4.26 - Check, Please! 🥧

One time I actually hope my comment gets lost in the crush because I’m not sure if it’s too lame and overshare-y, but I figure the end of the comic is as good an excuse as any. Also I saw someone else say they had to get some distance from the latest updates as well so that they wouldn’t be too emotionally compromised by it. I did the same except months ago when I found out/realized that the end of Check, Please! really was going to be the end. Unfortunately for me I’d only known about and been reading the comic for a matter of months before that and it’s a credit to how engaging and deep this story goes that I had a huge crisis of feeling like something that already meant so much to me was being “snatched away” just as I got into it (while absolutely admitting that’s a stupid way to feel, believe me I am NOT one of *those* entitled fans when it comes to content). I realised that I’d be getting invested in Bitty’s story just at the point where he would be due to turn a new corner in his wee comic life, but that corner would mark the end of the comic. Especially with the added dimension Ngozi has created of the livestreams and fandom where I met so many great people. Ngozi, you’ve been amazing at keeping an ever-swelling fanbase feel like they have a personal relationship with your content and how you work and I know that’s led to countless headaches in some negative ways. You’ve been amazing at shutting down bullying and keeping a healthy distance from the sometimes rampaging disk horse and that’s allowed those of us who wish to remain uninvolved distance as well. Blah blah about some health problems that led to me not being able to use digital screens (and only now very sparingly) and I had to leave all of Check, Please! to one side. When I saw the final update and the Parse episode were uploaded I came back on and dove into everything I’ve missed and I’m able to enjoy it without feeling gutted about getting onto the ride right at the very end - and not feeling jealous of everyone who’s been able to follow the journey for years or even the very start. Health-wise I can’t rejoin fandoms or watch livestreams but the way that Bitty and his many loving co-dependents have had their story wrap up is a beautiful way to wrap up my one major fandom experience. All I’m hoping for now is the Madison comic and that the NHL matures to the point where they actually talk about this comic and use it as a point of reference, because Ngozi has created a parallel universe of what hockey culture *can* be that actively exists in the minds of her readers. It’s there in hockey spirit and I hope one day it becomes hockey reality. ((((But also uhh Ngozi if you ever feel like uh picking back up with this comic in any continuous way then uh I’ll be back like Parse looking for pie and closure))))

😭!! These are words enough. Thank you!

Ngozi

I just read all of the last updates at one go, cos that was the only way I felt like I could do it without being overcome with emotions. There were so many great scenes in these last chapters, and part of me still can't quite believe that we're done with Bitty's time at Samwell... I don't think I'll ever be able to come up with all the words to say how much this comic has meant to me and impacted me since the day I first found it all the way back sometime in late 2015. So thank you, Ngozi, for this awesome (‘swawesome?) journey that you took us on. (P.S. gonna try to figure out how to get Stick and Scones still)

Raylen

I received my fancy, hardbound copy of Sticks and Scones today and sobbed my way through it. Thank you so much for creating this world for us to visit.

Holly

Words cannot describe how full my heart is right now. Thank you so, so much, Ngozi.

Cat

That is my question as well!

Vic or Vyxter

(P.S. I was looking at the book last night, and I think panels 5 & 6 are swapped here. Figured I'd mention that before the comic goes public ❤)

Amanda

I only discovered Check, Please! a few months ago, but once I found it I couldn't stop until I was caught up, and then I eagerly awaited each update. Thank you for crafting such a wholesome story with a totally lovable cast of characters. I'll never forget how I felt reading Goodbye for the Summer I & II, I wish I could go back and experience that feeling for the first time all over again. Hope you're staying safe, and I can't wait to see what your next project brings!! :)

Just one long tearful standing ovation for you, Ngozi. Thank you for this. All of it. So much.

blacknoise

i didn't expect to be crying this much, after already crying at "class day" but I just can't believe it's over. this comic has meant so much to me, in ways that i still cant really describe. the comedy, the love, and the growth that has happened on these pages is just without compare. i'll cherish my time spent at Samwell forever and with these amazing characters. Ngozi, thank you sooo much, and I can't wait for your next adventure. As much as it feels impossible, the best is yet to come :)

I don't have sufficient words. Just. Thank you, so fucking much, for this goddamn gorgeous story. Every moment has been an absolute gift and it's brought my life so so so much happiness. I'll be rereading it and loving these characters for the rest of my life. ❤❤❤❤❤

Amanda

I’m so emotional, in the best way. I’m so happy for Jack and Bitty getting the ending they deserve. Thank you for this comic, for these characters, for this community. Thank you for getting me into baking and hockey.

Thank you for all the work that you’ve put in and for sharing it with us. ❤️

Bus

the end credits..... now why'd you have to do that to me

Thank you so much for this beautiful story & for connecting so many people! I've met some of my closest friends- found family- through this comic fandom and it feels so fitting for a story like this to bring people together in that way. Endless thanks & love to you. <3 (Also I'm sure you've caught this already- but on panel 5 it says "last but not lease" instead of "least"!)

Rowan Gibson

Welp, cue me bawling like a baby. This was beautiful. Thank you so, so much for sharing this story with us. It has been a privilege. <3

There are no words to describe how much this comic has meant to me. This was a perfect ending. Thank you for making it. I️ can’t wait to see what you make next. ❤️

What a beautiful ending and just like. Thank you so much for everything you've put in to Check, Please! and the universe. Can't wait to follow you to your next project.

Nagako

thanks so much for making this comic!

Thank you so much! This has been wonderful. I'm not sure which credits scene I like best... the gingerbread Haus? Holster with the torch? Dex and his lobster? Chowder and his sharks? Tater and George? Ahhhhhh!!! Love all of it.

Erika Schultze

Thank you for giving us this wonderful and beautiful story. I have been irrevocably changed by this book and Bitty. And it has been a warm comfort during these uncertain times. It's made me ugly laugh, cry uncontrollably, question my opinion on roaches in an attic, sputter in indignant rage, and has filled me with unforgettable joy. Seeing Bitty's journey throughout its pages has been amazing! Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, thank you!! ❤

sakurazero10

I honestly genuinely did not think I would cry, because I am more of a Stoic Stare Into The Distance kind of feeler, but I am crying. Thank you so much for sharing this with us Ngozi. it's exactly the light we (I!) needed in these horrifically trying times. I'm so, so excited for whatever you end up doing next.

Thank you so much for this wonderful, wonderful gift you gave to all of us. This is one of my favorite things on the internet and I'll be going back to read it all several times. I'll be buying the book as soon as I get an opportunity. I'm excited for what you'll be working on next!

Jim Avery

FUUUUUCK. And thank you. And then fuck again. I'll never be able to think of pie or hockey without thinking about CP again. It's amazing where they went from in the beginning to where they're at now. GROWTH HEALTHY GROWTH. I'm blibbering right now and I won't be stopping soon but just a few words of depravity. Obvs Aunt Judy's jam is jammy best.

I love everything about this and your work and your art and THANK YOU SO MUCH for having us all be a part of this incredible journey with you. I wouldn't be the same person I am now without this comic, and I have loved every minute of screaming

OH! OH. OHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Finishing this was a rollercoaster. I'm had a giant goofy grin... and then the tears came. But, like, good tears! I'll have to re-read when my copy arrives and drink in the details.

ellamenope

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

What a beautiful and satisfying ending to such a heartwarming story! Thank you so much for all the time and work you put into making this comic :) <3

I need to go lie down and have feelings now.

Jenrose

I'm crying. I can't help it. Maybe I don't even want to. This is such a beautiful and perfect farewell. I'm going to miss Bitty and Jack and all of their amazing friends and family so much but it makes my heart so happy to know that they got a beautiful and fitting happy ending. I LOVED all the shots of Bitty's guest stars... the gingerbread haus, Dex's lobster pastry, the little football cupcakes with Coach and Mama Bittle, and that sweet sweet shot of Jack and Bitty at the end. It's perfect and my heart is happy and now all I want to do is experience the whole thing again. Thank you Ngozi. Thank you for sharing them with us.

Hilary R.

Thank you for this incredible story that has been a part of my life for so many years! I can't wait to see what comes next for you!

Thank you. Just... thank you. I will be forever grateful. Now if I could just stop crying...

Wendy Warren

😭😭😭😭😭 I literally can’t doing anything more than that right now I’ll come back and give real thoughts later I’m distraught.

Maria Harrington

I seriously cannot thank you enough for creating and sharing this beautiful, chirpy, hilarious, heart warming story 🥰🥰🥰 it has always brought a smile to my face (sometimes with tears in my eyes) and got me into the world of hockey (I was already a baker haha). Even though it’s “over”, there’s NO WAY I’m saying goodbye to this story; I’ll be rereading, telling people about it, and loving it pretty much forever. Can’t wait to see what else you write!

Thank you for sharing this with us. I’m so thankful I got to meet you last year at flamecon and thank you in person too and like I said then as truly sad as I am to have to say goodbye to check please I cannot wait to see what you have in store for the future. Thank you for everything this series was truly perfect and I know I will be rereading it again and again for years to come.

Welp the tears just didn't stop. This was such a beautiful ride! Thank you for all the time, energy, and creativity you put into omgcp. This is beautiful and is so important! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Bree

i'm crying so much, just so dang much! thank you ngozi, for everything! until next time

❤️❤️❤️ I love it all so much. Thank you!

Thanks for everything you've done. Congratulations on completing a really great project. *Crowd stamping, pounding the boards* Holster Voice: "FOUR. MORE. YEARS...FOUR. MORE. YEARS."

Scott Gosnell

I am in tears again. What a beautiful ending to the story.

Diana Williams

Thank you for you art and your storytelling with OMGCP these years. This is not quite the end, I'm sure, but it was a moment to feel a little choked up and be thankful! Looking forward to see what comes next!

Arend

See you on the next stream! 💓

Coach and the football cupcakes are what finally got me sobbing. Thank you for such a wonderful comic!! I'm excited to see what you do next (though you are of course always welcome to just draw everything Check Please related...)

Way to make my cry!!!!! <3 Such a great way to end it!

Thank you. For writing this comic, for giving us this delightful world to inhabit, for writing characters that are flawed but working to be the best versions of themselves. For giving us the delightful ray of Georgian sunshine to brighten our lives. Thank you.

Such a perfect ending, love the thanks and tributes. Thank you for the years of joy this comic and fandom have brought me!

Thank you! It’s been a wonderful and amazing journey. :-)

I wanna watch that vlog episode 😭 but wow this has been just the best ride. Thank you for all your hard work, Ngozi! You've given us a gift ❤

uh anyway I am crying thank you Ngozi for this blessing on my life and wonderful journey you invited us on. 💖 I’ll always be grateful

I am crying... a very good friend brought me into this and I am so so grateful for this. Thank you!!!

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thank you so much Ngozi! It was such an amazing story. Can’t wait to see what the future holds ❤️

Rainy

Thank you Ngozi. For the characters, the story, your art and your talent. I loved Bitty's arc and I'll miss it. This is a wonderful ending.

What a beautiful ending! Thank you so much for everything Ngozi, this comic has been an absolute joy to read over the years ❤️

Was not expecting to ugly cry when I read this (idk why) but wow... what an incredible ending to a story that has meant so much to me, my friends, and all of your fans. Thank you just doesn't feel like it's good enough but it's all I have. Thank you so, so, so much for sharing this story and your positivity with us. <3

Oh no. The end is real. I'm very grateful for this beautiful story. It gave hope at a time when we all needed it and it continues to be joyful. I truly believe it's made my life a LOT brighter, and the world a better place. I know CP is going to keep growing. This was the story I needed as a younger person, and I'm very glad so many others get to experience it across different mediums. Thanks for everything Ngozi. It was a fun, hopeful story that I will miss very very much.

Thank you so much!!!! This was a beautiful ending for a wonderful comic. Thank you for the time and care and love you put into sharing these characters and this story with us! ❤️

Thank you so much for everything. I found Check Please way back in 2014, and ever since then it’s been a comfort and a joy to read. I think on some level, you never really grow out of being a scared little gay kid, and even now, at 33, reading this story means so much to me, and I know it does and will mean so much to so many people others. So again, thank you.

Chris

My heaart!! Thank you for this wonderful story 💛💛💛

This entire journey has been beautiful!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!

First I want to say thank you!! This journey was so wonderful to be a part of and I loved every minute of it..second I want to say !Waah! *sobbing noisily* nooo...it can't be over...*major pouting* Hugs! <3

Thank you so so much. <3

THANK YOU. I’ve been reading Check Please since I was a sophomore in high school- 4 years ago now. Thank you for creating this masterpiece, Check Please has been a big part of my life. Thank you for creating and sticking with it after all this time. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

baylee

It was a mistake to watch the series finale of Schitt's Creek and then immediately read the end of CP. Now I'm bawling so hard I'll be useless the rest of the day. THANK YOU so much for this wonderful, amazing, perfect piece of art. I'm in awe of how you managed to accomplish such an immense project, and you have been so lovely to us throughout. You deserve every bit of happiness and success! ♥

This is perfect. Thank you for the incredible gift that is Check Please. Thank you.

Beautiful ending. Absolute perfection. I've been part of this fandom for so long and saying goodbye for now is just so hard. I can't imagine what you are going through Ngozi. I feel like we all grew up together with Bitty. Happy endings for everyone. 😭♥️😍🥧🏒

I've been here since the beginning of year two and I feel such an immense wave of joy right now it's hard to describe. It's coupled by such a bittersweet sadness because it's over. But you did it! I want to thank you for bringing your art to us, for sharing your process and for always being a champion for everything good and lovely. You've earned a fan for life. Thank you <3

I’m crying but it’s absolute happy tears!!! Thank you for defining my last few year with this comic. can’t wait for what’s next 🥧 💕

Nic Sushi

What a beautiful ending! Thank you so so much x

Oh no I'm tearing up a bit, this got me. 😢💖 Thank you for this wonderful story full of wonderful characters. ❤❤❤

Allegra

Thank you, Ngozi! I started reading Check, Please in my junior year of high school and now I'm in college, and I really feel as though I grew up with Bitty. This is such a beautiful and fitting ending to this magnificent story and to all the hard work you've put into this. Thank you so much for giving me so much joy and love and happiness these past years and for showing me what friendship and teamwork truly is - thank you.

What a ride. From the first time I laid eyes on this comic 5 or 6 years ago (!!!), my life has been impacted so much by you! I laughed along and picked up great song recs in livestreams, read a lot of awesome fix, and fell in love with hockey--the first major sport I've ever followed, much to the surprise of my family and friends! Thank you so much, Ngozi. For the story, the characters, the game. But most of all, thank you for sharing your process--what a hard worker. What an inspiration. :')))

Am I crying in the bathroom at work where I snuck away to read this? Yes. Thank you for all that you’ve done Ngozi!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

thank you fror telling this wonderful story. its made me so happy for over 4 years and helped fuel a vague interest in hockey into a slight obsession .lol. i love these characters so muchh!!!!

Rebecca

Whaaaaaa!!!!!! So good. So wonderful. And it's done!

Celina McMahon

OMG. I'm nearly sobbing. Thankyou. Thankyou thank you. I can say with 100% honesty, I wouldn't have taken some chances if not for reading this comic. I've been reading since 2016. I've met some great people because of it. It gave me the peace of mind to come out to my friends. I (100% serious) got into hockey and then decided to go on exchange to Canada because of this comic (look I'm never gonna have great impulse control, lets roll with it). Because of that - I learned to skate. I saw an NHL game. I met possibly the love of my life. Because one day I was scrolling through tumblr and I saw something and I thought it was cool. And that cool thing was Check Please and now I'm here. I'm graduating this year. I first 'met' Bitty and the team in my first year at uni. They've been with me this whole way, and whilst this feels like the end of an era, it's also, in some ways, opening a door to future things. So thank you again, so, so much

😍😢

This comic has been so special to me for so long now & I couldn’t have asked for a better ending 🥺💖 thank u for such an amazing comic that I’ll always hold close to my heart

Thank you so much for everything these past few years <3 <3 <3

KJ

I am an essential worker and have been so stressed out since all of this happened. I have been following Bitty and this amazing cast of characters since year 2 was posting for the first time. I have been dreading this story coming to an end, because it has been such an important part of my joy for so long. As I read these last comics this morning I sobbed out of joy. I am so happy for them and they journey that they have all gone on together. I am so so happy that Bitty won. Now I need to pull myself together, put on my mask and head to work. I have to go back outside. I am putting on my Samwell shirt and trying to hold that joy close because right now there is so little to go around. Thank you, Ngozi. You will never know how many people you have touched. This story saved lives.

Oh wow that ending got me right in the feels. Sob. Thankyou so much Ngozi this was all so wonderful!

I’m crying. In the best way. Thank you thank you thank you!!!!

Words cannot express how much this comic means to me. Thank you

This is beautiful and the best ending I could ever hope for! I got to the last panel of Jack and Bitty and straight up started bawling my eyes out 😩 Thank you so much for this gem of a story ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

but thank you so much for creating this, it's meant so much to see this type of happy narrative play out, especially in this time. this comic has sparked so much joy and love and so ill say it again: from the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Omfg. Thank you Ngozi. A beautiful ending.

Thank you Ngozi. Thank you.

I'm not crying you're crying. Ngozi, thank you so much for writing this comic and sharing it with us all. It's truly a story that I cherish and that managed to touch me right where I needed to. I'm glad to have got to see Bitty and everyone grow up like that. I'm sad it's ending, but that's truly the best way for it to end. Thank you again

Thank you for this perfect story.

im not crying you are

Gorgeous and funny. Couldn't be better. Thank you!!

Gendie

Thank you so much. I don’t know that I will ever be able to express what this webcomic and the fandom have meant to me. Just know that the past twelve months were the toughest of my life. And in the midst of severe depression, I found Bits and the SMH team. I’m still here. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

But honestly Ngozi this was incredible thank you thank you 💖💖

Hal Forbess

Me, having spent years searching for engagement rings on Yuri On Ice official art: where is Bitty's ring?

Hal Forbess

My heart!! So many feels!! Thank you for this amazingly wonderful comic!!! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🥧🏒

I couldn’t have wished for a better ending ❤️

Mojo

Thank you so much for this fantastic webcomic and all the joy its brought to my life Ngozi. I am so happy for you, this story, and all the love you can feel in it from the community. Thank you. ❤

There's a lot to say but I'll stick with THANK YOU. For everything 💜

4.19 will go up in a moment. Patreon has deleted my post about 4 times now. 🙃

Ngozi