Around 2011[citation needed] it switched syndicates to The Washington Post Writers Group (which also distributed Bell's other strip Candorville).
[5] Although no longer appearing in print, Rudy Park continued to be syndicated by The Washington Post Writer's Group, possibly only to websites.
Because of its early allusion to the dot-com bust, the strip occasionally takes on current events but in a more lightweight manner compared to Bell's other creation, Candorville.
Rudy Park: The People Must Be Wired takes on the fast pace of the technology-driven world, our obsession with materialism, and the foibles of cultural and political icons.
The café is also a crossroads for contemporary issues and celebrity and political visitors, such as John Ashcroft, who monitors people from his home inside a pastry container at the cafe, and Senator Tom Daschle, who is afraid to draw too much attention to himself, lives under a table.