Tumbleweeds Tumbles Its Last

Tom Ryan’s Tumbleweeds ends its 42 year run in the newspapers today, at the request of the artist.

The always entertaining big-foot western strip launched an animated teevee series, a musical and a theme-park, as well as appearing in hundreds of newspapers throughout the years. Ryan continues a trend of creators retiring their strips at the end of their careers instead of allowing the syndicates to turn their creations over to others, transforming their work into minor family annuities.