Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist Gary Trudeau confirmed Tuesday the daily comic "Doonesbury" will go on a long-term hiatus.
Beginning Feb. 24, new "Doonesbury" strips will only be published on Sundays, comics syndicator Universal UClick confirmed. Some newspapers and web sites will offer "Doonesbury
Flashback," a daily collection of previously published work from strip's 43 years.
Trudeau, 65, said he plans to focus on “Alpha House,” a video web series that he helped create for Amazon.
"A hiatus comes with uncertainty, of course," Trudeau told The Washington Post's Comic Riffs blog. "I can't assume I'll be welcomed back a year or two from now."
"Alpha House," is a political comedy starring John Goodman. The show revolves around four Republican congressmen who become roommates. Bill Murray, Haley Joel Osment and Wanda Sykes have also made appearances on the show.
According to Boston.com, Amazon recently announced it was picking up the series for a second season.
"It's a wonderful opportunity, but as I discovered last year, the demands of producing the show are considerable, and my efforts to return to the daily strip while we were still in production had to be abandoned," Trudeau said through press release Tuesday.
In 1975, Trudeau became the first daily comic strip artist to win a Pulitzer Prize, an award traditionally given to newspaper editorial-page cartoonists.
