"Was that a shark in that tank?" "Let me check my notes..."

[athelind]

Ladies and gentlemen, Sluggy Freelance has Jumped the Shark. I'm dropping it from my rotation after many years of faithful reading. After wrapping up a long, well-done, emotionally-intense storyline a few months back, the strip took a side-track into a confusing dead end that even Pete admits he never quite got the hang of.

He's dropped that, and gone back to the main characters -- but all of the momentum from "That Which Redeems" has been lost.

If Pete ever recaptures the Nifty, please let me know.

Comments

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

may i recomend bunny?

http://www.frozenreality.co.uk/comic/bunny/index.php

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

oh, can i add GPF to that list of shark jumpers?

and try www.toddandpenguin.com - dave just finished a really nice set

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't....
GPF is weird occasionally but never less than entertaining...
and the recent Trudy storyline was good...

[athelind.livejournal.com]

For me, GPF jumped the shark YEARS ago. As it drifted further and further from Zany Office Comedy through Improbable Spy Spoof to "WTF is this jester guy anyway??", I finally realized that I Just Didn't Care Anymore.

I enjoy Todd & Penguin, however.

[hedgegoth.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's when I started disliking it as well, the whole surepitious machinations wossname.

I keep reading it and don't know why, much like User Friendly...

[stalbon.livejournal.com]

Truthfully, That Which Redeems felt stale for me. It lacked a great deal of what made Sluggy classic: crisp jokes, real drama, and excitable, likable characters. Oh, there were times that made it good, but the events of the Holiday Wars Saga leading up to it were a bit of a slowdown, but That Which Redeems was near absurd in its length and lack of real bite. With the return of Bun-Bun and some new, interesting characters, I think he's brought life back into the series. This new 'interuum' with Torg and the rest is still funny, yes, and takes us back a lot to the good old days. I'm sorry that we differ in opinion here, but I think that Pete has brought the better part of Sluggy back now.

[iridium-wolf.livejournal.com]

You're not alone in feeling that way. I felt that way two, three years ago. It just stopped being interesting or funny for me. *shrug*

[ounceofreason.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I thought he jumped back with his Tori Amos-fueled "Fire and Rain" angst-fest a few years ago.. but then he managed to unjump a few months later, so who knows. Give him a year, and maybe it'll stop sucking again.