Tough impossible act to follow

Best of luck in the future, gentlemen. You'll be missed.

Damn. I'm going to miss their toons.

Mommyyyyyyyyy! It's ooooooveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!

/channeling the just for laughs munster

I will start buying their books, though.

"I also want to stop focusing so much of my creative energy on negative aspects of daily life. There's still an ideological battle to be fought, not to mention an actual war, and I will stay engaged in some form and medium. But at this point, anything seems more appealing than immersing myself in the sewer of daily politics."

I wonder how you do it ,too Charles, keeping abreast of all the insanity. I for one am glad for the work that C&F have done and your daily contribution to keeping the moonbats at bay as best we can.

I still laugh every time I look at their cartoon on the top of LGF

I'll miss them, but good on them to continue in the ways that they can.

Good luck, guys. Your editorial cartoons are fabulous and good luck with all your future endeavors.

too bad. funny, intelligent, and talented is how i would describe their work.

It's the end of the world as we know it (and I don't feel fine).

Thanks, C&F, you will be missed.
No one else illustrates the events of our time quite as succinctly.

End of a one-of-a-kind era. Good luck guys.

Bullet holes in the curtains. Knives embedded in the stage. Rotten fruit all around. As the guy with the Uncle Sam hat genteelly bows. Great finale. Says it all.

We've lost a valuable voice- this one expressed through art. But with the reactions we're seeing from certain other cartoons, and the continued onslaught against our freedom of expression- who will rise up to take their place? Who would want to?

The world will be poorer.

re: #7 mbruce

....I wonder how you do it ,too Charles....

I echo this, a thousandfold.

Say it ain't so.
All Hail, Cox&Forkum!

As a part-time cartoonist/caricaturist, I can vouch for the tremendous discipline and effort that goes into ONE, let alone 4 or 5 a week!

All good fortune to you, Cox & Forkum, now and forever!

Karridine

I wish you guys the best and have my wish list of your books. You have been the only editorial cartoonists whose work I've liked without question in my many years. Good luck. Nothing, except for Uncle Sam taking a bow, can beat that big ol' green lizard at the top of this blog. He da Kingfish.

Thanks Cox and Forkum for all of your wonderful work and for bringing us a smile.

Good Luck in your future endeavors.

God speed guys. You will surely be missed

They will be missed. More than once, I've referred some borderline moonbat to their site to look at the cartoon and read the editorial.

Selfishly I"m very sorry to see them bow out, but wish them the best.

No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, NO!

Say it ain't so!

Ok, best wishes to you gentlemen.

-The Tuna

Thanx 4 the memories....

re: #17 buzzsawmonkey

There would be no greater testament to their influence than someone should fill that void. The power of inspiration can go a long way- you never know who you may touch and inspire with your own words and deeds. We all have a potential to change someone's life for the betterment of humanity.

Thank you both. You will be sorely missed, and are truly irreplaceable.

Darn ! I did buy all their books. Maybe they will be back someday. I just sent Charles $10 via PayPal as a heartfelt token of gratitude. He is immensely valuable...

I've appreciated it and thank you.
BTW, you mention publishing a "small newspaper" - I've been in that line of work, and can testify the headaches and work are inversely proportional to the size of the newspaper. Amazed you could do both so well.

Thanks to the both of you if you read this for all of the inspiration, the insight, and especially the humor. It was well appreciated.

Cheers and the best of good fortune to both of them. What a valuable weapon they are/were in our life's battles.

They will be much missed.

I'm really going to miss them.

I wish them all the best in their future projects, which I hope they'll share with us.

Here's wishing them the very best in the future. They are going to be missed greatly. I have to admit,after reading "The Final Bow",I understand why. I can't argue with it.

Well,I guess this means the moonbats are going to be hitting the koolaid LATE into the night in celebration.

Thanks for the entertainment. All your work has helped shine the light on the issues we face.

re: #28 livfreeordie

Talk about my #26- you inspired me!

Best of luck to these fellows.

I noticed visiting the original 2002 link we can retroactively rate it and the comments.

OK, the NYG are coming on and Olberdunce is almost off. I can safely tune to NBC in six minutes.

No political cartoonists nailed the events since 9/11 like Cox & Forkum. And when some future event creates a temptation to crank out another one, I hope you guys will give in now and then. Thanks for the years of great laughs and nail on the head messages.

Gee, that's really too bad. They gave us a good run of it, so we're thankful for that and wish them all the best in their endeavors.

re: #25 Airedale
Thanx 4 the memories.....
.......thanks, Guys it was a great run.....

Best. Editorial. Cartoons. Ever.

Good on ya, C&F. We're going to miss you.

re: #37 JammieWearingFool

Best of luck to these fellows.

I noticed visiting the original 2002 link we can retroactively rate it and the comments.

OK, the NYG are coming on and Olberdunce is almost off. I can safely tune to NBC in six minutes.

LOL...I got caught with him in week 1. Ever since I wait until kickoff before tuning into NBC.

BTW...here's an OT...seen this site yet?

A review of the sites of Palestinian Islamic Jihad

What a shame. C&F was one of the few sites I checked nearly every day. Thanks for everything, gentlemen!

re: #37 JammieWearingFool

OK, the NYG are coming on and Olberdunce is almost off. I can safely tune to NBC in six minutes.

As a Philly Phan...do ya think the Eagles will go easy on the Giants tonight, yanno, 'cause the Mets...uhhh...?

OT (sorry!)

Uh oh?

Christian Conservatives Consider Third-Party Effort

Alarmed at the chance that the Republican party might pick Rudolph Giuliani as its presidential nominee despite his support for abortion rights, a coalition of influential Christian conservatives is threatening to back a third-party candidate in an attempt to stop him.

I miss their wit already.

Their new book is only $14 - although it won't ship until next month, if you can wait a couple weeks. Order now and you get an autographed copy.

I hope they sign mine to Noam Sayin' and not my human name.

Hopefully we'll get a once-a-month guest appearance.

Good luck and thank you Cox & Forkum

From their web site:

I also want to stop focusing so much of my creative energy on negative aspects of daily life. There's still an ideological battle to be fought, not to mention an actual war, and I will stay engaged in some form and medium. But at this point, anything seems more appealing than immersing myself in the sewer of daily politics.

That said, I imagine we won't be able to resist creating an occasionally editorial cartoon. And if we do, we'll post it here.

Best of luck to both Cox and Forkum. Such amazing talent.
I certainly understand the need to step back and get away from the disintegrating political grind. With the Clinton's poised to take over again - it's getting more depressing by the day.

That's too bad.

Always insightful commentary couple with amazing artwork.

Gonna miss you guys. Best of luck.

Dang...miss y'all already!
Thanks Charles for introducing them to so many of us as well! :)
Does this mean we have to deal with the Issssssssssslamo Nazi threat without bein able to laugh at it jus a tad?...sigh .............

I really wish, selfishly, that CoxandForkum would have stayed on through this next election.

We're going to need a spark of humor through the negativity.

/don't look at me for any humor! At best, all I got is snark...:)

re: #46 gettinby

OT (sorry!)

Uh oh?

Christian Conservatives Consider Third-Party Effort

Alarmed at the chance that the Republican party might pick Rudolph Giuliani as its presidential nominee despite his support for abortion rights, a coalition of influential Christian conservatives is threatening to back a third-party candidate in an attempt to stop him.

All that will do is help to the Clintons. It's a numbers game.
Why can't these purists wake up?

Maybe when Rush buys the NY Times he can make them an offer too good to refuse -- to be the in-house cartoonists.

(trying to start a rumor I wish would come true)

To Cox & Forkum: Thank you, thank you, thank you for your excellent work!

Oh MY! Not a great way to end the week.

Best of luck to you both - you will be deeply and sorely missed.

I just spent 10 minutes reading and perusing the C&F site...great work Guys! Thanks, from a mostly lurker at LGF!

OT:

The Group Behind Smear Campaigns Against Limbaugh and O’Reilly

"Thanks for the memories..."

I will miss their wit and talents so well expressed in a timely manner on such a broad range of topics.

I bid you farewell, but not goodby.

It really like losing a big part of LGF.

I always liked when you posted the Cox & Forkum cartoons, Charles. Their style of editorial cartooning is all too rare these days! I'm gonna have to order the fourth book tonight!

Guess all good things must come to an end. First, Gary Larson, now this disappears.

Best of wishes to you guys. Thanks for laughs!

Here's hoping you have a change of heart.

re: #59 FrogMarch

OT:

The Group Behind Smear Campaigns Against Limbaugh and O’Reilly

Maybe more importantly, even fewer citizens are aware that this organization is linked directly to Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as billionaire leftist George Soros.

This will be in all the headlines tomorrow!

/sarc

re: #54 FrogMarch

All that will do is help to the Clintons. It's a numbers game.
Why can't these purists wake up?

Exactly. Looks like I've got some emailing and telephoning to do. This is not a good situation.

I'm going to miss the opportunities to share their wit at work on my computer wallpaper.

re: #61 Killgore Trout

It really like losing a big part of LGF.

Yes. Yes it is.

Best of Luck, Great job

I have a feeling this duo will be back someday. Until then, best of luck to them on their future endeavors.

I will certainly miss their cartoons! Best of luck to them in all their endeavors.

re: #67 MandyManners

re: #61 Killgore Trout

It really like losing a big part of LGF.

Yes. Yes it is.

Hey guys- All Things Must Pass.

/Sadly true....

I'll miss their cartoons, but I think Cox and Forkum will be in the spotlight again. Maybe they just need a new stage.

Maybe now they will have time to visit lgf and post a "hi" to us.

I wish them every future success.

It was one thing when Unger retired "Herman". Andy Capp is no longer with us. But it is quite another when two tremendously astute individuals involved in the miso-islamist battle leave the field. I do hope that they will reconsider.

Gotta get those books. In the meantime a friend I admire on the internet had a funny one....

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited the U.S. recently. President Bush, known for his difficulty with names (especially those not in English), developed a list of less formal terms to address the guest dignitary.

* Abracadabra

* Bad Mamma Jamma

* El Presidente: Persian Version

* A-Jad

* A. Jiddy

* On a Dinner Jihad (also useful when dieting)

* Ahmizzle Dijizzle

* The Denier

* Nolocaust

* Shah Nah Nah

* Kareem Abdul the Other Guy

* Nomohomos

* Pajama Dad (only on White House sleepovers)

* Mekka Lekka Hi (upon entrance); Mekka Hiney Ho (upon exiting)

* Sim Sim Sala Bite Me

* Mah Mood IS FLUSTERATED 'CAUSE I HAVE TO LEARN ALL THESE DANG FOREIGNESIAN NAMES

* Rock the Caz Boss

* Sheik 'n' Beak

* Uranium Enrichie Cunningham

* Hey, Didn't Unca Ronnie Reagan Already Kick Your Ass, Like, a Hundred Years Ago?

* Al Jarreau Al-Jazeera

* Swami Salami Bah-Frickin'-Loony

the last one was my favorite lol!
[Link: blog.myspace.com...]

***sniff !*** wipes tear.

No No No!

Man, that was such a sweet take. Brilliant work. I will miss it.

I must now also offer my gratitude to Charles. How can he do it day after day after day? My friends, we are blessed by his work. I'm way smarter and better able to cope with the ugliness of the world, thanks to LGF.

Usually, I try to keep my brown nosing down....but there is no site like this one.

RIP Cox & Forkum. : (

Easy folks - they're not dead!

re: #71 Sharmuta

/All Things Must Pass for the Purist (Beatles session version)

Well, John & Alan, I echo all that's been said above. You will be missed for your on-target cartoons and all that you have contributed to the discourse, dialogue, and cultural war that we seem to be in along with the hot war.

Alan - we've never met, but from what John has told me, I feel like I know you a bit and I do hope to meet you someday.

John - With Churchill's now out of the way, the darts shall therefore be thrown at Trackside. Another round or three is on me.

Go for it and don't settle. See you soon.

Grantman

re: #45 Stonemason

re: #37 JammieWearingFool

OK, the NYG are coming on and Olberdunce is almost off. I can safely tune to NBC in six minutes.

As a Philly Phan...do ya think the Eagles will go easy on the Giants tonight, yanno, 'cause the Mets...uhhh...?

Heh™

------------------------

To Cox & Forkum ... thank you for the many cartoons these past years that were always ... always! ... right on the money. You will be missed.

Best of luck to you both.

I shall miss them terribly. :(

OT, but I gotta do it. The new medication specifically developed for the leftwing nutroots:

Best of luck to them -- I always enjoyed their work, and as a man who can barely draw recognizable stick figures, I greatly appreciate their artistics talents.

They've done stellar work these past years, and with unabashed pride in the goodness of America, and the value of Western Civilization.

Sad to see them go, they will be missed.

On a similar note, I don't know how you keep up the pace Charles -- day in and day out shedding light on islamofascism and its apologists home and abroad.  Six+ years without a break or vacation.  I hope you have some outlet available (such as smashing old Cadillac bumpers with a sledgehammer), to keep the madness from getting to you.  Thanks for doing what you do.

Sad to read John and Allan are hanging up the pens. Even from as far away as New Zealand their insightful and humerous ways of depicting events are relevant even to us.

They will be missed, and I will continue to look in............just in case.

Not exactly C&F, but funny and on target nontheless...

I am so buying that last book!

As fledgling satirists, we bow, and hope that someday we'll be half as good.

These guys are all about their supporters. Allan would shoot me emails back when I needed some good talking points, or links to websites when I was debating on another site. It was cool that I was getting information from them! God Bless them both. Down to earth they are.

re: #83 SnakeSpit

OT, but I gotta do it. The new medication specifically developed for the leftwing nutroots:
[Link: www.youtube.com...]

Now I don't even remember what a bimbo eruption is!

That's too bad. They're great.

Terrible! One great voice is shut down! :-(

An eye opening article about George Soros:
[Link: www.ibdeditorials.com...]

That's a big loss.
I'm sure we'll hear from them again (together or individually) in some other format at some point.

The only reason I post...is to warn about Islam...not make jokes...or gain points...the Islamic Republic of Iran is a danger to America....we are in for the fight of our lives...tell friends....warn family...be aware...understand Islam is not peace....stay safe.

No justice. NYT still in circulation. These guys no.

/Apocalypse Imminent

:salute:

Thanks C & F. You guys are great.

Heck. I do understand, but heck.

This isn't a very nice Birthday present. Oh well.

Best of luck guys! Hope your future endeavours are as rewarding as this one.

TO: Charles Johnson, et al.
RE: Another 'Sign of the Coming Apocalypse'!

I can't think of anything more 'earth-shattering' than this. Short of a cometary impact.....

Oh well...

....as Pat Robertson said last Winter, this Fall was going to be 'interesting'.

Regards,
Chuck(le)
[May you live in interesting times. -- Ancient Chinese curse]

I'm sorry to see them go.

Their cartoons were thoughtful, funny, and touching.
As someone who was in lower Manhattan on 9/11, I found the drawing of the firefighters climbing the stairs in one of the twin towers while the civilian office workers descended the most memorable drawn image of the bravery the rescuers showed that day.

Good luck, guys - here's hoping you change your minds.

Wow, that's a shame. What's really a shame is that I only came to know them through LGF over the past year or so; I feel like I have missed out on something by not following their work earlier. They have been a class act with razor sharp wit and will be missed.

Best of luck to both of them as they continue their other endeavors.

Oh no!

The Future?

"Islam is emerging as the cultural and economic Superpower of the 21st Century"
Steven R. Watts is "a global management consultant and a Research Fellow and Intercultural Studies Ph.D. candidate at Fuller Theological Seminary." He is "currently creating risk mitigation strategies for multicultural corporations operating in developing countries. These strategies focus on non-traditional, innovative approaches to sustainable economic development, eradication of poverty and reduction of risk to business continuity in some of the most challenging regions of the world. He is also an invited speaker to universities and business organizations."

From Jihad Watch. The map is one of the ugliest things I have ever seen. If this is the future, the human race is in for a nasty time. Can you say "Dark Ages"?

Well fellers, your site was one of my favorite stops online. You will be missed.

On the other hand, maybe neither of you will be out of circulation for too awful long. Here's hoping.

I lost track of all the times they boosted my morale, by roaring defiance at the jihadists and pouring scorn on the loony left. Well done and good luck, guys! And thanks Charles, for introducing them to me.

I hope they both find more enjoyable ways of being a thorn in the proper people's sides in the future. Thanks for the memories, guys.

Say it ain't so!

We don't need to lose them. We need hundreds more like them!

The one faint hope I have is that this is a ploy to get a syndicate to offer them a huge contract that will let them live the life of decadent luxury I'd like to live. If this is the case, I hope they are successful.

To help tide them over, I will buy their latest book.

Good luck guys.

My best to you and yours,

U. S. Beast

This is how I felt when Calvin & Hobbes stopped appearing. To this day I am still waiting for Bill Watterson to magically appear and say he was only kidding.

Consistently one of the best, and most honest, political cartoons out there. Will be missed by at least one Canadian!

Hall of Fame cartoon.

Say it ain't so, I for one will miss them.
Just purchased their new book, least i can do for all the enjoyment I had reading their comics.

Pity, I loved those awesome cartoons.

I loved the work. You guys done good. Come back and visit.

What a bummer. I really loved their 'toons and I hate to see them bow out.

I will miss C&F political cartoons. Best of luck to them in their other ventures.

I will always be grateful to John Cox and Allen Forkum for the inspiration they gave me to record these parodies, based on their following works...
Save Yourself:
C&F / Commercial
Nuke Boost:
C&F / Commercial

Best of luck to you both!

Remember that Chris Muir dropped away for awhile, due to pressing family issues, but he came back better than ever. We can all hope that C&F will reconsider and find away to continue without losing their sanity and their souls.

www.coxandforkum.com is my top bookmark in my "Opinion" menu. I will leave it there in hope, and, if they choose not to return, I will leave it there in memoriam.

Bravo, guys! You've really made an impact.

Gaah, PINMF at all: that's "...find a way...", not "...find away..."

Charles - Who has the original of you in the Captain's chair?

If you don't, I'd be willing to fork over a few coins just so you can hang it next to your - Domain?

Its a Sad day.

Charles' writings accompanied by succinent drawings of Cox&Forkum were unbeatable anywhere else on the blogosphere.

LGF just lost a fantastic one-of-a-kind feature! I hope Charles would commission one or two cartoons now and then.

Cheers and Goodbye.
/Stands up and Bows back

Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Those in this thread who have recognized the work the Charles has to put into this wonderfully site are right. To do what he does day in and day out is truly amazing. Believe me, we're lucky to have him. Thanks, Charles. For everything you do.

This is terrible! Where am I going to go for such great cartoons? Please reconsider!

I just realized something.

There are other editorial cartoonists out there, aren't there?

I had forgotten.

Fantastic body of work guys!

Even if it won't be daily, I know the work will continue. Such creativity has to have an outlet.

Every good wish to both of you.

Their cartoons were often very innovative, biting and honest, so this is a shame. Best of luck to you in your future endeavors guys!

Well, it prob has to do with the Secret of LFG and the indymedia dog and, well, the Weekly Zionist Check...maybe the check was delayed and they had to move on, so to speak.

I can empathize with the comment of rolling around in the muck of the political milieu these days.It is depressing. but at least Charles has brought it to our attention. No one was covering it before, zip, zero, nothing.

I hope you both find cheerful work that pays a lot.

Boo hoo.

I am bereft.

But best wishes to C & F. You really have made a difference.

As the daughter of a multi-award-winning cartoonist, I must say (sorry, Daddy) no one holds a candle to these two! They will be sorely missed.

R.I.P Daddy, 1970
R.I.P Cox & Forkum, 2007

:’[

Aaagghh! First Wuzzadem, now this.

Don't you go anywhere, now, Johnson. :)

How friggen sad.

A voice of sanity gone, in this world of Rall and Trudeau they'll be sorely missed.

Possibly the best cartoons in the world.
Thanks for everything guys.

Thank you, sirs, for the many years of wonderful editorial cartoons.

I second what everyone else has said. I'll miss C & F. Out of habit, I'll probably continue to visit the site every day or so.
I accidentally left their "Outed" ("no homosexuals in Iran) cartoon in the copier at work; one of my moonbat coworkers posted it. Something for everyone.

I hope they'll consider continuing the annual Memorial Day tributes; those are some of my favorites.

The Goracle ones are great, too; I get a lot of nasty comments when I share them. *grin*

Thank you John and Allen for all of your creativity and superb visual messages!

I couldn't figure out what Chris Muir was getting at in the Day by Day for tomorrow. Duh.

Make it a semi-retirement, OK?

... Then Drudge signed off on his radio show for the last time.

It is a sad day after all, I'll be missing Cox and Forkum for a long LONG time to come. I really appreciated their work.

Via con Dios and I sure hope to see your work again.

Thanks for the great cartoons. They were right on target and really highlighted some liberal and Islamofascist hypocrisy.

I am so sad! Thank you Cox and Forkum for all your amazing work. You have been a voice and vision of clarity in these very dangerous and disturbing times...and made us laugh along the way. All the best to the both of you.

It's a shame that C&F have to go into hiatus. But sometimes life just gets in the way. Best of luck in your future endeavors, gentlemen. Perhaps, one day, a return to regular cartooning will be possible.

John, Chris - I will miss you guys. Your cartoons say in a single image what it take 10,000 words to. I wish you the best, and God bless you.

re: #147 Ward Cleaver

John, Chris - I will miss you guys. Your cartoons say in a single image what it take 10,000 words to. I wish you the best, and God bless you.

Good grief, how lame - I meat John and Allen. I hope to see new C&F cartoons again someday.

you guys are great..... .... make a "come back" soon!

I will never forget the first time I saw a Cox and Forkum cartoon. I was browsing through a website looking at some awesome t-shirts when I found a cartoon which stopped me in my tracks. There was a wounded soldier lying in a hospital bed. He has bandaged hands and cannot use the keyboard. Floating above the keyboard was a tiny Soldiers Angel typing the words he said, "Dear Mom." It was a tribute to the Operation Valour-IT voice activated laptops. Dang, I still love that cartoon. I have since discovered the wonderful world of Cox and Forkum and have purchased your books and will also purchase the last. Your work is wonderful, guys, and we will miss you.

Oh no! Cox and Forkum's absence will definitely leave a void, but I must say that I do understand Allen's reasons for needing to move on. Thank you, John and Allen, for giving us all the gift of your world class political cartoons. In fact, given the state of the world today, that doesn't sound like much of a compliment, does it? You are far above "the world." Your cartoons are in a class by themselves. Good luck to you both.

I'm literally speechless. Cox & Forkum made some of the best cartoons ever! I will miss them more than anyone will ever know because their cartoons were a release for me. I checked their site daily...so sad.

This is sad news. They will be missed.

Forkum wrote:

I also want to stop focusing so much of my creative energy on negative aspects of daily life. There's still an ideological battle to be fought, not to mention an actual war, and I will stay engaged in some form and medium. But at this point, anything seems more appealing than immersing myself in the sewer of daily politics.

This I understand. I have been on total burnout and that's just as someone immersed in all things war and politics as an observer and commentator, not in any kind of professional capacity. I switched everything off. It's one of the main reasons I stopped posting here so much ... I couldn't bear to look. I can't begin to imagine how difficult it must be to create out of that negativity, and on a daily basis. I'm sorry Cox and Forkum are coming to an end, but I understand why.

All this makes brings into sharp focus what a gem Charles is. To do what he does without wavering -- he is the steadiest and sanest voice out there. Nothing but admiration for you, Charles; you're one in a million. Thank you for everything, for keeping so many of us sane in a world gone mad. I would be lost without you.

Thanks very much for consistently brilliant work. Let's hope the reunion is just as good, eh?

re: #153 zulubaby

Probably why it's much easier being a moonbat - you can have an opinion and be heard, but it doesn't need as nearly as much brain power.

Very sad to see them go, but I wish them all the best.

Over the years we've received many letters of encouragement from all over the world and from all across the political spectrum. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Of course, we've received our share of criticism too, but surprisingly little of the hate mail so common on the Internet.

True pro's, all the way. Professionalism so apparent, even the moonbats wouldn't take the time to flood your inbox, Mr Cox & Forkum.

I've been a fan of your editorial cartoons, as well as some of your other projects, for several years. I'm looking forward to seeing your future endeavors.

Thanks.

re: #125 Forkum

Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Those in this thread who have recognized the work the Charles has to put into this wonderfully site are right. To do what he does day in and day out is truly amazing. Believe me, we're lucky to have him. Thanks, Charles. For everything you do.

De nada.

In the immortal words of Bob Hope:

We said goodbye with a highball,
And I got as high as a steeple,
But we were intelligent people....
No tears, no fuss....
Hooray for us....
and.....

Thanks for the memories,
And strictly entre nous,
Darling, how are you?
And how are all the little things
That never did come true?
Aw'fly glad I met you,
Cheerio, and toodle-oo,
And thank you so much!

:)

I imagine that the Leftie blogosphere is celebrating right now. How come none of the lefite editorial cartoonists seems willing to hang it up?

BHG

It was through C&F that I found LGF.

Thanks Cox and Forkum, you will be missed.

Wait! What about the future Fiskies?!?!?!

To be honest, C&F is the reason I'm a Lizard.

So many times while reading C&F cartoons I saw links to LGF and came over here to read up on the news that wasn't printed. So many times I started my day with C&F to lighten my mood and get a laugh for the day going before hitting LGF - helped load the sarcasm shotgun up sometimes.

C&F - thanks to you guys for a fantastic, fantastic collection of cartoons. I still go back and rifle through the archives regularly just for laughs. Well among other things - your constant tracking of the Iran situation has been, imo, invaluable.

Thank you, gents. Thanks for everything. Godspeed and best of luck in all that you guys do!

They will be sorely missed! Looking forward to those occasional cartoons :)

I'm crying.

Here's a hug for them. Best wishes gentlemen,

{o.o}/

"Political cartoons" have been my favorite reading for over seventy years. When the mainline press cartoonists became severely slanted and thoughtless, I quit the papers and discovered C&F in LGF. What a refreshing change in my daily reading and pondering political cartoons.

Great work guys...your futures hold a lot.

Thanks, Charles for letting us know.

Thanks guys, for all the memorable cartoons.
Funny, poignant, passionate, scathing and always relevant and to the point.
Tough act to follow.

Just. Damn.

Why these guys and not that putrid hack Turdeau? Or Loser Luckovich (whose scribbles are pre-kindergarten-ish at best). Why the good guys and not the traitors? Just. Friggen. Damn.

My fantasy was always that the Atlanta Urinal & Constipation would fire Luckovich and hire C&F as his replacement. Now that will never happen... :(

Wow.

A tremendous loss in the fight for sanity in this world.

A big debt of gratitude for the preeminent political cartoonists/satirists of our troubled times.

You will be SORELY missed but good luck and Godspeed to both of you in your new endeavours.

RU

Drive by farewell

Thanks C&F. You were a bright spot on my morning surfing. You will be missed on a daily basis, but looking forward to your insight on an occasional one. All the best.

Transition is a good thing. Change is a good thing. Moving on is a good thing. That having been said: C & F will be sorely missed. It will be tough to replace them. I really enjoyed their humor, poignancy, and heart.

I felt that bad when Calvin and Hobbes was put to bed.

Terrible news to start the day with.

I'll miss the cartoons dearly, something I always checked and looked forward to.

I can however, completely understand Allen's reasoning for wanting to get out of it - I go into periodic brain drain just looking at LGF and related blogs.

Thanks for everything C&F, and best of luck in all future endeavors!

DAMMIT !

Thanx, C&F. The only bad thing I can say about them, is it is very hard to decide which one of their comics made the best P.C. wallpaper.

Again, I say, DAMMIT !

This is terrible news. The current newspaper comic strip/political cartoon scene is already unspeakably dreary, choc-full of Leftiwing no-talent cartoonists, usually rendering bad depictions of President Bush looking like a monkey, and anti-big business screeds.

As for the strips, we have Trudeau, who really isn't funny, dismal soap opera strips such as "For Better or Worse" (I say it's worse, and I say to hell with it), "Funky Winkerbean" (there's a name for ya) which tried to blame the Oklahoma City bombing on evil talk radio, Ted, "Psycho", Rall, who isn't funny either (none of them are), "Kathy" and "Love is" (what the (**&^^%%$$^& is this stuff?) and Berke Breathed, who got banned for being insensitive to Islam, which, I suppose, serves him right, because, as I recall, he was quite contemptuous of the Mo'Toon artists when they got into trouble. Appeasement gets ya nowhere, Berke (and no, you're not funny either.)

(Please note, by the way, all the support that's been forthcoming for Berke from his fellow comic artists, which is, as far as I know, absolutely zilch----I think he's gotten more support from LGF than he has has from his fellow artists. Couldn't Ted Rall even do on nasty little one-page scribble for a banned cartoonist?)

Folks, the general culture needs to be lizardized at this point! It's not funny, it's not dramatic, it's not even especially interesting! We need to take back the popular culture!

John and Allen -- thank you. You've made a depressing world brighter for me, and brought many burst-out-laughing moments to my office. Blessings on your future efforts, and to you and yours.

Gah! Quitting? I'm sick about this. I loved those cartoons.

This just means that we must add you to the list of important artists to support when we completely succeed in the rat race and can become patron saints. Or at least patrons. You and zombie need to be freed to contribute to our great debate. I'll start looking for leprechauns.

What a bummer.
I always thought their editorial toons were right on the mark.

First Nowak has vanished, and now this.

It's been a rough month for Conservative toon junkies, indeed.

Many thanks for your work during the years. Insightful, always.
Touching, often. We will miss you.
God Bless.

Bummer,

They are really good at what they do.

Cox & Forkum.
Thank you for the entertainment.
Best wishes, And good luck.

That's a terrible shame. They did excellent work, and while I'm sure they will continue to do excellent work elsewhere, their political cartoons were particularly sharp.

Thanks for all the great political cartoons over the last few years. I have really enjoyed, and been tremendously impressed, by them. Sure hope we see you around again soon!

This sucks. I loved them. Individualists for a strong foreign policy are quite rare, and even more so the ones that are incredibly talented artists.

ok I will buy a damn book, now come back!