 years ago
Well, you were quite a ways from ending up like “The Lockhorns” “Heathcliff” or “Love is” but I can understand. Like Bill Watterson, you know to quit while you’re ahead. Thanks for all the great strips! When I first encountered your strip, the dialog was so brilliant I thought you might be Kyle Baker (that’s very high praise!) and you kept that brilliance thoughout.Good luck with the writing!
Jorah over 9 years ago
So long, and thanks for all the fish, Scott. I bought your first two books and will buy the rest. I only had a couple years in on this strip, I think, so it will be fun to read them in order.
If you’ve never heard of the news column “This is True” by Randy Cassingham, you should look it up; I think you’d like his sense of humor.
Peace, brother, and best luck.
ZBicyclist Premium Member over 9 years ago
Wish you luck. If, like Arthur Conan Doyle, you find that Basic Instructions is the thing you do that will best pay the bills, come back again.And the repeats are a good idea — I’ve only been reading this for a couple of years, so the first four years will be new to me.
Matt Evans Premium Member over 9 years ago
At least I will always have Omnipresent Man.
ViscountNik over 9 years ago
But… But… I brought desk top calendars to keep this strip alive!!! Who needs desk top calendars these days?! Sigh… Good luck, Scott! Look forward to the novels!
johngregor Premium Member over 9 years ago
Thank God we still have the down-to-earth wisdom of Broom Hilda to rely on.
tryoung71 over 9 years ago
Awww….. another one of my favorites going the way of the dodo. Well, thank you so much for the laughs, Scott. They have been greatly appreciated. I hope that you do well in your novel endeavor.
judyuinms Premium Member over 9 years ago
Well, that sucks. I like your novels and understand why you need the time, but I’ll miss “Basis Instructions”. I’ll enjoy the reruns, but . . . Jeez!
pumpkinsparshott Premium Member over 9 years ago
Selfishly, I’m okay with it because I only recently discovered this strip, so it will be years and years before you post anything I’ve ever seen before! Have fun with the writing, and thanks for your work
law101 over 9 years ago
Sure sorry to hear that. I have enjoyed your work and will miss it. You and Jon Stewart of the Daily Show were two sites I never missed a day without viewing and now you are both gone in the same month, at least regards new material. I’m sure it was great news for the stuffed shirts of the world, but bad news for the rest of us.
Elvanion over 9 years ago
Well, Peanuts is in its 500th year of reruns and Garfield is on its 4,000th iteration of the three jokes it uses so I guess we’ll survive.
Someone made a mistake telling cartoonists they were free to try other avenues of creative endeavor (well except maybe for whoever does “frank & ernest”…someone please get the writer a different job.)