Yes, no matter how often we commenters made jokes about the comic, let’s face it: we stuck around because Pab’s work is smart and funny. Thank you, Pab. We’ll miss you, Queen Vic.
Best wishes Pab, this comic was always a highly amusing moment in my day. I hope GoComics decides to re-run it. And I wish you the very best in your next adventures.
And so the 15 year experiment comes to an end. Growing out of what I thought was a one time joke on someone else’s LiveJournal, it took on a life of its own. At one point I thought it might last a couple of months.
Then I moved it from just LiveJournal onto Comics Sherpa, where it caught the eye of John Glynn and was one of a handful of strips (most notably the Argyle Sweater) he selected over time to move to the main GoComics page. He and I shared a joke that our relationship was just like that of William Randolph Hearst and George Herriman, in that Hearst kept the strip in print because he wanted to read it.
In the end, the strip outlived both of its original homes: LiveJournal and Comics Sherpa.
Our supporting cast in the background today represent almost every “supporting cast” production piece I had in PhotoImpact or on my hard drive. The exceptions tend to be from variations on a character (although I did include a few Victoria variants and Edward’s doppelganger Renfrew). Do not ask me to name them all; there are some who I forgot who they were. I also deliberately chose not to include Fearless Leader; I’ve had enough of him and don’t want to give him any more brain time.
I just ran out of space (I didn’t know there was a maximum comment size) and had to take out two paragraphs so I had room to end properly. As for what comes next, I’m going back to writing hoping to finish my next novel and next play. At the same time, by friend S.P. Burke (a great writer in his own right and a much better artist than I) are at work on a new strip. It will be more mainstream than TNAOQV, but will still feature our subversive senses of humor. If we can pull it off, it will probably come out in a year or two. If not, well, we’ll go do something else.
Thank you all for fifteen years of mediocre jokes and horrible art. It was fun for me and I hope you found it funny, too. — Pab
Thank you so much for the laughs, obscure references, and timely political commentary. I’m going to check this spot every day hoping against hope to see something from you. Take care and best wishes for a happy, productive, and prosperous future.
I have enjoyed Pab’s quirky, oft times not understandable to me, until posters explained what was meant, humour. (Spelt in keeping with her Maj’s vocabulary style.)
I hope you and Mr. Burke’s new work will make it to Gocom, Pab.
Not following comments everyday, I am wondering if you are still in your New York (state of mind) home that you fund drove for. It would be a terrible waste for all the help you got only to not keep the place.
Pab, thank you for introducing me to a line of characters I often had to research and translate. It’s been fun and I was amused. Goodbye and good luck with your future endeavors. Sneak a note to us when your novel is published – maybe in the comments on Nancy or Garfield?
Thank you for the wonderful strips! It was hysterical. I’ll miss it. But hey, I didn’t know you wrote plays! Maybe I’ll see you in some playwriting group. Thanks for 15 years of laughs.
Another latecomer here. Pab, I just wanted to tell you how much I’ve enjoyed reading and learning from TNAOQV. As an example of the latter, I had to look up a reference in yesterday’s strip because—believe it or not—I’ve never seen “Fiddler on the Roof.” I wish you nothing but the best in your future creative endeavors.
Thank you so much, Pab. You’ve created a lot of good karma by entertaining so many for so long. There’s going to be a hole in my heart where Queen Vic used to be.
Heard a rumor that the Queen Mum was as bummed as we are because you we retiring. It’s said that she faithfully read and explained your strips to Philip. So long and good luck, it’s been good to know yah!
I guess the “Editors” are getting stimulus money, because they sure ain’t working. You know guys, there are cartoonists who are doing stuff that might need work. Maybe take up the space this oldie and the ancient Oliphant are using.
While we’re waiting for the potential new strip, will we re-start TNAOQV from the beginning (as is frequently the case with other strips on GoComics ), or are we going to see this panel until then?
BE THIS GUY almost 4 years ago
Good luck on your next adventure, Pab.
pschearer Premium Member almost 4 years ago
It was fun. Best of luck.
Mominexile Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Thanks for all the quirky fun.
pauljmsn almost 4 years ago
Thank you.
epaphus8 almost 4 years ago
Yes, no matter how often we commenters made jokes about the comic, let’s face it: we stuck around because Pab’s work is smart and funny. Thank you, Pab. We’ll miss you, Queen Vic.
jennifer.usher almost 4 years ago
I’m going to miss this strip. It was a favorite.
allen@home almost 4 years ago
I’m going to miss it as well. I hope it goes into repeats.
NathanDeGargoyle1 almost 4 years ago
Thanks Pab, it was great.
michaeljwolff almost 4 years ago
“If we do meet again, why, we shall smile; if not this parting was well made.”
jmdavies Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Best wishes Pab, this comic was always a highly amusing moment in my day. I hope GoComics decides to re-run it. And I wish you the very best in your next adventures.
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member almost 4 years ago
What a great ride it was. Thank you Pab, and may you have every happiness in the future.
Perhaps Her Majesty will come out of retirement one day.
SKJAM! Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I raise to you the parting glass.
AnnouncerMike Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Good fortunes in the future, Pab. Thank you for sharing your imagination with us. Here’ wishing you a short winter and a promising spring!
mwest almost 4 years ago
I haz a sad…
WaitingMan almost 4 years ago
< Standing Ovation >
trollhunter2 almost 4 years ago
Good luck dude.
SkipTorsion almost 4 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwYcsMiB2UM&ab_channel=VanHalen765
Darryl Heine almost 4 years ago
Good riddance to the Queen Victoria online strip after a decade and a half!
cdward almost 4 years ago
Thank you for everything Pab. And Vic, and Liz and Edward, and … Everyone!
We’ll miss you. Good luck as you look to new Adventures!
vernb almost 4 years ago
All good things. Goodbye, Pab.
Dawn Premium Member almost 4 years ago
We will MISS you all!!!! Best of luck on the road ahead!
Alice Brady Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I’ve greatly enjoyed this view of the world. Best wishes on your next endeavors!
Masterskrain almost 4 years ago
Godspeed, Your Maj!
Pab Sungenis creator almost 4 years ago
And so the 15 year experiment comes to an end. Growing out of what I thought was a one time joke on someone else’s LiveJournal, it took on a life of its own. At one point I thought it might last a couple of months.
Then I moved it from just LiveJournal onto Comics Sherpa, where it caught the eye of John Glynn and was one of a handful of strips (most notably the Argyle Sweater) he selected over time to move to the main GoComics page. He and I shared a joke that our relationship was just like that of William Randolph Hearst and George Herriman, in that Hearst kept the strip in print because he wanted to read it.
In the end, the strip outlived both of its original homes: LiveJournal and Comics Sherpa.
Our supporting cast in the background today represent almost every “supporting cast” production piece I had in PhotoImpact or on my hard drive. The exceptions tend to be from variations on a character (although I did include a few Victoria variants and Edward’s doppelganger Renfrew). Do not ask me to name them all; there are some who I forgot who they were. I also deliberately chose not to include Fearless Leader; I’ve had enough of him and don’t want to give him any more brain time.
I just ran out of space (I didn’t know there was a maximum comment size) and had to take out two paragraphs so I had room to end properly. As for what comes next, I’m going back to writing hoping to finish my next novel and next play. At the same time, by friend S.P. Burke (a great writer in his own right and a much better artist than I) are at work on a new strip. It will be more mainstream than TNAOQV, but will still feature our subversive senses of humor. If we can pull it off, it will probably come out in a year or two. If not, well, we’ll go do something else.
Thank you all for fifteen years of mediocre jokes and horrible art. It was fun for me and I hope you found it funny, too. — Pab
Sebec Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Thank you for the comic. Enjoyed them. Even the ones I did not get. Hope the new novel, play and strip will actually earn you some real money.
Michael G. almost 4 years ago
FOR SO SAY WE ALL!
Shalom, amigo.
tduffy almost 4 years ago
Thank you for the laughs and the thinking.
fmlaskey almost 4 years ago
I’m going to miss this strip so very much. Thank you and good luck!
UBBM Premium Member almost 4 years ago
So long and thanks.
bwoodruf Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Thank you, Pab. I much appreciate the update. Thank you for all the fun times.
Terr Bear Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Good luck and God bless, Pab. Thanks for the laughs. See you in the funny papers ;)
lms1231 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I’m going to miss this! Thank you for the love!
TheWildSow almost 4 years ago
Best of luck in the future, Pab. And thank you for all the amusement over the years!
Havel almost 4 years ago
“A day without laughter is a day wasted.” (Charlie Chaplin). Thanks for the fruitful days.
DCBakerEsq almost 4 years ago
“Life’s single lesson: that there is more accident to it than a man can ever admit to in a lifetime and stay sane.”- Thomas Pynchon
Goldman Allan Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Sad to see you go but glad to see you’re moving on to new creative projects. All the best.
rhess2 almost 4 years ago
Thank you so much for the laughs, obscure references, and timely political commentary. I’m going to check this spot every day hoping against hope to see something from you. Take care and best wishes for a happy, productive, and prosperous future.
gigagrouch almost 4 years ago
i see Grace the Face made it too.
Rfrysinger almost 4 years ago
Hey PabI really enjoyed this strip- smart as well as witty! Best of luck in your future endeavors!
plaidley almost 4 years ago
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!
David Harris almost 4 years ago
Thanks, Pab.
Gweedo -it's legal here- Murray almost 4 years ago
I have enjoyed Pab’s quirky, oft times not understandable to me, until posters explained what was meant, humour. (Spelt in keeping with her Maj’s vocabulary style.)
I hope you and Mr. Burke’s new work will make it to Gocom, Pab.
Not following comments everyday, I am wondering if you are still in your New York (state of mind) home that you fund drove for. It would be a terrible waste for all the help you got only to not keep the place.
See you back in the funny papers, I hope ! :-)
GG_loves_comics Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Yes, you were amusing. You will be missed.
kathybear almost 4 years ago
Pab, thank you for introducing me to a line of characters I often had to research and translate. It’s been fun and I was amused. Goodbye and good luck with your future endeavors. Sneak a note to us when your novel is published – maybe in the comments on Nancy or Garfield?
Crystal Wood Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Thank you, Pab. I will miss ‘Er Majesty’s adventures, but I wish you all success with your new ones.
markle9 almost 4 years ago
Thank you for the wonderful strips! It was hysterical. I’ll miss it. But hey, I didn’t know you wrote plays! Maybe I’ll see you in some playwriting group. Thanks for 15 years of laughs.
not my real name Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Netflix, on line two.
John Lustig (Last Kiss) creator almost 4 years ago
Good luck, Pal, and thanks for all the years of fun!
June Higgins Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I was a latecomer to TNAOQV also, but enjoyed your wry humor and quixotic tales of Victoria. Going to miss it very much. Good luck, Pab!
Chris Sherlock almost 4 years ago
Another latecomer here. Pab, I just wanted to tell you how much I’ve enjoyed reading and learning from TNAOQV. As an example of the latter, I had to look up a reference in yesterday’s strip because—believe it or not—I’ve never seen “Fiddler on the Roof.” I wish you nothing but the best in your future creative endeavors.
librarian4hire almost 4 years ago
Kol tun and zay gezunt, Pab. All the best and be well. This strip has taken me through good times and bad, prosperity and poverty, grief and recovery.
Kol ha’ka’vod (all of the honor) to you.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I’m going to miss this silly strip. It’s always been fun. Thanks for the giggles. :)
Erin Pierce almost 4 years ago
Thanks for the memories…and the giggles
carsc23 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
The most original strip I’d seen in years. This is going to be a much-missed part of my day. Thanks for the memories, Pab!
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Reading the comments, I can tell her Maj, “We were amused.”
frodisaur2 almost 4 years ago
Thank you so much, Pab. You’ve created a lot of good karma by entertaining so many for so long. There’s going to be a hole in my heart where Queen Vic used to be.
TheDOCTOR almost 4 years ago
I WAS AMUSED. Thank you, Pab & Good Luck.
pschearer Premium Member almost 4 years ago
February 15, 2021: No reruns.
T Smith almost 4 years ago
Just stumbled across this strip for the first time, can’t wait for future installments!
vernb almost 4 years ago
Thank you, Pab. Vic will be missed.
hfelder7219 almost 4 years ago
We were amused. You will be missed!
JimValTen Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Heard a rumor that the Queen Mum was as bummed as we are because you we retiring. It’s said that she faithfully read and explained your strips to Philip. So long and good luck, it’s been good to know yah!
57BelAir almost 4 years ago
Thanks I have enjoyed the relatively short time I’ve had with the strip. love the Sgt. Pepper-ish montage.
jel354 almost 4 years ago
Just read the first strip. Appropriate book ends.
Pab Sungenis creator almost 4 years ago
By the way, if anyone wants to nominate me for a Pulitzer, I wouldn’t say no. :)
taxidancer almost 4 years ago
Most of what you did was amusing but I won’t miss your snarky attitudes.
jrankin1959 almost 4 years ago
This is the end… my oldest friend, the end…
Durak Premium Member almost 4 years ago
All the best Pab!
thorshamber almost 4 years ago
noooo…..come back!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SavannahJim Premium Member almost 4 years ago
And not a dry (or googly) eye in the bunch. Like The Lady say, “3 tears in a bucket…” Catch you on the flip-side Pab. Stay hip.
panille almost 4 years ago
Day four and I still can’t find Oscar…
Major Matt Mason Premium Member almost 4 years ago
For those interested in beginning at the beginning: https://www.gocomics.com/thenewadventuresofqueenvictoria/2006/02/08
Drbarb71 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Oh no! I will really miss your hilarious humor. I even saved a few and passed many on to friends. Hope to see your new cartoon soon! .
badgerkr over 3 years ago
Am missing your strip so much.
Preziosilla over 3 years ago
Heaven bless you, Pab, and thanks for all the fish.
fuzzbucket Premium Member over 3 years ago
When will Pab start the re-runs?
twagner003 over 3 years ago
Sigh. The only thing I have left is the “Random” button.
MuddyUSA Premium Member over 3 years ago
Sorry Queenie, nobody gets that chance!
hermogenes Premium Member over 3 years ago
Thank you for this fun and very original comic strip. Unlike Victoria, I have been quite amused.
david.reichert over 3 years ago
I keep automatically looking here. Hoping for one more I guess. Is that an addiction?
katina.cooper over 3 years ago
Have to read these.
buckman-j over 3 years ago
Okay Go comics “Editors” Gone since February, time to wake up dudes. Sad
c_xlong over 3 years ago
Hey Pab, I don’t know if you are still reading your comments, but I was wondering if you might consider selling prints of the final strip.
buckman-j over 3 years ago
I guess the “Editors” are getting stimulus money, because they sure ain’t working. You know guys, there are cartoonists who are doing stuff that might need work. Maybe take up the space this oldie and the ancient Oliphant are using.
jrankin1959 about 3 years ago
While we’re waiting for the potential new strip, will we re-start TNAOQV from the beginning (as is frequently the case with other strips on GoComics ), or are we going to see this panel until then?