The bird is dead. Long live the bird.
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Nah, in seriousness I agree that it's a door naturally closed. Humour's moved on and so shall we.
Intrigued to know what might pop up in its stead-I'm most open to something completely new, to be honest! (Or even just more guest strips and Thanksgiving turkeys)
I've quite liked the 'Vital statistics' single-panel posts about the robots (and I suspect attempts to do sassy versions of this for the humans might be in the offing) and would hope that any future ones are spaced out quite a lot if used as filler comics in the future. It's the kind of thing that risks fatiguing really quick if done too often, imho.
(And now, for some reason I'm singing "Goodbye Yelling Bird" in my head to the tune of "Goodbye Leggy Blonde" from Flight of the Conchords. Yelling yelling yelling yelling, birdy birdy birdy birdy etc.)