Annie by Jay Maeder and Alan Kupperberg for May 13, 2010

Good morning early birds, sock puppets, and groupies!

Oops, I think daddy dearest hit a little too hard.

Oh my, looks like the oaf is dead! This plot has many twists and turns.

Playing the part of Leaky tonightis our own VistaBill, sock puppet extraordinaire!

GM LordD!

Good morning Leaky/VistaBill…………. and you too, Margueritem!!!!

Junior’s Papa should finally be remorsefull.

And, Junior…..here’s an ice cream salute to you!

Marg, are those Emeralds???? Magnificent!!!!

margueritem said, “Playing the part of Leaky tonight is our own VistaBill, sock puppet extraordinaire”

I don’t hear any applause…

Thanks for the compliment margueritem!

What have you done to Junior? Guess you aren’t much smarter!

GM, LS, Marg, MLady, VBill, LordD, WW, Floyd and everyone.

Gppd mprning all of you Easterners. Looks like Papa still has a good right arm. Is Junior……?

Hey, VistaBill, here’s the third verse:

Now I been around for quite some time And I’ve seen many change I’ve seen so many faces Ain’t a doggpne one looks strange I wenr my way and I did my thing You know tomorrow’s just abother day. Oh, I thought I’d last forever, Then I started getting grey.

Bravo, Floyd H., good song.

‘Morning ML and Terry! Yes, those are emeralds.

Pleased to see that you made it here tonight, Floyd!

I absolutely love the third verse! It made staying up late really worthwhile! Thanks.

I’ll pause for a moment and get back to the comic strip…

Why doesn’t Annie get outa there while Papa is still in shock?

Hey, Helena……………

is that in like…..Helena MT?????

Good to have the baton passed to VB!!!!!…………….Very big applause!!!

GM Floyd….. really enjoy hearing your tales!!!!

Well alright then, here’s the fourth verse:

Now I wake up in the morning, Sun’s up and shining bright And I get up in the morning Just to see thsr same ol’ sight. Them changes just keep comin’ on Like morning’ follows night. Oh, I knew I’d last forever Now I’m goin’ from grey to white.

MontanaLady said, “Good to have the baton passed to VB!!!!!…………….Very big applause!!!”

Gee, thanks ML. With this I will retire for the night. I see WWs not here yet…

I Sounds like a good idea, VistaBill. Good night to all my new friends. Be back in the morning.

LOL

GN, Floyd. You’re a lot of fun for sure! lol

Good morning early birds and nighty owls And creatures emitting disgruntled growls

Though he struck him on the head I don’t think that sonny boy is dead His mind is soft but his skull is thick He’ll shake off the blow from that brick So by now Sandy should be raising Cain Loud enough to drive Daddy insane Roused he is from his sleep He’ll shout a curse at that little bleep With the police and guards in tow He will soon put a stop to papa’s show But still over Annie we must fret As she meets her latest threat.

Great lyrics again, Floyd.

Annie while he is busy tending to Jr slip the shirt and run for it!

Agreed. A good swift kick in the shins and she’s outta there.

Agreed. A good swift kick in the shins and she’s outta there.

If Annie can’t get away she should invoke the name of Warbucks, papa wont want to have his people getting involved.

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Floyd H. said, “Sounds like a good idea, VistaBill. Good night to all my new friends. Be back in the morning.”

I came in early today! Good morning, Floyd!

According to the Tribune website, Sunday is the last day for Annie.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-biz-0513-phil-annie-20100513,0,578290.column

I’ll miss it and the posters.

Well, that’s not good!

OH NO!! Annie is being cancelled!

The link that rac0308 gave rings true. And now, I am one sad puppy. Annie has been a part of my life since I was born. I will hate to see her go.

Well…maybe it’ll still be here online? I’ve noticed many comics that are not “on paper” are here in cyberspace. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

rac0308 said, “According to the Tribune website, Sunday is the last day for Annie.”

Sad news…

The good news is the last Annie is June 13, a month from today, so there was time to wrap up this story. The bad news is it won’t be wrapped up: looks like Annie’s final kidnapping will be to someone who cares little about Oliver’s war bucks and she’ll just vanish without a trace. Supposedly the story is going to continue somewhere, sometime, somehow… but we’re short on specifics - who knows how long the cliffhanger will get drawn out?

June 13, The Final Cliffhanger: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2010/05/comicfarewelllittleorphana.html?wprss=comic-riffs

So, online or not? Does this mean no Asp or Punjab? Gone for good? Will Annie even appear in the final strip?

Cheeta love reading Annie in morning newspaper while Jane make breakfast. No take Annie away or I sic Tarzan on you!

NO!! SAY IT ISN”T SO!!!

I’m aghast! TMS keeps the dreck called ‘Dick Tracy’ on board, yet gets rid of ‘Annie’ which has consistant drawing, and an actual plot (GASP!) Oh Sydney, will you be ticked off when you get back….

Sorry to hear about the cancellation – but “seeking a Web presence” doesn’t inspire optimism. Maybe one or both creators wanted to move on and the syndicate decided not to replace – Maeder’s been at it for a while now – but it’s just a guess.

This would certainly be a nice time for Liam or GenMod to chime in and offer some clarity, instead of just monitoring us. (Oops, that might be the end of #6)

BB

Well, Tribune-Media has “decided” Annie has to go - the last strip is June 13th, yet they did hint that Annie will possibly, like some other comics, continue online. I enjoy reading Annie here and I enjoy reading all of your reader postings. When growing up, we stayed up late to get the very early edition of the Sunday NY Daily News. Why? Because the Sunday comics were the best. Today, sadly, that is for the most part, not so. Too much lame nonsense, too many clones, not much in adventure or a continuing basis. What I have enjoyed over the years is that Annie was not - and is not - a politically correct” strip and it allows the reader to try to work and solve the plot line. But dropping “Annie” also points to the print news media in sharp decline overall - want proof? Hey, here we are talking/posting to each other online.

Still here, surprisingly. This really is disappointing news though not really shocking. It’s the way of things. Unless I missed it loyal readers like us were not given the chance to voice our disapproval. We really don’t matter!

Peace.

BB

So, does the job of battling the Blue Circle fall to Ace Mifflin?

There’s not enough time to tie up all the loose plotlines…! :s

Ooh, a hug. Way to entice.

♪The sun won’t come out, June 13’s tomorrow. Bet your bottom dollar they’ll be sorrow, come that day. We’ll be stuck with days that are gray and lonely. So we’ll just stick out our tongues, and grimmace, and say, screw you newspaper people, you took our Annie away.♫

not happy :( not thrilled about brenda starr and dick tracy is….flooom maybe start rerunning the real annie and tracy?

If I was drawing Annie I would end with the last strip showing an 86 year old lady closing a photo album book and saying “And that is the end” The ghost of Daddy appears and he says.”Time to come home Annie.”

Morning, Anniephans!

According to the comments above, this is where we first found out that Annie was being canceled.