@duodec@ivannabc - We have met the enemy and he is us.Never pick on anyone smaller than yourself; if you wins you is a bully and if you loses you are a bum.Fetch me yon hatchet so I can cut off your head with it. Otherwise, no supper tonight!
Forgot but Prince Valiant was also a favorite growing up. I have a lot of the Fantagraphics Prince Valiant comic reprints but the real treasure is the set of seven Hastings House books that my Mom bought for my Dad when I was still too young to read. All three of us kids read those books over and over. Its in my top 10
@bayportbob Oh is THAT what they meant - then Pogo. I thought it had something to do with the Meh goat system (Go Out And Tough? Get Our Attitude Tootsie?)
I like Pearls Before Swine and Frazz, which can be quite sophisticated in its message. Shoe is good. Dilbert can be funny and presumably he gets many ideas from reader submissions.
Pogo was very good. I picked Calvin and Hobbs for this quiz.
It’s unfair to pit any newspaper comic, even Peanuts, against Calvin & Hobbes. It completely transcended the genre. I’ve loved Charlie Brown since I first learned to read in the late 60s but he still doesn’t live in my heart the way Calvin does.
I read a book a while back where two TV critics rated the top 100 shows of all time. They posted the online conversation where they decided the top three, and The Simpsons was in the mix. Now, I love the first dozen seasons of that show, but I thought it was a bit of a stretch until they started talking about how multi-faceted it was: while many episodes centered on some crazy stunt or cameo, there was also Mr. Bergstrom and Bleeding Gums Murphy bringing real emotional gravitas to the proceedings.
I feel the same way about Calvin and Hobbes. It detailed the most ridiculous, entertaining parts of Calvin’s imagination on one side, then did entire arcs about a dead bird or an injured raccoon that showed a kid struggling with the idea of his own mortality in a pretty realistic, relatable way. One of the earliest arcs is a dog taking Hobbes and the aftermath of losing one’s best friend. I think that range is what makes it unique and, for me, easily the best newspaper/web comic ever.
I’m so grateful that Bloom County has started again, on Facebook. No newspaper editors can squelch its bite.
Not interested.
@jst1ofknd I love that clmic too.
It’s impossible to pick one. So many of them are amazing. Pogo had some wonderful lines back in the day.
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@duodec @ivannabc - We have met the enemy and he is us. Never pick on anyone smaller than yourself; if you wins you is a bully and if you loses you are a bum. Fetch me yon hatchet so I can cut off your head with it. Otherwise, no supper tonight!
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(Sorry for the poor quality, I’m using an older phone.)
I have a hard time choosing between The Farside and Calvin and Hobbes, but in the end, Calvin wins by a tiger’s nose.
@duodec mine was between those two plus dilbert. You can never go wrong with most of these.
@evilstan60 Dilbert is top 10, but not top 2 for me.
@duodec exactly the same here.
Forgot but Prince Valiant was also a favorite growing up. I have a lot of the Fantagraphics Prince Valiant comic reprints but the real treasure is the set of seven Hastings House books that my Mom bought for my Dad when I was still too young to read. All three of us kids read those books over and over. Its in my top 10
I was always a fan of Bizarro and Non Sequitur.
Growing up, my newspaper didn’t have comics.
Perhaps that’s why I own box sets, or in one case, all anthologies, of certain comics.
G.O.A.T.? Gotta be Fallout.
I was introduced to Dilbert by a system administrator a long time ago.
He told me all of his programmers quite, which was not that bad. However, they did not document their code, which was a major headache.
The comic of my heart is probably Bloom County, but the objectively correct answer is Li’l Abner. FIGHT ME.
What does the generalized occupational aptitude test have to do with comics?
@DavidChurchRN I saw the GOAT, and didn’t get the acronym. All I could think of was, Fallout?, what does Fallout have to do with these comics?
Hägar The Horrible and The Wizard of Id
Calvin and Hobbes is an easy win here, but I’m disappointed that Get Fuzzy wasn’t an option.
G.O.A.T.? why not just say greatest of all time? it’s early/late morning and using brain power to think of this was more than i wanted to do now.
@bayportbob Oh is THAT what they meant - then Pogo. I thought it had something to do with the Meh goat system (Go Out And Tough? Get Our Attitude Tootsie?)
Our newspaper dropped Pearls Before Swine because it offended the old folks. So I dropped the newspaper.
@sammydog01 --Good!
I like Pearls Before Swine and Frazz, which can be quite sophisticated in its message. Shoe is good. Dilbert can be funny and presumably he gets many ideas from reader submissions.
Pogo was very good. I picked Calvin and Hobbs for this quiz.
Besides some good ones mentioned here, I really liked Zits.
Red and Rover is always a good strip, and Non-sequitur has its days.
The new Nancy is really, really good!
It’s unfair to pit any newspaper comic, even Peanuts, against Calvin & Hobbes. It completely transcended the genre. I’ve loved Charlie Brown since I first learned to read in the late 60s but he still doesn’t live in my heart the way Calvin does.
Love Family Circus and Baby Blues
How is Marmaduke not on here?
Given the well-earned love for Calvin and Hobbes, probably a fun place to link Calvin and Maud’dib. http://calvinanddune.tumblr.com/
@BethanyAnne And for those who frequent reddit come check-out:
I read a book a while back where two TV critics rated the top 100 shows of all time. They posted the online conversation where they decided the top three, and The Simpsons was in the mix. Now, I love the first dozen seasons of that show, but I thought it was a bit of a stretch until they started talking about how multi-faceted it was: while many episodes centered on some crazy stunt or cameo, there was also Mr. Bergstrom and Bleeding Gums Murphy bringing real emotional gravitas to the proceedings.
I feel the same way about Calvin and Hobbes. It detailed the most ridiculous, entertaining parts of Calvin’s imagination on one side, then did entire arcs about a dead bird or an injured raccoon that showed a kid struggling with the idea of his own mortality in a pretty realistic, relatable way. One of the earliest arcs is a dog taking Hobbes and the aftermath of losing one’s best friend. I think that range is what makes it unique and, for me, easily the best newspaper/web comic ever.
Calvin is my hero.
My name is Calvin.
Therefor, I am my own hero.
It’s Calvin and Hobbes. Hobbes is my hero.
Far Side and Bloom County, also liked Life in Hell and Rose is A Rose.
Our Boarding House with Major Hoople. Is anyone else here old enough to remember this comic?
Major Hoople
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The phrase “pearls before swine” reminds me of the tale of Dorothy Parker and Claire Booth Luce: https://www.britishpathe.com/gallery/best-insults/11