History Main / SeriesHiatus

** ..Only to slip back into it again a few months later. As of May 6th 2014, the comic has been in hiatus for 1½ year.

** Trudeau has gone on week-long vacations every now and then since the long break, with reruns being published in place. He also took a 3-month break in 2008.

* ''Webcomic/OwMySanity'' has been on indefinite hiatus since 2011, so that the author can focus on projects that will actually allow him to buy food.

* Rei Hiroe last put out a volume of ''BlackLagoon'' in '''2009'''. Good thing he finally announced he was going to [[http://13xs.blog93.fc2.com/blog-entry-63.html resume writing again in 2012]]. Except...the announcement was made back in ''March 2012.'' He finally got out a chapter in March 2013...only for him to announce the next chapter would be released around June.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' is currently on a hiatus in both the US and Canada (For the former it happened after CN ran out of episodes after "Six Strings of Evil" aired) and it's possibly even longer thanks to ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' airing, and if ''Grojband'' resurfaces with new episodes, the next episode (In which Peaceville is now un-flooded) could begin with Corey saying [[KidIcarusUprising "Sorry to keep you waiting, everyone!"]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' is currently on a hiatus in both the US and Canada (For the former it happened after CN ran out of episodes after "Six Strings of Evil" aired) and it's possibly even longer thanks to ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' airing, and if ''Grojband'' resurfaces with new episodes, the next episode (In which Peaceville is now un-flooded) could begin with Corey saying [[KidIcarusUprising "Sorry to keep you waiting, everybody!"]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' is currently on a hiatus in both the US and Canada (For the formed it happened after CN ran out of episodes after "Six Strings of Evil" aired) and it's possibly even longer thanks to ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'', and if ''Grojband'' resurfaces with new episodes, it could begin with Corey saying [[KidIcarusUprising "Sorry to keep you waiting, everybody!"]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' is currently on a hiatus in both the US and Canada (For the formed it happened after CN ran out of episodes after "Six Strings of Evil" aired) and it's possibly even longer thanks to ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'', and if ''Grojband'' resurfaces with new episodes, it could begin with Corey saying "Sorry to keep you waiting, everybody!".

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' is currently on a hiatus in both the US and Canada (For the formed it happened after CN ran out of episodes after "Six Strings of Evil" aired) and it's possibly even longer thanks to ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'', maybe even longer than after episode episode 43 of ''SchlagDenRaab'' aired, and if ''Grojband'' resurfaces with new episodes, it could begin with Corey saying "Sorry to keep you waiting, everybody!".

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'' is currently on a hiatus after CN ran out of episodes in the US after "Six Strings of Evil" aired it's possibly even longer thanks to ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa''.

* {{Grojband}} is currently on a hiatus after CN ran out of episodes in the US after "Six Strings of Evil" aired it's possibly even longer thanks to ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa''.

When a comic artist is too busy, too tired, away on vacation, or needing time to catch up on his StripBuffer, rather than allow an extended ScheduleSlip, he may resort to announce an ''intentional'' break in the series, usually with a pre-set return date. Unfortunately, it is not rare for what is intended to be a short hiatus to become [[OrphanedSeries permanent]].

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* Rei Hiroe last put out a volume of ''BlackLagoon'' in '''2009'''. Good thing he finally announced he was going to [[http://13xs.blog93.fc2.com/blog-entry-63.html resume writing again in 2012]]. Except...the announcement was made back in ''March 2012.'' He finally got out a chapter in March 2013...only for him to announce the next chapter would be released around June.

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* Maritza Campos of ''CollegeRoomiesFromHell'' takes off the first two and last two weeks of each year (though she had to start the hiatus in 2006 several weeks earlier due to health issues). She also took several weeks off after the birth of her first child.
* ''{{Earthsong}}'' has gone on a number of hiatuses in the past. The author getting married and going on honeymoon caused one of them.

* ''TheLifeOfNobTMouse'' went on hiatus for ''eight years'', but has since been running along nicely and now updates three times a week.

* ''{{Megatokyo}}'' actually does do this on occasion, but due to Fred Gallagher's notorious ScheduleSlip, it's hard to tell the difference.
* ''{{Melonpool}}'' ended up getting a couple large breaks, with many of them flat out abandoning the material that it went on hiatus with.

* ''SailorSun'': placed on hiatus due to the author moving to the middle east for job reasons, now at the vague statements of intent on the DeadFic scale. However his other, shorter, comic ''IDreamOfAJeanieBottle'' is randomly coughing up updates.
* Pete Abrams of ''SluggyFreelance'' is known to go on at least one major hiatus a year. The longest occurred shortly after the birth of his daughter and lasted over two months, during which time a number of other artists (including some mentioned in this very entry) drew filler strips for the site.

* Anne Onymous of ''TheWotch'' took off the first six weeks of 2007 to recover from a serious personal problem. Another hiatus began in August 2009; as of July 2011 the story has not resumed, although the site underwent a slight reorganization in May.

* Xin, who draws ''{{Erfworld}}'', took time off in November 2011 to deal with her dying mother. During this time, the text only "Inner Peace (Through Superior Firepower" was posted instead, which was set before the events of the main comic.

* ''{{Unsounded}}''. As the author puts it between chapter 5 and 6:

* ''FluffyBunnyDomination'' recently went on a 5 week hiatus. Time will tell if it is permanent or not.

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** It's gotten to the point that not only was the first anime adaptation CutShort because of it, but now the remake is coming dangerously close to [[OvertooktheManga catching up the the manga]], which Togashi has put on yet ''another'' hiatus.

* It's gotten to the point that not only was the first anime adaptation CutShort because of it, but now the remake is coming dangerously close to [[OvertooktheManga catching up the the manga]], which Togashi has put on yet ''another'' hiatus.

* The first season of ''ThreeTwoOneContact'' aired in 1980, but due to funding constraints, the series went into reruns until 1983.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' has been known to have long gaps in between updates, especially when The Brothers Chaps were working on the video game. As of March 1, 2012, it is currently on its longest hiatus in site history, having not had a new cartoon in over a year.
** A new email IS coming, however, [[http://twitter.com/#!/ronginald/statuses/174295231376785409 someday, when we're not expecting it]]

* ''AreYouAfraidOfTheDark'' was cancelled in 1996, then UnCanceled for one final season in 1999, with [[ReTool a mostly new cast]].

* HayaoMiyazaki started the manga version of ''NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' in 1982, regularly stopping the comic - sometimes for over a year at a time - to work on his films (beginning, naturally, with the ''Nausicaa'' movie). Because of this, it took Miyazaki over 12 years to complete the manga.

* ''MountainTime'' took a hiatus that was later "explained" in a special [[http://mountaincomics.com/travelogue/ travelogue feature]].

* ThatDudeInTheSuede left ThatGuyWithTheGlasses for a two-year hiatus in January 2009 in order to do missionary work. His return was pushed back to May, and when he still failed to return to the site rumors sprang up that he was doubting coming back at all - and even confirmed them. In reality, his delayed return was tied to delays in TGWTG's [[SuburbanKnights third anniversary special]]. On June 30th, at the end of ''SuburbanKnights'' part five, Suede revealed himself shocking everyone who believed the rumors thus pulling off a long-term prank. On July 8, Suede released a trailer announcing he would be making more video reviews for TGWTG.