According to Comics.com, today is the last all-new "Raising Duncan" comic strip. From comments I read elsewhere, creator Chris Browne did not have enough newspaper markets to sustain the strip. Comics.com will begin running the strip from the beginning starting tomorrow.

If you've never caught "Duncan," the premise is thus:

"Not every family is made up of Mom, Dad and the kids. 'Raising Duncan' follows the antics of 'Big Daddy' Kelly, an easily distracted romance novelist suffering from writer's block. His wife, Adelle, is an organized mystery writer who shares his antique writing desk and his unabashed love for Duncan, a little black Scotty dog who is the heart of their household. A wide-eyed innocent who marvels at the world and asks endless questions, Duncan is loved by everyone - even the cat [Bramley]."

It was a delightful strip about both the animals and people--for every instance of Willow I found echoed in Duncan, I could find equal echoes of James and myself in Adelle and Bruce. Sometimes the emphasis was on the animals (and their puzzlement at human ways), sometimes on the vagaries of being a free-lance writer, or it could be just about life in general. It was like a small taste of chocolate each day, sweet and satisfying, and I'll miss it.

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