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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 19, 2014 18:49:14 GMT -5
Someone helpfully pointed out that wikipedia is correct - reading the full sentence, it says that Sky Masters is based on an earlier strip proposal called Space Busters, which did not sell.
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Post by benday-dot on Jun 19, 2014 20:44:21 GMT -5
And my favorite strip being published today: Luann by Greg Evans. It started as a gag-a-day strip about a teenage girl but has evolved, a la Funky Winkerbean, into an ongoing realistic story with a large cast of delightfully believable characters who are aging but not quite in real time. The strip started in 1985, and Luann was then 13. This week, she graduated from high school. I'm eager to see what happens to the gang next. Wow, Rob, we really differ on Luann. I read Luann every day too, along with the rest of the usually bland strips appearing on the funnies page, and I have to say it is often with a measure of frustration and incredulity. I know its a family strip, but the characters and situations presented in Luann resemble no one and nothing I can recall from my high school days. I find it annoyingly unbelievable, unrelentingly phony and devoid of any compelling characterization. Yikes, I know I'm being harsh. "Freaks and Geeks" might be too much to expect from a family strip, but even decades earlier Milt Caniff knew how to throw in searing moment and poignant turn. Luann is dullsville to me and lacking any of the turbulence associated with the teen-age years. Sorry Luann fans and I know there are lots of them! The only redeeming strip I find on the comic page today is the still astonishingly regularly pitch perfect Dilbert. |
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Post by the4thpip on Jun 20, 2014 1:50:47 GMT -5
Bloom County
Peanuts
Calvin and Hobbes
Doonesbury
Boondocks
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Post by the4thpip on Jun 20, 2014 1:51:35 GMT -5
In related news, isn't it time to put down Fred Basset already?
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Post by foxley on Jun 20, 2014 6:52:52 GMT -5
In related news, isn't it time to put down Fred Basset already? Fred Basset was put down decades ago. It is the only way to explain the bizarre, humourless zombie that shambles through the comics pages? Honestly, is there anyone who finds Fred Basset funny? |
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 20, 2014 9:27:06 GMT -5
I don't know why we are singling out Fred Bassett in the same universe that has Heathcliff and Mallard Fillmore.
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Post by the4thpip on Jun 20, 2014 10:41:47 GMT -5
Maybe it's because Fred Basset is the only comic strip running in the only daily newspaper in my town. I bet the editor likes dogs or something.
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 20, 2014 14:54:19 GMT -5
Wow, Rob, we really differ on Luann. I read Luann every day too, along with the rest of the usually bland strips appearing on the funnies page, and I have to say it is often with a measure of frustration and incredulity. [...] The only redeeming strip I find on the comic page today is the still astonishingly regularly pitch perfect Dilbert. De gustibus non est disputandum, I guess. Dilbert is on my top-five list also. I think his cubicle must not be far from mine. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 24, 2014 11:12:18 GMT -5
And here are the results of last week's All Time Favorite Newspaper Strip Poll.
The biggest shocker to me? Not a single vote for the Star Wars strip with the beautiful Al Williamson art.We love our classic comics but not alot shown for classic newspaper strips or the adventure genre in general here.
Calvin & Hobbes 81
Far Side 43
Bloom County 42
Prince Valiant 28
Peanuts 28
Doonesbury 20
Pogo 16
Dick Tracy 14
Modesty Blaize 13
Dilbert 12
Little Nemo in Slumberland 9
Footrot Flats 8
Flash Gordon 8
Tarzan 7
Terry & The Pirates 6
Krazy Kat 5
Boondocks 6
Alex in the Telegraph 5
Secret Agent Corrigan 5
Katzenjammer Kids 5
Superman 5
Judge Dredd 5
Nancy 4
Wizard Of Id 4
Get Fuzzy 4
Lil Abner 4
Fox Trot 4
Garfield 4
Mary Tourtel's Rupert Bear 4
Amazing Spider-Man 3
Fudge the Elf 3
Thimble Theater/Popeye 2
Non Sequiter 2
Pearls Before Swine 2
Early Perishers 2
Pickles 1
Zippy 1
Get Your War On 1
Steve Canyon 1
Mickey Mouse 1
The Phantom 1
Bizarro 1
Gasoline Alley 1
Zits 1
Buzz Sawyer 1
Mother Goose & Grimm 1
Life In Hell 1
Drabble 1
Bristow 1
49 different strips as voted by 30 of our members,or close to half of those who have posted above double digits.Thanks for your participation and comments and your certainly welcome to add any parting thoughts
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Post by shaxper on Jun 24, 2014 11:33:35 GMT -5
The comics on this list that I'm familiar with fell out in pretty much the right places. I like this list and am now intrigued to check out the titles I'm not familiar with.
However, it would be interesting to next ask what the All time GREATEST newspaper strips were. As much as I personally prefer Calvin and Hobbes, Bloom County, and the Far Side, there's no denying Little Nemo should be outranking them all in terms of sheer quality. With comic books, we seek out the classics of yesterday, whether or not we personally grew up with them, but I think Newspaper strips work differently. We remain attached to the ones we knew.
Thanks much for doing this, Ish!
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Post by MatthewP on Jun 24, 2014 14:40:03 GMT -5
We love our classic comics but not alot shown for classic newspaper strips or the adventure genre in general here. For me the strip form just doesn't work well for adventure; it's just too broken up into small pieces and I don't care for having to wait a day for the next tiny piece. I do enjoy the Mickey Mouse adventure strips in collected form, but in the newspaper it would just be too annoying. IMO the strip form best lends itself to done-in-one bits, which tend to be gags and humor. |
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Post by Pharozonk on Jun 24, 2014 14:51:50 GMT -5
1. Calvin and Hobbes
2. Spider-man(the Stan Lee strip)
3. Garfield
4. the Far Side
5. Blondie
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 24, 2014 15:05:45 GMT -5
1. Calvin and Hobbes
2. Spider-man(the Stan Lee strip)
3. Garfield
4. the Far Side
5. Blondie Blondie could have used your help if you got that vote in on time |
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Post by Pharozonk on Jun 24, 2014 15:20:53 GMT -5
1. Calvin and Hobbes
2. Spider-man(the Stan Lee strip)
3. Garfield
4. the Far Side
5. Blondie Blondie could have used your help if you got that vote in on time For some reason, I just now saw this thread. I wish I could have voted.  |
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Post by foxley on Jun 24, 2014 16:37:58 GMT -5
I don't know why we are singling out Fred Bassett in the same universe that has Heathcliff and Mallard Fillmore. Neither of those runs in any newspaper I read (and I don't know if Mallard Fillmore runs outside of the US, I only know it from the various lambastings of it I've read online). But Fred Basset, for unfathomable reasons, seems to run in a paper in every capital city in Australia. |
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