Sabrina Online
9 years ago
General
I'll give you time to drop by http://sabrina-online.com if you don't already know what this journal is about.
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So, I have finished the Sabrina Online monthly strip 20 years to the day after posting the very first strips to my personal web page. I actually made this decision years ago, knowing that I've done my fair share of wheel-spinning and scraping for ideas at times. Setting an 'end goal' gave me the go ahead to tell the stories and address the ideas I was previously 'saving' for the right opportunity, and the rest fell into place from there.
I'll say right now that while the monthly strip is no longer monthly, Sabrina and crew are not done by a long shot. There will still be the occasional special comic or story - There are still stories yet to tell, what with R.C. and Sabrina apparently starting a family of their own. Perhaps I'll even get back to my old flame of animation. In any case, big thanks to all the readers and fans out there, long-term or recent. I appreciate your appreciation.
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OK? Good.
So, I have finished the Sabrina Online monthly strip 20 years to the day after posting the very first strips to my personal web page. I actually made this decision years ago, knowing that I've done my fair share of wheel-spinning and scraping for ideas at times. Setting an 'end goal' gave me the go ahead to tell the stories and address the ideas I was previously 'saving' for the right opportunity, and the rest fell into place from there.
I'll say right now that while the monthly strip is no longer monthly, Sabrina and crew are not done by a long shot. There will still be the occasional special comic or story - There are still stories yet to tell, what with R.C. and Sabrina apparently starting a family of their own. Perhaps I'll even get back to my old flame of animation. In any case, big thanks to all the readers and fans out there, long-term or recent. I appreciate your appreciation.
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i really enjoy reading all the years sabrina online.
many thanks to you for drawing it XD
DOES THAT MEAN YOU HAVE MORE TIME FOR ZOOTOPIA STUFF NOW
but everything need a end and a end need everything. Was fun, a lot of fun. Sharing good laught between friends when i show them your story.
I really hope see more... i know maybe i a little upset for the end, but for the love of the void! who dont feel in the same form?
Until new stories come, i shall wait.
Your Humble Fan
Katzen Irastra
Sabrina Online and you as an artist is one of the #1 reasons I'm a furry artist to begin with and I'm so happy that you stuck with what you did for as long as you have! Thank you for such a beautiful story! ^///^
Quick question, does this mean you'll be more open to commissions? Or at least answer notes quicker?
now i listen to squirrelfunk when i walk in the park*!
*i don;t walk topless, thank you very much
I will say this last goodbye~
Not really though.
Keep up the awesome work ^^
I can remember finding Sabrina and Zig Zag back in college....sheesh...almost 20 years ago. It was one of my first steps into furry fandom....thank you!
It was a wonderful ride, and a wonderful surprise every month to see the next batch of comics, so thank you for all the hard work you've done, and I look forward to what comes up in the future. Godspeed!
Eagerly awaiting buying future SO collections from you.
That said, thanks for finding a reasonable end point and building up to it rather than just spinning your wheels for as long as the fandom will let you. Few things are more disappointing when a comic overstays its welcome and the creator screws it up rather than giving it a decent ending and moving on.
Thanks for the twenty years of a quality comic, you deserve all the salutes and high-fives coming your way.
Sabrina.
Because it must happen. ^^
Like others that have made this comment, I would love to see the story resume a few years in the future with Sabrina and R.C. with their own family. I'm sure that Tabitha would love having a niece or nephew close to her age. I'd also love to see what kind of relationship would eventually evolve between her and Timothy. (I knew before the flash forward arc, that Tabitha had a thing for him. LOL.)
I look forward to the future updates to Sabrina's story.
Thanks for all the hard work, and best of luck to you!
*Salutes you and pops a party favor*
I still do hope to see some Zigzag interactions and stuff ongoing.
Ever since early 2000 I've been a fan of Sabrina-Online as well as your artwork. I fell in love with the characters in the strip and your art. You've been one of my first introductions to the furry fandom.
I think the strip ended on a nice note...*sniff*...excuse me I've got something in my eye...
...Anyway...I just wanna say thank you for your contributions to the fandom and I can't wait to see more from you in the future.
If you were to make it to this year's MFF, or next year's Morphicon (now called Anthrohio), I'd love to get my SA book signed by you. ^^
I.... keep forgetting to bring it... -.-;
But knowing you have other stories for later makes me look forward to what comes next.
Thanks for the ride!
The good kind of sads, anyway.
Eric, your art and animations were among the first furry things I found online in the mid-90s. I've read Sabrina Online religiously since it first appeared. I was never more than a month behind at any given point. There was never any catch-up binging like with other comics.
With apologies to Bill Holbrook, I eventually stopped reading Kevin and Kell.
I eventually stopped reading Dilbert every day, only reading the sporadic strip now and then.
I have several YEARS of catching up to do on Freefall.
But wow, Sabrina Online was one I never stopped reading.
Thanks for such a wonderful story and great characters; it was a wonderful ride, for pretty much my entire time in the furry fandom so far. Maybe I'll catch up on some of those other comics now. :)
"No need to say goodbye".
https://www.amazon.com/Sabrina-Onli...../dp/0953784754
and it's bought! thanks for the link
Cheers to you man
Bless you for sharing.
Well, what can I say but thanks for your time and a wonderful ride! Here's to yours and Sabrina's next venture!
Can’t wait to see what’s next. :)
I think I mentioned this before, but Sabrina Online was one of the very first "furry" sites I came across when I started using the internet in the late 90s. Heck, I always say that it was my starting point to becoming a furry, myself.
I actually drew fan art years ago, but I'm too ashamed of the quality to post it now. I'll just have to remake it to be better than before.
Thanks for rocking those 20 years with an awesome comic
Now tell it again...
Better this time.
I can relate. I had to take a break because my own comics overwhelmed me. What's more - I have a ton of other ideas I want to do.
I am curious though, is her birth control failing (not sure if she was on any, I just assumed they defaulted to condoms; 0.02% ineffective n' all that)? Or are they hoping to be surprised in a few months?
So thanks for that. :P
I am waiting for the followup special with Zig Zag and Eudora getting hammered...
I cant say much beyond thank you for the art, the comic and everything with it. I expect to buy the paperwork books soon.
Either way, I look forward to seeing what you come up with!
And that callback at the end! Now I have to start from the beginning again :3
thanks Eric to have even took the time years ago to start it.
Well, you wrapped it up well, sir. Thank you, and I look farward to seeing what comes next.
...and if it could be more Zootopia strips, I wouldn't complain.
Congratulations on two decades of comic strips.
Hope you can make a comeback to the convention circuit soon.
Congratulations on the twenty year run with this comic! I've been followin this comic since the early 2000s, back when I just exiting middle school and going into high school so this comic's final chapter close does tug quite a bit on the heart strings. While this is bittersweet to me, I'm really glad that this comic has ended on a good note. I've seen a lot of other comics with far worse endings and you sir did it right. =3 Very well done, Eric W. Schwartz! Exceptionally well done!
You've done a helluva lot these last (gosh) 2 decades, and while it's sad to see SO end (sort of?), I can't wait to see what you tackle next; and I agree with the others, I can't wait to see you flex your animation chops again! It's been too long!
Look forward to seeing more animation though.
Many years ago, when I was around fifteen I was going through a terribly bad spot in life. I was losing everything and I felt so very depressed that I often would just sit in bed and just let the day go by because I just couldn't feel much emotion after all of the bad things that had happened. I came across Sabrina Online by complete accident, and I fell in love with the characters, their personalities, and how much life you put into each of them. They had real struggles and they still moved on, struggled and made something of their lives despite all of it. I actually read the entire existing comic in one night, probably shouldn't have because my eyes killed me and I was a zombie in school for the next couple days, but in that one day my entire outlook and perspective on life was changed, and I never got to thank you for it.
I know it may seem really silly, because it was just a comic, nothing actually real, but it felt more real to me at that time than even my actual life. After I read it I had always wanted to thank you and tell you how you showed me that in there is always, always something to look forward to. That got me off of my ass and out in the world, where I met the greatest people of my life and even my future husband.
I'll cut this here because I don't want it to come off any creepier than this message might sound, but I wanted to say it, and needed to, because it really meant a lot to me.
Thank you for your time,
-Emmy
I didn't know about the comic right away. I can't even remember when I did discover it... somewhere in the first couple years, I'm pretty sure. When I did, however, I spent a few hours catching up. Ever since then, though, I kept coming back every month to see the new updates. But wow... it's kind of crazy to think that it's done... well... done in the way it has been going. Great way to end it, though.
Still, I will certainly be keeping an eye out for future comics and projects with Sabrina and company...
Either way, thank you for one awesome experience!
For the future that comes next of these characters I'll be glad to read anytime. Even if it contrasts or changes what we've seen of the final strip or the whole big flash forward we had months back. Life does have a way of not going to how we imagined it. Whatever route you take the characters it will be worth the ride as it has now. Whether it be in comics or animation which would be fantastic to behold. Also would be interesting to see origin or background comics set around how the Furafterdark cast eventually came to be or in their off hours. Always potential in them since Zigzag's opening up on her backstory was a great moment to witness as part of the therapy comics. Even a new face to focus on would be fun to read from you.
In the end best of wishes and sincerest thanks for all the great years you've given. I hope to be as accomplished as you for the stories inspired by your works.
The strip has been AMAZING and I would like to thank you in person for your effort, humor, and passion. This is definitely one of the best compilations I have ever had the pleasure of reading start-to-finish.
I look forward to your next project and hope I have an opportunity to shake your hand and thank you in person in January.
Now, I think I need to do an archive binge...
TM
Heres to twenty years.
-Badger-
Thank you so much for proving me and the rest of the world one of the greatest comic strips of the Internet.
Thank you.
Thank you. :)
Greetingsfrom
Hungary
Thank you for all your work <3
Damn man 20 years, what a ride indeed. You achieved something few do, or at least with as much panache as you have come off. Whenever more stories of Sabrina, R.C. and company pop up I will look forward to them! Thank you good sir for giving us something fun to enjoy for the last two decades.
Looking forward to seeing that you'll come up with next.
It has been a pleasure and an honour to go on this ride all these years.
Thanks for the memories.
Thanks for working on it all these years Eric, it's amazing to think that you kept it going for so long!~
Tabitha Online? :)
Cheers, and may the future bring you as much fun with new projects as I've had with reading this one.
Congratulations on an impressive 20 year run with SO, and I look forward to the next gem you bestow on us.
I wonder how the modern technology would affect something like Amy vs. Walker 3?
I've had many laughs and chuckles every month eagerly reading a new update.
Idk any other webcomic thats been around steadly going on for so many years. So congrats on the 20years milestone.
Sadly all good things must come to an end and I really look forward to see your new takes and ideas with the cast.
Sabrina Online, and the entire Sabrinaverse of fanfiction and whatnot, was one of the things that got me into the furry fandom over ten years ago
Its been a hell of a ride
Thank you for bringing these characters to life, enjoyed every strip you've posted! It feels funny to say I grew up alongside these folks and their exploits!
There's really nothing else to say but "Well done, sir." Thanks for the memories.
What am I gonna do with my life now?
It was one heck of a ride, and I don't regret getting caught up in and loving the Sabrina online story. I will miss it though.
Good luck and a steady flow of ideas to you!
So, from a reader who, as a lurker in 1996, went through Lynx and command-line gymnastics to view Sabrina Online installments on his Commodore 128D . . .
(fedora tip)
Well done, Chief.
, I have officially outlived one of my comics that didn't die of unnatural causes.....oh well. Hey, I hope you still stick around and such. I also hope that maybe you do continue with animation. I feel like that field of the furry world has been seriously neglected with nothing more than an occasional gif from time to time.
That and I would like to commission you sometime down the road. :P
Thank you Eric, for 20 years of laughs, tears, and thought. But as they say, all good things must come to an end. And I thank you for allowing me the privlage of that ending.
and thanks for many years of entertainment.
and best of luck with whatever happens next.
Still an avid watcher.
And would love to see more animations.
And it has been an amazing 11 years reading this awesome series.
I would say 20 but I'd be lying if I said that.
Thank you Eric for creating such a wonderful series.
Lets hope we Sabrina and the gang sooner than later
Congrats Eric on a well done comic and a character that made us feel
Be well
Your fan Cheetaur
Is this a good place and way for it to end? Yes
All I can say is thanks for all the fun involved in reading it over the years and I hope that inspiration for something at least as good comes to you soon.
Thanks for giving us 20 years of a great webcomic.
It was an awesome run, i m tempted to take a trip to america for buying a signed copy of Sabrina On-line book :)
I just got my 81 year old MOM hooked on "Sabina Online"!!!
I mean… she's nearly 1/4 way through the archives! I mean.. .I can totally understand, but…
ARGH!!!!!
It's a Legend !!! it's the AMIGA era comic! It's…. it's… it's….
Wait! Animation you say??? MAKE A MOVIE!!!!
HOOOBOY!!
Also, you're pure evil for giving us all the teasers about Carli & Spike's kid, and then ending the series, you fiend.
This comic was my first real contact with the furry fandom. Thank you so much for creating these awesome strips.
*hugs ya tight*
Thank you for such a wonderful gift.
Now i'm curious for your following plans.
And i hope, you will inform us, when you occasionally make new strips for Sabby.
But it would be great to see Sabrina start a new with Richard.
Plus this comic would definitely make an awesome TV adaptation
I honestly cannot remember a time when I wasn't looking forward to the beginning of the month. I really hate to admit it, but Your webcomic has been a part of my life since I was six years old. Missed the first year but... I'd say nineteen years was definitely one hell of a ride.
Thank you very much for all the time you put into that silly and lighthearted comic. Through it you told a wonderful, hilarious, and incredibly entertaining tale.
I would Like to express the profound respect i have for you as well. Not many people can say they've accomplished this. As a last note I'd like to say,
Congrats.
"Speaker to the world through little boxes, I salute you." -- Monte Schulz
Spending half the cost of the computer on the external hard drive and memory expansion to play 4 meg anims. Finally maxing the system out with 8+2 meg to play Plight Of The Artist while swearing at the 486DX66 with 16 Meg at college for being so slow compared to the 7 Mhz hacked A500/+.
Adding a SUN SCSI CD Rom to the system to access the Cover CDs, including the Eric Schwartz Special.
20 years.
Almost half my life.
Thank you, for everything.
Still Alive, Amiga.
=)
1. 20 years. round number
2. your 800 strip was kinda rushed
3. you "suddendly" updated it more then normal
4. the rush of the story.
i dont mean now "BUUUHHH!!! I WANT MORE!!!!" - no. its of course sad its "ending" some how, but thinking 20 years running a comic is a "fucking" lot work. you did well and i dont see a reason why people should complain about. it still sure is a shame but we have to "deal" with it. thanks for such great comic. i was there from the very beginning.
Hope all your next art /comic's benefit you as Sabrina Online did
This strip helped me find this community. I appreciate the nudge in the right direction and thank you for the joy it's brought me over the years. I wish you all the very best.
Just padding through your world.
Barkley T Dog
SABRINA ONLINE was one of the earliest webcomics that I followed regularly, and remained one of the best right to the end. I regard her as one of the earliest examples of the "adorkable" character type that has become mainstream. In fact, the TV Tropes entry for "Adorkable" cities SABRINA ONLINE as an example (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Adorkable/Webcomics ).
Thank you for sharing Sabrina's life with us. We all look forward to what you do next.
I'm very sad it had to end, while I was a reader from just a couple of years ago I really liked the story, characters and humor, without mentioning how your great art style tied it all together, and it was always nice to see what would happen next.
I'm happy it had an ending, while it's sad that something ends it's nice to see it did in a good conclusive way, even if it's not the complete end tho( in fact it helps the sad part to know there's a little more comming sometime in the future), but nontheless, nice to see a good history have a happy ending.
I'm eager to see what you come up with next, now that you won't be spending more time in a monthly comic I wonder what will your next big project be, even if it's not as big.
I'm happy for you because you made something this big happen, it's really inspirational to see someone can do something like this with dedication, that something like this is possible just for the desire to do it, for the joy it brings, it makes me wanna do something myself some day <: 3 .
and I'm missing it already, nuuuu! I want it back I want to know there will be more funny comic strips next month, I want to see so much things happen in here, waaaah! <XD
but anyway, at the end, it was nice to be part of this experience, even if it was for just the last couple of years, thank you for bringing me many moments of joy, laughter and some more heavy emotions, and hope you have many many moments of joy and happiness in the future with whatever you wish to work in next.
I usually don't comment much, but as I'm mostly do, I'll be watching in silence waiting eagerly for your next project, I now it will be great. for now hope you have a nice day~ ^w^/
Thanks for making such an amazing 20 year journey.
Thanks so much, and best of luck!
I'll be watchin ya!
You made me a furry.
I still have the Sabrina Online t-shirt.
Wow...
Now I'm depressed.
Sabrina was always a fun comic, and I must thank you again for your portrayal of ZigZag, which honestly was my largest source of inspiration for my portrayal of the character. Though I only ran with it for four years, it was a lot of fun.
I always enjoyed your sense of humor and great expressions. ;)
also, thank you for making sabrina online, it what nailed the furry nail down into my life and inspired me to draw and write, thank you for bringing laughs, tears and romance to my eyes. and if to be so bold to show me what id want in a girl, i may have just found my own sabrina ;p
i cant wait to see what you have in store