Final Strip and Editorial Comment
A final, specially drawn strip appeared on the Daily Mirror's comic page on Saturday June 10, 2006. The strip depicts the silhouetted figures of Maisie, Baby Grumpling, Wellington, Boot and Marlon walking down a street into the sunset. Wellington says, "Well, dear readers, it's taken almost fifty years for you to see the back of us. In sayin' goodbye we hope that you remember us with the affecshun we feel for you." The tone of the strip is reminiscent of Charles M. Schulz's final Peanuts strip, from which the Perishers strip took its inspiration.
The strip was initially replaced by the short-lived Ronaldinho, during the then-ongoing World Cup. After the tournament ended, a more permanent replacement appeared in the form of American import Pooch Cafe which, while being better received overall than Ronaldinho, was felt by some to be too American-orientated in its humour, and left readers missing the typically British humour of Perishers.
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