big media and The Norm

I got into the strip "The Norm" during my year in Minneapolis. Since it isn't in the Austin paper (that I don't subscribe to anyway), I've been reading it lately online. I went to the site to read it today and find that the artist is retiring the strip:

As you know, Michael decided to retire THE NORM. After eight years of battling the syndicate-newspaper corporations, he felt it was time to move on. It wasn't an easy decision, trust me.

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