First I followed Goats for many months.
Recently, I saw the strip immediately below:
I liked the “Bob” character, so I was dissapointed when he was removed from the strip:
-I decided to write a letter to Jonathan Rosenberg, the creator of the strip:
At 09:16 PM 1/22/98 -0800, you wrote:
>I am really quite dissapointed with the sudden departure of "Bob".
>He fondly reminded me of the stoner wannabee hippies I went to school
>with that took their BS's and ended up in labcoats.
>
>Bob as a spaced out Igor was a refreshing change from say the "Beaker"
>ideal of lab assistants. I imagine Toothgnip will swing in and save the day! A swashbuckling goat! Then I could say, "Now I have seen it all!"
>
>Keep it up!
>You light up my life!
>PEACE!-John
>
And I received this response:
Subject: Re: The early demise of Bob.
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 15:59:23 -0800
From: jon
To: john.malcomson@bigfoot.com
you make a good point. as of today, bob (or biff, as i realize we already have a bob on cast), will be rejoining the strip.
and they say that reader feedback gets ignored....
://jon
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