Thoughts about comic strips..

[Sooga]

'The Far Side' was very good, but not nearly as brilliant as people made it out to be.

'Calvin & Hobbes' was simply brilliant.

Garfield and Peanuts are the most overrated pieces of dogsh*t I have ever read. How those strips ever became popular in the first place astounds me.

Does anyone actually read Mary Worth?

Dilbert is the "Napoleon Dynamite" of comic strips.... you either love it (like me) or hate it (like my parents).

Any others? Thoughts?

[Dynasty]

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[Daliman]

Bloom county was my favorite of all time. Berke Breathed's work since is too disjointed for my taste.

[Sooga]

Ahhh, Ziggy... forgot about that. That strip was great.

[ArchAngel71857]

I'm a huge fan of Fox Trot.

Adam@home is pretty funny.

Arlo and Janis.

Baby Blues.

I'll tell you what I hate: Cathy.

-AA

[ArchAngel71857]

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More Harry Potter references from Dynasty.

Also. was Bloom County done by the same guy who did Shoe? Because Shoe was awesome. or maybe it was Bloom County.

-AA

[rusellmj]

I always enjoyed Doonsberry. After Hunter S. Thompson died I found out that Uncle Duke was based on him.


Russ

[Sooga]

Duh, FoxTrot.. that strip is awesome... one of the few strips that I read nowadays. I've probably forgotten so many more that I should have mentioned.

[Matty]

The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes, and Dilbert. Everything else sucks ass. Well, This Modern World is funny, but I dunno if that counts since it's just current politics.

[PhatTBoll]

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Also. was Bloom County done by the same guy who did Shoe? Because Shoe was awesome. or maybe it was Bloom County.


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Different guys. I will second Bloom County as an awesome strip. Breathed could do absurdist stuff, social commentary and political satire, and make them funny.

My personal comic strip pantheon:

1. Far Side
2. Bloom County
3. Calvin and Hobbes
4. Mary Worth


Just kidding about the last one.

[pshreck]

I own just about all the FoxTrot books, love all of them.... but I think I laugh maybe once per three books. They arent funny at all... just good to read.

I always wonder why I like FoxTrot so much. I feel like if I had to defend as to why it is good I would have nothing to say.

[Bulldog]

Calvin & Hobbes is far and away #1. I'd pay Bill Watterson $1,000 to do five more years.

[7ontheline]

I agree with Calvin and Hobbes being awesome. Frazz is a recent strip which owes a lot to C&H but is also good.

Peanuts used to be good, way back in the day. It had a clever, subtle humor. The later stuff was dreck.

[nolanfan34]

I like Get Fuzzy a lot.

[EliteNinja]

I really liked Fox Trot.
I also like Garfield.

[anisotropy]

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I like Get Fuzzy a lot.

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Bucky Katt rocks.

[Gallopin Gael]

Amen.

[Popinjay]

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Perry Bible Fellowship rules (http://www.thewebcomiclist.com/p/1829/Perry_Bible_Fellowship_the)

[Phat Mack]

Sinfest

[nothumb]

I like Doonesbury. Uncle Duke is always one of my favorites.

Others I like:

Calvin and Hobbes
The Boondocks
Red Meat
Bloom County (hasn't this been resurrected? I see new ones in the Sunday paper and they are hiii - larious.)
Prince Valiant (even better than Mary Worth, if you can believe it)

NT

[Macdaddy Warsaw]

Perry Bible Fellowship is so good.

[CCass]

My all-time favorites (in order).

Bloom County - two words....."Penguin Lust"
The Far Side
Calvin & Hobbes
Dilbert
Doonesbury

[IndieMatty]

Bloom County was the best. Far Side, second best.

[beerbandit]

i like calvin and hobbes also -- i think i have a few books
especially the one where the snowman is stalking him


what about marmaduke?

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cheers

[Shajen]

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Bloom County was the best. Far Side, second best.

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Negative ghost rider, Calvin and Hobbes followed by Far Side.

All others are "teh suck".

[thatpfunk]

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Negative ghost rider, Calvin and Hobbes followed by Far Side.

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[NotMitch]

www.achewood.com (http://www.achewood.com)

[B Dids]

A few points.

Fox Trot- WTF? That his horrible.

Bloom County is so damn derrivative of Doonesbury it's embarassing.

To me, any list that doesn't start with Calvin and Hobbes and Doonesbury in the 1 and 2 spots is flawed.

[usmfan]

Definitely:
Bloom County
Farside
Calvin and Hobbs
Foxtrot

[SenecaJim]

Nailed it on the head , all 3 times. I laugh out loud a lot readig Dilbert. I wasn't huge d.berry fan cause not real political minded, but they had some pretty good ones once in awhile.

[SenecaJim]

Speaking of Hunter S. , the world is gonna miss him. His neighbors probably won't, but I will.

[hoyaboy1]

The only ones I ever liked were Far Side, C and H, and Dilbert - and I have pretty much every book of those. I think I'd put Far Side first, but the fact that I become really, really sad whenever I look at the last Cavin and Hobbes cartoon makes me question that choice.

[Dominic]

I freakin' hate Ziggy

[usmfan]

Can't believe I left out Doonesbury.

[Dr. Strangelove]

My favorites in order:

Calvin and hobbes
Bloom County
The Far Side