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In honour of missing me (ahahahaha) during my little absences, I've decided to make a thread about webcomics on hiatus-- Because they're SAD!

I've lost a lot of my favourite webcomics over the years to hiatus. Once upon a time I just deleted them from my bookmarks. Now, however, I have folders for comics on hiatus and rare updaters.

So, talk about how YOU deal with comics on hiatus. Do you keep em or forget em? Which ones do you miss the MOST? Talk about other hiatus-related experience.

My most glorious experience is of course Elf Only Inn... Seeing updates after so long brought tears of joy to my eyes!

Note: If you've made a topic since the "last updated" date on the List sticky, please post in my thread! It would help me, you and everyone else out an awful lot. If it's not posted there, it probably won't get added... I'm really sucky like that. Thanks!

Hey, I remember that! It was a happy day, indeed.

I used to keep all my webcomics in one bookmarks folder, but I usually go "open all in tabs" when I read them, and at some point, I got so many that I started to murder my computer every time I did that, so now I sort all my webcomics in 5 separate folders based on how much I like each comic, and I have a folder for ones that are on hiatus, and I have one for old favorites that ended.

I don't really mind too terribly when a comic goes on hiatus. It's best not to say anything to the creator about it because they likely have a good reason for going on it and don't want to be bothered.

But I feel pretty bad when I put my comic Evilish on hiatus, because I dearly love my comic and I really want to keep it moving. I only go on hiatus when I get completely burned out or if I'm suffering under the weight of a lot of schoolwork or a job.

Sometimes I'll go back and take another look at comics I loved that are dead now. I have a separate link section for dead ones. But I don't START reading comics that are dead... you know what I mean? Getting involved in a story and then getting cut off in the middle of it is too disappointing. I can't stand inconclusive stories... and when I say inconclusive, I also mean stories that purposely end that way. Stories that end at something resembling a cliffhanger, without any sort of epilogue alluded to. ...Those really bother me. Especially knowing that there's no chance of it being picked up again (unless a sequel appears, but sequels are almost never good as the original).

Gone with the Blastwave, one of the least updated comics ever. There have been 38 strips posted since July 2005.

...Ummm...haha...The thing is, I was about to complain that the artist was on still on hiatus, as he just comes out of hiatus. Hooray for Kimmo's return! Okay, I'm happy!

I have quite a few (but they're mostly pretty naughty. Not sure if I should be posting those kinds of links!!) that I've come back to find either on hiatus or apparently over.

The first is a comic I have loved TO DEATH because of the artists style. Burgundy Comics. From what I've read up on her, she is a very very busy person now that she's older. Doesn't have too much time for the comic, but, does frequent her message board every now and then. I wanted to ask her about the comic but some artists are sensitive about that. I didn't want her to get pissed off at me.

The second comic is Chugworth Academy. But I understand why this one is on hiatus. The artist is having some financial issues. Had I more dough in my wallet, I'd surely put him on comission to draw some avitar art for me if he'd be so willing. I love the flavor of his work.

Then, there is Clan of the Cats. I...am....addicted..to...this! Now off and on, the creator will fall ill or have something to do. That is why I really don't get mad at that. Everyone has their unfortunate situations in life. I respect how he handles it, though. Right now, there's an April fools joke about the comic, though. I almost had a heart attack today reading it... rofl So lame I am!!

A super naughty comic called Sexy Losers finally went on hiatus I think in either 2006 or early 2007. The artist dropped a few comics after that, but pretty much told everyone it was over (and that we should quit e mailing him about new strips; 'cause there were none and we're on drugs...) and he had a good time. Aside from the obvious sexuality of the strips, they were actually very funny.

Another one called sex and violence has been on hold/hiatus for a long time. Now, the artist came back in late 2006 and said this was due to him first having a nervous breakdown and then having to give up internet to pay hospice bills. It made me sad to hear he was going through that. I had come to love his comic. After that, he stopped making them. All you can see is a page that says "Soon." But in the webcomic world, soon can either mean now or never.

Finally, there is Purple p***y. This comic ended a long while ago and it was a shocker! Her friends ended up going on with their lives and she and her girlfriend were left to themselves. In the token theme of most of the creator's endings to comics, the girls became human and ran off into the sunset. I thought that was pretty touching.

I think that is about it. I can't think of any other ones that I've come to love that are on hiatus. All my other webcomics are up and running!

I have several comics that are on Hiatus or ended, and depending on which it is I have separate folders for both. Ended comics I usually don't bother with but Hiatus comics I will at least open it in tabs once a month and see if any have started updating.

As for comics that I loved going on Hiatus or Ending.
Hiatus: Digital War, Road Waffles, Bot & Cam, Catena, Slackers, Schoolbooks & Brimstone.
Ended: Mellonpool, Machall, Bob and George.

Machall and Bob and George are some of my fav comics to date. But I still go to the BnG website everyday because when he ended it he decided "Lets go through the archives again!"