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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 17, 2014 10:42:31 GMT -5
Lets see,as a community,whats our all time favorite comic strips.On Tuesday June 24th,I'll tally the votes. You can choose up to 5 of your favorites.Your 1st place favorite will get 5 points,2nd place 4 points and so on.Anything you'd like to write up about your choices is encouraged
1-Dick Tracy-My all time favorite.I've read much of the late 30s to early 60s.One of the greatest rogue galleries.Also enjoyed the later Max Allen Collins strips
2-Prince Valiant-Stunning art and great adventure
3-The Far Side-Larson's warped humor was addicting
4-Peanuts-After all those years it felt like family
5-Lil Abner-Between Capp and Frazetta it was great except the ending when Capp turned into a conservative nutjob
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Post by DE Sinclair on Jun 17, 2014 10:48:42 GMT -5
1>Bloom County. Topically weird humor. Plus Opus & Bill the Cat.
2>Calvin & Hobbes. Totally nailed the world of a strange kid's imagination. For some reason I could relate.
3>Doonesbury. Scathing political humor.
4>Get Fuzzy. Obnoxious cat, goofy dog, clueless owner. Reminds me of home.
5>Pickles. Cranky old fart. For some reason I began to relate to it as I got older...
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Post by The Captain on Jun 17, 2014 10:58:37 GMT -5
1. The Far Side - I love absurdist humor, and few strips, if any, ever got more absurd than this.
2. Dilbert - I've lived the corporate, cube-farm life for the past 15 years, and more often than not, I completely identify with the situations in this strip.
3. Calvin and Hobbes - what's not to like about a boy and his stuffed/imaginary friend tiger?
4. Bloom County - I was a little young when this was at its heyday, so some of the political humor was lost on me, but I've grown to appreciate it more in time.
5. Fox Trot - Enjoyed it much more a few years ago, when it was fresher, but it still gives me a laugh more often than not.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 17, 2014 11:09:55 GMT -5
1. Krazy Kat by George Herrimann. The most innovative and endearing strip ever to grace the comics page.
2. Pogo by Walt Kelly. By far, the best political satire ever in comic form. There was always more to Pogo that politics, but Kelly was just so good at it that it has to be mentioned. 3. Little Nemo in Slumberland by Windsor McCay. Those full-page layouts! That line work! So much more than th chronicles of a little boy's dreams. 4. Thimble Theater by E.C. Segar. Where Popeye got started. A serialized humor/adventure strip that must be seen to be believed. 5. Dick Tracy by Chester Gould. A precursor to Batman. And so much fun to read! |
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Post by shaxper on Jun 17, 2014 11:50:14 GMT -5
1. Bloom County
2. Prince Valiant (been meaning to read it, but this is based on the little I've seen)
3. The Far Side
4. Calvin & Hobbes
5. Pogo (been meaning to read it, but this is based on the little I've seen)
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Post by MDG on Jun 17, 2014 11:56:45 GMT -5
1. Calvin & Hobbes
2. Nancy (Bushmiller only!)
3. Peanuts
4. Doonesbury
5. Zippy
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 17, 2014 13:09:15 GMT -5
I forgot about Nancy. Nancy is freaking hysterical! I'm thinking of re-doing my list and throwing out Dick Tracy in favor of Nancy.
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 17, 2014 13:19:12 GMT -5
1. Calvin & Hobbes
2. Doonesbury
3. Bloom County
4. Peanuts
5. Get Your War On
I tend to like the edgier strips, like Pearls Before Swine, Red Meat or Boondocks back when it was still a new strip. But the classics are the classics. Except get Your War On, which was a right place, right time thing.
We did this for 12 Days of Christmas a couple years ago, didn't we? I wonder how my list has changed since then. I definitely feel like I am forgetting something here.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jun 17, 2014 13:38:59 GMT -5
1. Pogo
2. Calvin & Hobbes
3. Bloom County
4. Terry & the Pirates
5. Steve Canyon
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2014 13:43:57 GMT -5
Boondocks
Calvin And Hobbes
Doonesbury
Peanuts
Mickey Mouse
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2014 14:30:39 GMT -5
1. Peanuts
2. Bloom County
3. Calvin and Hobbes
4. Flash Gordon
5. The Phantom
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 17, 2014 15:20:54 GMT -5
1- Tarzan (Russ Manning version)
2- Prince Valiant (Hal Foster version)
3- Calvin & Hobbes
4- The Far Side
5- Bizarro
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Post by ironchimp on Jun 17, 2014 15:35:41 GMT -5
1. Alex in the The telegraph Smug merchant banker and his more spineless banker friend are thoroughly horrible people day in day out. www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/alex/alex-archive/2. Little Nemo In Slumberlant - just psychedelic madness - art and panel layouts havent aged a day - tour de force. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 17, 2014 15:40:46 GMT -5
Pogo
Dick Tracy
Calvin and Hobbes
Doonesbury
Gasoline Alley
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Post by MatthewP on Jun 17, 2014 15:51:32 GMT -5
1. Bloom County
2. Calvin and Hobbes
3. Dilbert
4. Non Sequitur
5. Pearls Before Swine
I'm amazed Peanuts didn't make it into my list, but it looks like the more subversive strips won out.
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