What is Your Favorite Comic Strip?

[leftyladyfrommo]

The comics in the KC Star right now are really not funny - and not particularly politically astute either. I would like to suggest some better comics to them.

Any ideas.

My favorite is Opus. (only on Sundays)

[michreject]

1. For Better or for Worse

Been reading it from day one.

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. Yea, I love that one, too. And we do get that one.

We used to have Funky Winkerbean but that got quashed. I miss it.

[LynneSin]

4. I get all my cartoon's online - here's Funky

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/comics/Funky_Winkerbean.dtl

[Jimbo S]

15. I like the old Funky

I understand the author had to reinvent to keep it fresh. I still read it, just a bit different now.

I'm curious how many papers run Funky. How popular is it?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

3. Pearls Before Swine. (nt)

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. We have that one and I like it, too.

We have maybe five comics that are funny. The rest are just too weird. Zippy - I have never been able to make heads or tales of that one.
Bizzaro - Not very funny most of the time.

Non Sequitur - pretty good

Cathy- Duh

Get Fuzzy - not funny any more - it used to be.

[Mike Daniels]

23. Pearls is definitely the best and most consistently funny strip around at this time

Pastis may or may not be one warped dude but he's one of best at his craft right now.

[Hosnon]

5. Best: Foxtrot. Worst: Family Circle (I want to puke everytime I read it).

[leftyladyfrommo]

8. Foxtrot is only on Sundays now. n/t

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

9. Family Circle is horrible.

Ruins the comics section every week!

[Arugula Latte]

10. Oh, but don't you just love it when Billy "takes over" the strip for Daddy?

:eyes:

[ironflange]

35. Don't give FC a bad rap

Sure, it's maudlin as hell, but I think Bil Keane is just catering to his audience. Go to http://familycircus.com/ and look in "Files." The strips from the 60's seem edgier, and be sure to look in "Take-offs." He's obviously a really good sport.

There are always trolls at Amazon writing hilarious reviews of FC books. Look around, there are some good ones here:

http://www.amazon.com/What-Does-This-Say-Keane/dp/0345470303/sr=1-3/qid=1169060722/ref=pd_bbs_3/102-7209730-0806510?ie=UTF8&s=books

[1gobluedem]

6. Pearls Before Swine is hilarious

Other favorites: Candorville, For Better or Worse, and Non Sequitur.

And you can never leave out Doonesbury!

[libnnc]

11. I like Get Fuzzy

Bucky the Cat cracks me up.

[Goblinmonger]

12. Cow and Boy. Second only to Pearls Before Swine.

I have two subscriptions to electronic delivery of comics. I had never heard of this one before a month ago, but it is hilarious.

On edit: I had the order of the title backwards. And here's a sample.

[NewWaveChick1981]

13. It used to be The Far Side.

And I loved Bloom County when it was around. Nothing appeals to me now. :(

[leftyladyfrommo]

18. Yes! the Best of All Time = the Far Side

I laughed until I thought I'd die. I have several books of the Far Side and when I'm down I pull them out - they still make me crack up.

And Calvin and Hobbs!

Where are the good ones! We need some really good comics.

[NewWaveChick1981]

19. Same here!

And Calvin and Hobbes was great indeed! They don't make 'em like that any more. :cry:

[Hugin]

14. Current favorite web comics

Political...

http://www.slowpokecomics.com/blog.html

Never political, but, always intriguing...

http://www.penny-arcade.com/

OUTRAGEOUS!!11!!! (Warning: Occasionally very controversial... )

http://yirmumah.net/

[BarenakedLady]

16. Web comics for gamer geeks like me...

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic

[Hugin]

21. ...

PA is a hoot! ;)

[BarenakedLady]

24. Yup...

:thumbsup:

[Orsino]

30. Yeah, those are awesome.

I also track Questionable Content, PvP, and my new fave, which any gamer must check out: http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?cat=14

[Burma Jones]

17. Once it was Calvin and Hobbes

Now, I would have to say Non Sequitur

[WhollyHeretic]

20. Pearls Before Swine, Doonesbury, Get Fuzzy, Monty

[sakabatou]

22. Oh wow....

I haven't read the comics in a while... I dunno

[tk2kewl]

25. Non Sequitur

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x3138046 :D

[ghostsofgiants]

26. Assuming webcomics count, Questionable Content.

http://www.questionablecontent.net

Also worth mentioning:
http://www.mitchclem.com/rockcity
http://www.mitchclem.com/nothingnice
htt://www.qwantz.com
http://www.joeandmonkey.com

[stuntcat]

27. Get Fuzzy

Sometimes Pearls Before Swine is funnier but I'm totally in love with Bucky and Satchel

[El Fuego]

28. Get Fuzzy, P before S, Rose is Rose, Zits, Dilbert

[Hugin]

32. Oh...

I forgot to mention 'Get Fuzzy'!

LOL!

Definitely ranks at the top of my Syndicated Comic List.

[ironflange]

29. My web comics

I have them all in a folder on my Bookmarks Toolbar (Firefox). I just open 'er up and click on "Open all in tabs." Very convenient.

9 Chickweed Lane
Pibgorn
Get Fuzzy
The Meaning of Lila
Monty
Pearls Before Swine (yesterday's Abe Lincoln one was a scream ("awkward silence"))
Rose is Rose
Soup to Nutz
Clear Blue Water
FoxTrot
FBOFW
Funky
Bizarro
Doonesbury

I really like Clear Blue Water. It ran in the local rag only briefly, I think it was too controversial. The author says:

The phrase "clear blue water," explains author Karen Montague-Reyes, comes from the world of politics. It describes the ideological divide between two political parties. In the Torres house, clear blue water is the gulf of personal experience that Eve and Manny cross each day to make their lives work. Male and female, liberal and conservative, biracial and Hispanic, they approach everyday life from opposite shores and find common ground in their devotion to each other and their determination to raise their children well.

[acmavm]

31. Non Seq. My all-time faves were Bloom County and Calvin &

Hobbes.

[Lyric]

33. For Better Or For Worse

"Mallard Fillmore" is the one I love to HATE. There are times that I find myself yelling at the newspaper, because the audacity of the blatant lies in that strip just drive me crazy.

[itsmesgd]

34. The Far Side by far