Thread:Ultrasonic9000/@comment-27441478-20170107151951/@comment-4220590-20170107153433

For the deceased category, sure, but the other definitions you brought up are entirely opinionated as people can come up with all kinds of definitions for how active a person is, and even then, you do not know that. For example Dave Manak was not active since the first issues, and then he shows in the late 100th issues with a story or two. Similarly, with Steven Butler, he was not active since #246, and then he shows up in Soninc Boom #5. And then there is Big's old voice actor who made a return for Lego Dimensions.

It all boils down to the simple fact that we have no telling of whether a person has retired or has simply been put on hold.