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No. 855: The Final Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Strip

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The Final Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Strip

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Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/itoons/?comic=855

Strip by: Damian Hendriks

Logo: THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE & FRIENDS
Caption: Written by DUCK, the Great Western Engine.
Thomas {worriedly talking to someone on an invisible phone}: No, I think he's writing.
Duck {sadly typing on an invisible typewriter}: Dear friends...
Duck {typed}: Dear friends, I have been fortunate to retell the stories of Thomas and his friends for this newspaper for almost 25 years. It has been the fulfillment of my ambition.
Duck {typed}: Unfortunately, due to my severe case of All Engines Go, I am no longer able to maintain the schedule that mandated a daily comic strip. Our railway does not want "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends" to be continued by anyone else.
Duck {typed}: I have been grateful over the years for the loyalty of our editors and the love and support expressed by fans of both the TV show and this comic strip. Thomas, Percy, Gordon, Edward... How can I ever forget them... They're my friends, after all...
Signature: Duck

The author writes:

Since Duck is set to appear on Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go next year, I decided to make this little thing where he announces that he's ending a Thomas & Friends comic strip because he has caught the reboot's "virus".

Original Peanuts strip: 2000-02-13.