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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 24, 2014 17:15:46 GMT -5
2. Spider-man(the Stan Lee strip)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2014 22:39:15 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. God I had forgotten about Fred Bassett. When I lived in Connecticut, the Courant ran that strip, not on the comics page though, but as a column break in the classified section. Was never quite sure why, but it was much easier to ignore and forget about that way. -M |
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Post by berkley on Jun 24, 2014 23:16:13 GMT -5
Prince Valiant and Modesty Blaise made it into the top ten, so that<s two adventure strips, arguably - three if you count Dick Tracy, even more arguably.
One thing that occurred to me when I tried to think of my picks was that I would have had probably 4 out of 5 different choices 15 or 20 years ago - that might be fun to hear about here, unless it needs a thread of its own.
Also, there's the distinction between the strips I actually read in the newspaper back in the day and those I know mainly from collections. Much overlap there, of course, especially with favourites.
And I think there could be a distinction made between the actual 4-panel strips (with variations on the number of panels), and single-image things like the Far Side, or Herman, or political cartoons.
Herman reminds me that I<m sure there were a lot of things many of us wanted to draw attention to but couldn<t include in our top five. Herman was one of mine - a very under-rated cartoon, IMO, going by how rarely I ever see it mentioned anywhere. For those who have never seen it, it was a pre-Far Side single-panel carton, much more traditionally comical than what came after the Far Side. I love the Far Side but to me, as so often happens, that single innovator spawned a host of imitators none of whom were very good, IMO (sorry RR, not a fan of Bizarro). But because that was the trend, strips following the older style were soon forgotten.
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Post by Jasoomian on Jun 25, 2014 0:56:43 GMT -5
1. Boondocks
2. Bloom County
3. Howard the Duck
4. Star Wars
5. Little Orphan Annie
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Post by Jasoomian on Jun 25, 2014 0:57:57 GMT -5
2. Spider-man(the Stan Lee strip)
It's an open secret that Roy Thomas ghost-writes the strip for Stan. It seems like a sinecure for the Lieber brothers. Who do you think actually draws it? |
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Post by the4thpip on Jun 25, 2014 1:11:47 GMT -5
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Post by Crimebuster on Jun 25, 2014 1:22:10 GMT -5
It's an open secret that Roy Thomas ghost-writes the strip for Stan. It seems like a sinecure for the Lieber brothers. Who do you think actually draws it? I believe it's Alex Saviuk. He inks it, anyway, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was at least finishes rather than just inks. |
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Post by shaxper on Jun 25, 2014 7:01:01 GMT -5
For what it's worth, I know Stan Sakai does the lettering for the Spidey strip.
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Post by MDG on Jun 25, 2014 14:06:59 GMT -5
God I had forgotten about Fred Bassett. When I lived in Connecticut, the Courant ran that strip, not on the comics page though, but as a column break in the classified section. Was never quite sure why, but it was much easier to ignore and forget about that way. Speaking of repetitive English strips, I have a friend we make fun of because he buys Andy Capp paperbacks any time he sees them at a comic show or used bookstore. He must have 30 of them. |
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Post by webhead68 on Jun 25, 2014 18:57:49 GMT -5
1) Calvin & Hobbes
2) Pearl's Before Swine
3) Bloom County
4) Dick Tracy
5) Rip Kirby
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Post by berkley on Jun 27, 2014 0:02:20 GMT -5
Andy Capp was a very funny strip. I understand why it seems repetitive and also in some ways just incredibly wrong to a lot of readers, but I still rank it with my all-time favourites. I had a lot of the paperbacks too, as I did Peanuts, Wizard of Id, BC, and others.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 3:29:03 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 4:19:50 GMT -5
Garfield Without Garfield has made me cry laughing
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Post by dupersuper on Jul 1, 2014 22:18:01 GMT -5
I never expected to see this one on any ones list... |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2014 23:06:51 GMT -5
I never expected to see this one on any ones list... Joe is the name of the Barbarian with a bazooka over in the classic comic contest thread..it's his comic strip that was being voted for  -M |
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