In a sign of the passing years, Chuck Shepherd of the venerable News Of The Weird has announced his final column is the current issue. No successor was announced; this may be the sad ending of an era. Much like Gary Larson’s retirement, it feels like a hurdle has been tripped over and the rest of humanity is racing onward as you look up from the track and wonder what happened.
Salutations, Chuck. You helped define a lifetime for a lot of us.