 Following his 1991 sabbatical, Universal Press announced that Watterson had decided to sell his Sunday strip as an unbreakable half of a newspaper or tabloid page.Many editors and even a few cartoonists including Bil Keane ("The Family Circus") and Bruce Beattie ("Snafu") criticized him for what they perceived as arrogance and an unwillingness to abide by the normal practices of the cartoon business.Others, including Bill Amend ("Foxtrot"), Johnny Hart ("BC", "Wizard of Id") and Barbara Brandon ("Where I'm Coming From") supported him.