"The End" Week: Spongebob Comics #85!

Every year we probably have at least one cancellation that seems to have come out of nowhere, and here's one: from 2018, SpongeBob Comics #85, featuring "The Creature from Goo Lagoon!" Story and art by Graham Annable; and "Dutchman Went Down to Bikini Bottom" Story and layout by Derek Drymon, pencils and inks by Jacob Chabot.

I got this series for my son from the first issue, and while I'm not sure it sold a ton in comic shops, it was available at other locations and presumably doing all right. Maybe not as good as on Free Comic Book Day: like their Bongo linemates the Simpsons, I feel like it gave away way more issues than it ever sold. But, the Wikipedia page reminds us Bongo shut down in October 2018, and SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg died two months later; and I don't think Nickelodeon has bothered to bring it back since.

Your mileage for nautical nonsense may vary, but these are never too bad. "Dutchman Went Down to Bikini Bottom," for instance, is a "Devil Went Down to Georgia" riff with Squidward. I may have to help out with the GCD, they were missing this issue; but if you're a more traditonal comic fan, this series featured covers (and occasionally other work) from artists like Jerry Ordway, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Kelley Jones!