Surely there's enough new stuff happening nowadays to replenish his inkwell. Lord knows we could all use his daily insight today to brighten thing up and make us laugh again.
Well, that's the difference between C&H and Bloom County. What's new today, is old hat and trite three years from now. Watterson didn't really spend much time on daily issues -- he was more focused on timeless stuff. It'd be hard to keep that up for 365 strips/year forever.