Final Strip
For the last strip, Janz drew one large panel to bring the entire series to a close. In said strip Rufus, Andy, and Miller returned for their first appearances since the strip changed its name to Single and Looking, and the characters acknowledged they were living in a comic strip. In the strip, Jackie remarked about the fact that the strip had no closure and they'd never know if she got remarried or not. Rufus (the only of the returning characters with a line) responded with "Now you know how we felt," referring to the demise of the original Out of the Gene Pool. Sam asked if there was a relative that could take over the strip. Travis remarked, "The economy must really be bad if comic characters are losing their jobs." The final line was uttered by Madame Red, who said, "We almost lasted as long as Peanuts...in dog years"; she was spotted with a suitcase and the fax machine she presumably called dibs on. Janz closed the strip by thanking his readers for their support.
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