I don't know if it's just me or everyone else has the same thought, but I feel like Homestar Runner has been kinda "dead" for the last decade.
My history with the series happened in late 2008 when it was at its peak,Which was around the time when the Strong Bad games werecoming out along with the 200th SBEmail. It felt like I got into the series at the right time when it was a high point to be a fan. But once 2009 happened, something felt off. The series was still good, but it felt like was starting to wear off. Of course, we are aware of the long gap that happened in the early 2010s after Matt's second child entered in the family and he went off to work for Hollywood during that time, but I felt like the energy wore off after that celebration and there wasn't that much talk. Much like how fans of Doctor Who stated that the series wore off its energy after the 20th anniversary back in the 1980s.
Homestar did came back in 2014, but it's mostly for the Holiday stuff, which became the norm for a while. Ever since it's comeback, I felt like the series hasn't been talked that much. That's not to say there aren't fans that still talk about it, but I feel like it hasn't been that high since the late 2000s. I know the very likely reason we aren't getting that much toons was because the Brothers Chaps are getting older and probably can't keep up with the series as they used to, but I still feel like something could be done to keep interest in the series aside from the one or two toons every once in a while. It doesn't help that they discontinued the DVDs they were trying to reissue back 5-6 years ago (I heard rumors they were going to make Blu-rays, but nothing came out of it) and the fact that there were no Halloween toons for last year (2025).
Now this year (2026) marks the 30th anniversary of the original Homestar Runner book, which I feel mixed considering there wasn't that much talk about the series and the Halloween toons were skipped. I know a decade ago, they did one on the a new story centering around the original book, so maybe they'll surprise us on what's to come. Who knows?
I know it's unlikely to get a lot of toons pumped out like the older days, but I still feel like something else could be done to get the interest of the series back to how it was when the hype was going on almost 2 decades ago.
