What's your favorite comic strip?

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arhar

Guest
Mine is Mallard Fillmore, of course ;)

Dilbert, Hagar the Horrible, and Zits are quite good too, but Mallard just wins out hehehe
 
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Rando

Guest
It would have to be a tie between Red Meat and This Modern World .

Calvin and Hobbes also holds a special place.
 
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Chaos Turtle

Guest
Now: I hardly read comics anymore but... I guess... I still look for both Mallard Fillmore and Doonesbury. The papers here put them on the Op/Ed pages rather than the comics page, so they're much more likely to get my notice. I also like to read Foxtrot and Rose is Rose. Dilbert, too.

All-time: Calvin and Hobbes, hands-down. Also a big fan of Bloom County (and to a lsomewhat lesser degree, Outland).
 
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Bob

Guest
I like Garfield, and Calvin and Hobbes, but I haven't seen much of Calvin and Hobbes... they are never in my newspaper. :-(

I also like a lot of online comics...

www.nuklearpower.com
-8 Bit Theater. A parody of the original Final Fantasy... a very good comic. :)

www.bobandgeorge.com
-Bob and George. A Parody of the Megaman series. Also very good.

Both contain a little cursing, so you shouldn't go if it offends you too much.

and there is one more called SinFest. It's original and funny, and it revolves around a cat and a dog, a pimp and a slut, and God and Satan... If you want to know the address PM me, because it has a lot of cursing and some R rated material...
 
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Azreal the Soulmaster

Guest
Hasn't the creator of Calvin and Hobbes been dead for quite some time? I could be wrong but I though he was dead. I like Garfield and Dilbert.
 
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Gerode

Guest
Watterson retired from Calvin and Hobbes at the end of 1995. I have all but one of the C&H books, there is no comparison to C&H.

I don't read the comics very often, but FoxTrot is the best one that comes to mind.

And I read Sluggy Freelance daily.
 
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Chaos Turtle

Guest
Gerode mentioned that Watterson retired from drawing Calvin and Hobbes, but for the sake of clarity I feel I should point out that he is also still alive.
 
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Apollo

Guest
Yes, Watterson is still alive, and will hopefully come back some day (not likely)...

1. Calvin and Hobbes
2. Dilbert
3. Zits
4. FoxTrot

And Sinfest is very good, too. Much more clever than it sounds above.:)
 
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Gerode

Guest
A lot of my friends read Megatokyo, a few even have Megatokyo merchandise (3vi1 1337 shirt). I started reading it, but couldn't really get into it.
 
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theorgg

Guest
.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................THEFARSIDE!

(I apologise to myself in advance...)

Non Sequor was alright the three days it ran...
Anyone know the address online for the comic that
WASN'T a non sequor about the life of a soul?
I saw some of those, then the paper dropped Non Seqor...
It was about six years ago...

I also like Get Fuzzy, Foxtrot, and Bruno the Bandit .
 
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Spiderman

Administrator
Staff member
Calvin and Hobbes all the way for me!

Lots of seconds... I pretty much read any comic in the paper except the soap opera type stuff (except Apt. 3-G).
 
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Thallid Ice Cream Man

Guest
Spiderman: So, I guess that means you read Spiderman? :)

I don't usually read the paper, much less the comics. But when I read them, I like Calvin and Hobbes (I liked them a lot a few years ago), Doonesbury, The Far Side, Dilbert, and Peanuts. Sometimes Garfield is OK, but other times it just doesn't appeal to me.

Does manga count? If so, I read Ranma 1/2 and Neon Genesis Evangelion mostly - it's usually limited to what I can borrow from a friend.
(If sparking this facet of the topic has offended someone, I apologize.)
 
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Spiderman

Administrator
Staff member
Of course, although since it's in the Washington Post and not the Baltimore Sun, I miss it over the weekends (I borrow a friend's paper at work).
 
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Melkor

Well-known member
The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes are of course the best comics from the general comics page in newspapers. Currently I like the Boondocks and Doonesbury. However the funniest and most insightful comic going today it This Modern World. Tom Tomorrow is a genius.
 
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Purple_jester

Guest
My number one favorite has got to be Calvin and Hobbes. No other comic strip represents the true essence of what it means to be a child. And I just love Waterson's work. His backgrounds are rick, and yet so much is invoked by just a few lines. If you were to ask me who my favorite philosopher is, it would be Waterson.

Number two is definitely Dilbert. It may be a spoof and a farce of today's corporate world, but if you've read his Scott Adams's books, you'll see that his work is derived from real life, and that truth is far stranger than fiction. Makes me glad I'm not a wage-earner.

My last pick is Sherman's Lagoon. The idiocy of that shark reminds me of someone I know. ;)
 
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terzarima

Guest
"Who knew carnival freaks had such lofty hygene standards?"

Hehe... Sherman's lagoon is probably my favourite. Bizarro probably my favourite on-paneller, and X-men, my favourite book (Although they have so bloody many that follow so many different story lines.... I'm so confused)
 
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