Wednesday, October 16, 2024

flook 16 october 1954

 

...and, rather bizarrely, this is the point at which Flook stopped running in US / Canadian newspapers. I wonder if there's any way to find out why the run ended. I mean of course there's no point in making a big announcement about a cancellation - it'll only get people upset - but this is a really strange place to end... 

2 comments:

B Smith said...

If this means there'll be no more Flook, let me say thanks for posting the ones you have - they've made for most intersting reading.

David Nichols said...

I don't think it's possible to source any more strips - as far as I'm aware the British newspapers it appeared in after this time haven't been digitised. I might have a sniff around though as it would be interesting and enjoyable for different reasons after this, I suspect.

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