Ever hear of the saying “better safe than sorry”? It’s Lynn’s decision, or her agent’s or whoever and the reasons really don’t matter, do they? It’s her property and she can do with it what she likes.
Maybe because, by changing the year, it technically created a new strip. It’s no longer the original publication, causing the need for renewing the copyright.
Starting about 6 months or so ago, if my 14 year old cat wakes me up and is persistent like that, especially at 3am, I know that I’m the one who needs to eat. She only does that if my blood sugar is low. She’s never been wrong about it. And yes, she gets a treat for it.
Instead of Yelp, you’d think the doggie version would be Yowlp