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The Last Starslip

#1

jwhouk

jwhouk

I'm somewhat surprised no one has noted that Straub is planning on ending Starslip within a month or so's time.

He's got a rather interesting plot twist right now: waking up in the distant past, next to... Jovia?


#2

David

David

I'll miss Starslip, but I do hope this means a return of F-chords.


#3

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Wait, I thought he was planning to stop at the end of the year?


#4

Gusto

Gusto

Honestly Starslip's kinda lost me over the past couple years.


#5

MindDetective

MindDetective

I believe he said it'll end around August or so.


#6

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Gusto said:
Honestly Starslip's kinda lost me over the past couple years.
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In all honesty... I felt the same way when they did the Big Slip. Before it had been a uniquely quirky sci-fi comic with a number of things going for it and keeping it fresh and interesting. After the Slip it just felt like Just Another Sci-Fi Comic #1,709. I can understand Straub wanting to draw in new readers by making the plot more streamlined, but still for a long-time reader like yours truly it felt like he had given the most interesting plots and funniest quirks of his strip the Old Yeller treatment.


#7

Gusto

Gusto

North_Ranger said:
In all honesty... I felt the same way when they did the Big Slip. Before it had been a uniquely quirky sci-fi comic with a number of things going for it and keeping it fresh and interesting. After the Slip it just felt like Just Another Sci-Fi Comic #1,709. I can understand Straub wanting to draw in new readers by making the plot more streamlined, but still for a long-time reader like yours truly it felt like he had given the most interesting plots and funniest quirks of his strip the Old Yeller treatment.
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Exactly!


#8

MindDetective

MindDetective

Well, he's starting to tie it all together now, reaching way back to things he introduced a long time ago.


#9

PatrThom

PatrThom

This thread? First I knew that the series was ending.

--Patrick


#10

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

PatrThom said:
This thread? First I knew that the series was ending.

--Patrick
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Not quite for me. But it was Halforums that informed me of the fact.

A shame, really... I always kept hoping Straub would get back to the comic's roots, but I guess going from "quirky and original even if you have to start by reading the archives" to "run of the mill space opera" didn't pan out in the long run.

I miss the old Starslip Crisis...


#11



Soliloquy

"WEAR IT LIKE A HAAAAAAAT!" is still the funniest moment in webcomics history, in my opinion.

But yeah... my opinion of Starslip went downhill after the big slip as well. It's been better recently though.


#12

Baerdog

Baerdog

That was an amazing climax. I wish he would have retired the strip after that arc, even the "Starslip Classic" arcs that came after it never really recaptured the magic in my opinion.


#13

jwhouk

jwhouk

Uh, this might sound a bit weird, but I'm actually liking how Kris is bringing this together. Yeah, the plots seem strangely contrived, but then again that's been the theme of the whole webcomic.


#14

MindDetective

MindDetective

jwhouk said:
Uh, this might sound a bit weird, but I'm actually liking how Kris is bringing this together. Yeah, the plots seem strangely contrived, but then again that's been the theme of the whole webcomic.
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Yup, the last two weeks or so have been quite good.


#15

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

I always felt that Starslip was the kind of comic I would love, but for whatever reason, I just never got into it. Shame to see it go, but it's inevitable for most comics (web and newspaper).


#16

LittleSin

LittleSin

I loved today's comic. I wonder if there will be an epilogue.


#17



Soliloquy

I'm actually really curious as to where the strip's going to go from here, and how much longer the strip will go on.

Also, I've been waiting for Vanderbeam to start time travelling ever since he got his hands on a (later stolen) timesuit before the big slip.


#18

MindDetective

MindDetective

I thought it was until the beginning of August, but I'm not sure if the denouement will actually be able to go that long.


#19



Soliloquy

It's... over. I feel like that was a little too rushed. I'm also really sad because the webcomic I've been reading for over six years is over. It's like when Inverloch ended. Or Minus.
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Though I do like the chainsawsuit tie-in.


#20

LittleSin

LittleSin

That was a sweet ending. Very classy.


#21

jwhouk

jwhouk

I have my doubts that the man had this in mind from day one. Still - nice way to go out.


#22

MindDetective

MindDetective

It needs a denouement but otherwise a fitting end.


#23

jwhouk

jwhouk

Yeah, but I think he left it that way so that, if he wanted to, he could go back and revisit what happens next. Heck, that could be his plans for the book he's got coming out in August.


#24

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Saw Jerry's post on PA. Does anyone remember it being Starshift Crisis? I could've sworn I started reading it right after Checkerboard Nightmare ended and seeing it as Starslip Crisis already.


#25

MindDetective

MindDetective

I do. There was a website that already had that name (a game in development, I think?) and so he changed it.


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