Discontinuation From Comics.com
On April 17, 2007, United Feature Syndicate announced through Comics.com that Pibgorn would be discontinued on the following day. Brooke McEldowney has indicated that United Feature Syndicate accommodated his request to be released from his contract in order to secure a new online home for Pibgorn.
From a letter from Brooke McEldowney to his readers:
With United Media’s announcement that “Pibgorn” is to be discontinued, I have been inundated with e-mail, much of it agitated and distressed. I’m very sorry you had to get the news in this rather dispassionate way. That I may answer your central question forthwith, I’ve composed this response for everyone – so please forgive me if I seem impersonal.
“PIBGORN” WILL CONTINUE. for current information and dispatches go to officialpibgorn.livejournal.com.
There. That is the main thing I wanted to say. Comics.com, however, will, as they have announced, no longer be the source. Nothing dramatic happened, really. I simply came to feel that the editorial needs of comics.com and those of “Pibgorn” were becoming more and more divergent and incompatible. For this reason I asked to be released from my contract with United Media in order to secure a new online home for “Pibgorn.” United Media most graciously, and reluctantly, agreed. In short order I hope to get Pib back up and flying. Meanwhile, you have seen the most current installments of '"Pibgorn." Hold that thought. We’ll be back. All best wishes, and thanks so very much for writing.
After the move to GoComics.com, the content became more risque, including nudity and implied sexual content. For example, in the August 22, 2008 strip, Geoff is seen walking down the street, nude, with his bare buttocks on display,.
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