Forgot about Far Side, Wizard of Id was good too.Far Side and Calvin & Hobbes are probably neck and neck.
I loved Bloom County back in the day, but sadly, the reboot really hasn't done it any favors.
Beetle Bailey was a real numb nutz, but i was diggin' the strip back in the day.
**** Tracy, Pogo, Mother Goose and Grimm, Prince Valiant, Johnny Quest, B.C.
We still have a subscription to our local paper. Dilbert and Get Fuzzy are my daily reads. And I still get a Dilbert desktop calendar every year.Side note - this does beg the question...do people still read comic strips?
For me, the comic strip was intrinsically tied to the newspaper. When you read the newspaper, you also read the "funny pages" (in glorious color on Sundays).
Now that my news comes from the internet, I can't tell you the last time I read a comic strip (much less with regularity).
Calvin and Hobbes.
good call, really enjoyed her shtick - it helped shape my understanding of the female species ... which is whiy i still don't understandKind of disappointed no has recognized the greatness of "Kathy" in here though. Sexists.
Netflix has a documentary about the impact of Calvin and Hobbes as a comic strip. It's called Dear Mr. Watterson.Calvin and Hobbes.
Same for me and partially why I started this thread. Not long ago I saw a Sunday paper and remembered how great it was to get the comics longer and in color on Sundays. I like the Parade too.Side note - this does beg the question...do people still read comic strips?
For me, the comic strip was intrinsically tied to the newspaper. When you read the newspaper, you also read the "funny pages" (in glorious color on Sundays).
Now that my news comes from the internet, I can't tell you the last time I read a comic strip (much less with regularity).
You & I are the same age and I mostly align with your choices. I did like the Lockhorns when I got older, though.I'm 54.
best Sunday comic strips before i was a teen: Beetle Bailey, Peanuts, The Archies
most apt to read when I was older because I thought they were clever: B.C., Dilbert, Doonesbury, The Far Side, The New Yorker
Never thought Garfield, Calvin & Hobbes or Bloom County were great but that's a function of my age (all came out in my late teens or early adulthood.)
Denis the Menace and Family Circle were dumb, ditto for the Lockhorns.
the NY Daily New Sunday comics (in glorious color) was akin to getting the Sears Christmas Wish Book each week - as a kid back in those days, yeah - that was the ####Same for me and partially why I started this thread. Not long ago I saw a Sunday paper and remembered how great it was to get the comics longer and in color on Sundays. I like the Parade too.
That was the dude with the turtle-neck all the way up to his eyebrows? He was freaky.Bazooka Joe
Our Sunday comics come with our Saturday paper. I get mad at my wife if she throws out the comics before I get to read them Sunday morning. The Sunday comics are meant to be read while drinking your coffee Sunday morning - not Saturday.Same for me and partially why I started this thread. Not long ago I saw a Sunday paper and remembered how great it was to get the comics longer and in color on Sundays. I like the Parade too.
But in the grand scheme, there is Calvin & Hobbes and then a deep, deep drop before you get to anyone at #2. Sheer genius.
Ziggy makes The Family Circus look like Shakespeare.Not mentioned, but I liked Ziggy.