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Post by dupersuper on Jul 2, 2014 0:55:41 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 Ah, that makes more sense. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2014 3:06:39 GMT -5
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 Ah, that makes more sense. Yeah, Bazooka Joe provided us poor kids with 2 separate entertainment for the price of one; bubble gum and comics strip. While, the Viking with a Bazooka is just a reminder why you shouldn't give scissors to children. They just want to have fun with it. |
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Post by dupersuper on Jul 2, 2014 19:28:19 GMT -5
Ah, that makes more sense. Yeah, Bazooka Joe provided us poor kids with 2 separate entertainment for the price of one; bubble gum and comics strip. If by bubble gum you mean rocks and by comic strips you mean an inner wrapper immediately thrown out... |
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Post by travishedgecoke on Jul 3, 2014 15:42:18 GMT -5
Top 5: Get Fuzzy Little Nemo in Slumberland Krazy Kat Far Side Plica (news magazine strip, but I'm sticking by it) My brother does this with Family Circus, which is one of a short list of things (also including 2 $hort albums) that I will never understand about him. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2014 4:35:46 GMT -5
Yeah, Bazooka Joe provided us poor kids with 2 separate entertainment for the price of one; bubble gum and comics strip. If by bubble gum you mean rocks and by comic strips you mean an inner wrapper immediately thrown out... Not at all. The bubble gum was soft, like I said it was quite popular that made the stock always fresh and I had around 100 "wrapping comics" I hid under the roof of the old house. I'll bet you it's still there, unless the new owners demolished that part of the residence. It's probably worth more than the house itself.  |
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Post by Jasoomian on Jul 4, 2014 14:25:36 GMT -5
It was the Topps and other card-pack gums that were so horrible and brittle...
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Post by jdw on Jul 4, 2014 14:35:52 GMT -5
1. Peanuts
2. Herman
3. Calvin & Hobbes
4 Far side
5. Garfield
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Post by comicscube on Jul 10, 2014 1:27:30 GMT -5
Sticking with only-part-of-the-Sunday-paper-page comics, to be fair:
1) Calvin and Hobbes - because, yes
2) Pearls Before Swine - Pastis' humor has like a 98.86% overlap with mine.
3) Pickles - because it's cranky and adorable all at once.
4) Peanuts - might actually place higher if I just isolated all the Peppermint Patty strips
5) Candorville - a modern favorite, probably subject to change at some point
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Post by haiduk on Aug 27, 2016 14:42:38 GMT -5
Axa was a really cool comic. I remember this one from waaaaay back, and seems like it's pretty obscure nowadays.
I remember one issue where she was stuck in a wilderness and had to fight giant insects.
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Post by Warmonger on Aug 27, 2016 16:00:11 GMT -5
Calvin and Hobbes, hands down.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Aug 28, 2016 0:55:29 GMT -5
Prince Valiant is hand down for me. Just a work of art. I've read the first eight volumes of the brilliant Fantagraphics collections and will be continuing to read it as long as they publish it. One aspect that I think gets overlook is how Foster has such a deep knowledge of the outdoors, which is where Val has most of his adventures. Little things pop up like hunting tricks, survival skills, etc. Also, the natural world is more than just a vague backdrop like most modern comics, it's a vibrant part of the story that's as important as the characters. That's urbanization for you.
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Post by Confessor on Aug 28, 2016 5:09:51 GMT -5
Axa was a really cool comic. I remember this one from waaaaay back, and seems like it's pretty obscure nowadays. I remember one issue where she was stuck in a wilderness and had to fight giant insects. My overriding memory of Axa was that it seemed like forbidden naughtiness to me as a kid. It was printed in The Sun, right? I was only a young lad at the time, but my grandparents used to buy The Sun newspaper and I remember sneakily looking through it for exciting glimpses of nudity in the Axa strip and also in George & Lynne (did Lynne even own any clothes?!). Plus, you had the daily Page 3 girl, of course. Ahhh, Halcyon days! |
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Post by tingramretro on Aug 28, 2016 5:43:42 GMT -5
Axa was a really cool comic. I remember this one from waaaaay back, and seems like it's pretty obscure nowadays. I remember one issue where she was stuck in a wilderness and had to fight giant insects. Axa isn't really obscure. Axa albums are still readily available in several parts of continental Europe, I believe. She also appeared in her own Eclipse Comics title in the 90s, and in at least a couple of titles from Quality, who also produced 2000 AD reprints in the 80s.    My top five would be: 1) The Perishers 2) Axa 3) George & Lynne 4) Striker 5) Judge Dredd |
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Post by tingramretro on Aug 28, 2016 5:51:25 GMT -5
Axa was a really cool comic. I remember this one from waaaaay back, and seems like it's pretty obscure nowadays. I remember one issue where she was stuck in a wilderness and had to fight giant insects. My overriding memory of Axa was that it seemed like forbidden naughtiness to me as a kid. It was printed in The Sun, right? I was only a young lad at the time, but my grandparents used to buy The Sun newspaper and I remember sneakily looking through it for exciting glimpses of nudity in the Axa strip and also in George & Lynne (did Lynne even own any clothes?!). Plus, you had the daily Page 3 girl, of course. Ahhh, Halcyon days! I still have a complete set of Axa albums (Romero is one of my favourite artists) and several scrapbooks full of George & Lynne and Striker. The Sun was actually pretty good for comics content from the 70s through to the late 90s. More info on all of them here: britishcomics.wikia.com/wiki/Axabritishcomics.wikia.com/wiki/George_and_Lynnebritishcomics.wikia.com/wiki/Striker |
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Post by Cei-U! on Aug 28, 2016 9:20:56 GMT -5
Don't know how I missed this first time around. This was indeed the Classic Comics Christmas theme back in 2010. My preferences are unchanged.
1. Pogo
2. Calvin & Hobbes
3. Thimble Theatre [Popeye]
4. Mickey Mouse (the '30s version by Gottfredsen)
5. The Far Side
The others were:
6. Peanuts
7. Batman (the '40s Sunday page ghosted by Jack Burnley)
8. The Cisco Kid
9. Little Orphan Annie
10. Polly and Her Pals
11. Hagar the Horrible (for nostalgic rather than qualitative reasons)
12. Steve Roper and Mike Nomad (ditto)
Cei-U!
I summon the deja vu!
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