on dead webcomics

The saddest thing in webcomic land is a promising webcomic that no longer updates. Some, like professor ashfield, a smart comic with exactly the same image and a different caption each day, have since come back with little or no warning. Some just disappear from the internet, like the enjoyable "Life's so Rad", are removed without a trace. There might be an explanation for that... but it has never been given.

Still, some are worth celebrating, and wishing for a come back. Specifically Elf Only Inn was always enjoyable. All about the going ons in an online fantasy roleplaying chatroom, it could be immensely funny, with a reasonable amount of plot development thrown in. It was one of my favourtie comics, until one day it stopped updating. It then came back... but stopped again, and has not updated for over a year. Will it come back? Who knows?

On that note, we should celebrate the comics that have come back. Cup of Suffering was very funny, and is finally back, although updating very slowly. I think it's worth waiting for.