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by mauvehaus 1564 days ago
Because he's been posting reruns for approximately ever in internet time and the community has been the soul of the site for even longer. To be frank, it wasn't a webcomic you stuck with for either the art or the humor. Every now and then, there was a funny strip or storyline, but it's not something that needs to be endlessly rehashed.

It seems the community has moved to another forum, so there's no real reason to keep posting reruns on some more-or-less static hibernation mode site.

I hung out there sporadically for a few years and moved on. It was a small-ish community that was by and large friendly and supportive (I mean, like almost 20 years ago, can't speak for what it's like today). At that time, the regulars knew each other, at least digitally, and sometimes IRL.

People may have come for the comic, but those that stayed stayed for the forum.