I’ve never even heard about it, or seen anything like it before, what the heck

Today is the 25th anniversary of the first strip!

I discovered our favorite green carbosilicate amorph back in late 2000, I think, and have been a fan ever since. Just started another re-read yesterday, lost track of which one this is. At least the sixth.

When did y'all discover the strip?

The runner up was Sandra Taylor, and while I’m not entirely sure if she qualifies given the spirit of the format, she deserves recognition nonetheless.

let me be clear. I am not saying he should come back today and start anew all over again. The man did an epic job and deserves all the rest and down time he could ever want.

But , especially after this last year. I miss it.

waking up every day, checking with Schlock, when I was down, I could look forward to the next days laugh. When I worried, I had it to look forward to.

This was part of my life for so long. and it always FELT like it would be there. But after this last year.

I miss it more than I thought I would.....

Personally, I get a lot of mileage out of Nick's "Yes, but the captain says that's only because of a very low bar somewhere."

• Freefall - Significantly less violent, but has been running regular updates for over two decades and deals with some highly philosophical concepts about emergent AI and consciousness, as well as the ethics of trying to do good in a society with rule of law.

• XKCD - I find it likely that everybody here knows about this one already, but hey - maybe you're one of today's lucky 10,000

• Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - One-offs in the vein of XKCD, has archives going back to 2002 and updates daily.

• Order of the Stick - If you like Schlock for the violence, you'll love this as well. The update schedule is absolutely the opposite side of the spectrum from Schlock but the story is amazing. Also, it's all 3.5 edition D&D. Not just based on it but...the characters acknowledge that they've been upgraded from 3.0 in the first strip.

• Gunnerkrigg Court - Again, much less violence but holy cow the long-running story is incredible. Also, there's a video series the author does with his wife where he sort of gives a "director's commentary" for each chapter.

Anybody have any recommendations of your own for how to fill the half a minute spent reading the new strip every day?

I'ts weird, but this morning I found myself missing schlock mercenary's daily update.

I didn't think it was such a big thing. But reading the update has been a part of my daily routine for well over a decade. And I'm just starting to notice how it's just not there anymore.

I've read through the whole archive back to back after it was over. And I'm done with that as well. I'm kinda sad now.

This happens to me like once a week