257 - All Good Things…
Here we are at the end of the longest story arc I ever tried. Although I never named it officially, I call it “Baby Swap” and it started back in strip #183, which makes it almost twice as long as my earlier long arc “Dragon Story”. I hope you all liked it. Things are now back to normal for the royal family, but the kids are a little bit older and a little bit wiser. The parents? They’re pretty much the same.
I’m going to take advantage of this break in the narrative to take a little break myself. I’ve never done this in nearly four and a half years, but I’m going to take a mini-hiatus which happens to coincide with the North American holiday season. What does that mean? It means no new strips until the beginning of 2010! Look for the next new strip on Monday, January 4th.
And finally, because that’s the kind of guy I am: anybody recognize the title of this strip? Not just from the expression (”All good things must come to an end”) but a pop-culture reference specifically. I eagerly await your guesses…
JG
December 7th, 2009 at 5:11 am
I believe you are making a Star Trek: The Next Generation reference. This was the same name given to the final episode of the series.
December 7th, 2009 at 7:02 am
I cheated a bit (yay, Google :-), but…
The last episode of Star Trek The Next Generation?
It’s also a song by Nelly Furtado.
December 7th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Well, good old Google gives a few choices. Numero uno would have to be the last episode of Star Trek NG with the same name. There is also a Nelly Furtado song with that title and a movie coming out soon with Kirstin Dunst. So unless the movie is about a royal family, my money is on the modestly geeky Trek reference. Live Long and Prosper JG (hard to type with fingers locked in Vulcan salute…)
Davooo
December 7th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
All three of you are correct! But since two of you admitted using Google, I guess that leaves Ketill as the defacto champion (no prizes will be awarded). I remember when that episode of ST:TNG came out, I thought it was a great title for a last episode. But don’t fret! The Crown Prince will definitely be back next year, and it won’t have anything to do with a wormhole (Deep Space Nine reference).
December 8th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
oh man, you guys type too much… (@_@) *faints after reading many words*
December 10th, 2009 at 4:18 am
there goes my weekly love! ah~~~ wat do i look forward to every week now?!
hope u have a fun break~ ;D
December 10th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Thanks Fina! Anybody have any other good online comics to recommend to Fina so she can survive the next three weeks?
December 12th, 2009 at 11:57 am
I got some Webcomics I bookmarked ” No pink ponines”, “kickin Rad”, “MARRY ME” & “Precocious”
Yeah thats about it
December 12th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
I did not use Google. I remembered the TNG title on my own, thankyouverymuch.
December 12th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
Ketill: That’s why you’re the champ! Let’s see if I can stump you next time…
December 17th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Wooo, it’s been awesome watching the characters grow up. Alot of comics have their characters stay the same age for almost all of their strips/pages.
December 17th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Toderico: Thanks for that feedback. I like to know that readers enjoy that aspect of the comic because it’s something that will continue in the future. Specifically, we’re going to start seing the Crown Prince doing a lot more talking…
By the way, you should all check out Toderico’s webcomic: Marshmallow Bears.