Best newpaper comic strip?

jim · Post by **jim** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:05 am

What was your favorite comic strip that is no longer published and what is your current favorite comic strip.

My past favorites would Calvin & Hobbs, (old favorite before I was born is Pogo).

Current favorite is Zits.

••••••••••••••••••••••
Receive a webcomic by email! Also specials on characters products from the comic!
http://www.gumballgang.com

Post by **Catspaw** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:12 am

I love Calvin and Hobbes! $\:D/$ It's just too funny sometimes! Peanuts is also a really good "past" comic strip.

A current favourite...hmm, I'm terrible at choosing just one.

I like Foxtrot and Dilbert and Baby Blues and a newer favourite for me is Pearls Before Swine, which at first looked totally stupid but turned out to be really funny! $\:D/$

Laurie · Post by **Laurie** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 9:18 am

Garfield and Dilbert.

Laura Ingalls · Post by **Laura Ingalls** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:41 am

I have to agree with Catspaw: Calvin and Hobbes for past and Foxtrot, Dilbert, and Baby Blues for current. $\:D/$

Macnut · Post by **Macnut** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:45 am

We don't get the paper....my grandma brings us hers sometimes but I can't remember which ones I like...

Fei · Post by **Fei** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:50 am

Foxtrot is my favorite but I also like Zits and Spiderman!

Sarah · Post by **Sarah** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:52 am

I like Calvin and Hobbes, and Pickles. Funny stuff.

Sarah

Danadelfos · Post by **Danadelfos** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:55 am

Fox Trot and Baby Blues! $\:D/$

Raskolnikov · Post by **Raskolnikov** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:06 am

My past favorite is Calvin and Hobbes hands down.

Current favorite is... hmmm... probably Mallard Fillmore.

I like Foxtrot too, but our paper decided to stop carrying it.

Danadelfos · Post by **Danadelfos** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:32 am

Oh yeah and I forgot Mallard Filmore even though I don't read it regularly...

LizzieG · Post by **LizzieG** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:44 am

Now that I'm at college, I only keep track (via the web) of my two favorite comic strips, Luann and For Better or for Worse. I like those mostly because they're more like a continuing story than any of the others in my newspaper...even though they can be soap operaish at times.

My dad's favorite is Dilbert, and try as I might I rarely find it funny. I guess it comes from my never having worked an office job...

Post by **Catspaw** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 11:57 am

Laura Ingalls wrote:I have to agree with Catspaw: Calvin and Hobbes for past and Foxtrot, Dilbert, and Baby Blues for current. $\:D/$

Yes! Become the latest ToO twin today, Laura! Darcie and LizzieG and I can help you find a nice Harrison Ford avatar!

LizzieG, I've never worked at an office, but I still enjoy Dilbert. I guess it just depends on what you find funny.

LizzieG · Post by **LizzieG** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:03 pm

Catspaw wrote:
Laura Ingalls wrote:I have to agree with Catspaw: Calvin and Hobbes for past and Foxtrot, Dilbert, and Baby Blues for current. $\:D/$
Yes! Become the latest ToO twin today, Laura! Darcie and LizzieG and I can help you find a nice Harrison Ford avatar!

LizzieG, I've never worked at an office, but I still enjoy Dilbert. I guess it just depends on what you find funny.

My dad has books of dilbert comic strips lying around...some are funny, but you're right, what's funny depends on the person. I laugh at many comic strips, but my favorites are ones where there's a story attached instead of random humor.

Usually. Sometimes.

I've heard a few stories of Calvin and Hobbes from my roommate and others hear, and it makes me wish I'd read the strip while it was still going...alas, I never did

STRYPER · Post by **STRYPER** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:15 pm

Foxtrot hands down.

Bill Amend has an uncanny nack for understanding EVERYTHING that goes on in a family home.

Calvin and Hobbes was wonderful, but limited. Calvin was only 6 years old and a single child. As Bill Cosby once said, "I don't really call them a parent because with only one child there are too many things left out." FoxTrot took the brilliance of Calvin and Hobbes and expanded it.

jim · Post by **jim** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:32 pm

LizzieG wrote:My dad's favorite is Dilbert, and try as I might I rarely find it funny. I guess it comes from my never having worked an office job...

I rarely find it funny as well.

STRYPER wrote:Foxtrot hands down.

snipped

FoxTrot took the brilliance of Calvin and Hobbes and expanded it.

You really think so?

Foxtrot might make me crack a smile once in awhile and that is rare. Calvin and Hobbs was simply funny as well as very creative. There was a line between reality and fantasy that was never explained.

also, Calvin's artwork evolved into works of actual art that is unequaled in comics today.

I think Calvin reached the heights seen only by Pogo and Peanuts.

EDIT: When responding to more than one person, you can include it all in a single post ~ STRYPER

Jessicado · Post by **Jessicado** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:51 pm

Older is Calvin and Hobbes. Newer is...I dunno. Don't really pay attention anymore! Zits comes to mind though.

jim · Post by **jim** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:21 pm

Zits is well written and ver well drawn. He is certainly influenced by Calvin & Hobbs and Eisner's spirit.

Fei · Post by **Fei** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:00 pm

I also like Ryhmes with Orange! They're one panel and hilarious!

STRYPER · Post by **STRYPER** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:09 pm

Yeah, one panal comic strips have never been the same since Far Side.

Rhymes with Orange is pretty good but I'd sure like to see a one panal go far above the rest like Gary Larson did...

Applesauce · Post by **Applesauce** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:41 pm

No matter what else is out there, I'll always be partial to Peanuts. That's been my favorite since I was nine. $\:D/$

I've never been able to get my hands on a Calvin & Hobbes book...which is sad because everyone says it's so great. I'll have to try harder, I guess.

My current favorites are....uh...Garfield and Dilbert are up there, as is Fox Trot. I used to like Get Fuzzy, but after a while that one really gets redundant. Hmmm....I don't know. My newspaper is in dire need of some better comic strips.