Definitely, Bloom County was my favorite comic strip as a kid (tied with Calvin and Hobbes), and I find that a lot of it still holds up to this day (was rereading one of the old collections and laughed at most of the punchlines), even if a lot of it is tied to the 80s. Really, my only problem was that they'd drop characters with no explanation (ie, Milo's Grandfather, Bobbi Harlow, Yaz Pistachio, Limekiller, etc).

I liked all of the characters on MASH, for different reasons. Frank was great as a whiny, by the book, pain in the ass, to represent mindless authority, which perpetuated the inventive gags, as Hawkeye and Trapper put one over on him. However, it ran its course by the third season. They really needed to do what the did with Margaret and humanize him a bit, to give him depth. Let him have a watershed event that changes his perspective on things. He can still be a bit of a crooked schlmeal, but, you could move him more towards the Winchester level of bad trait to good trait. The biggest problem was his surgical skill, but sheer repetition could be an improvement factor on that. Still, Burns was never allowed to change, even as Margaret married and only got a couple of real "human" moments in the series, like when he says gooddye, as Margaret leaves on her honeymoon, after her wedding.

Trapper was good as a sidekick to Hawkeye, but he was kind of left with little to do but react to Hawkeye, which bored Wayne Rogers. I kind of felt he was an afterthought, in his final season and even a bit before that.

BJ made for an interesting perspective on things, as a new guy and one who isn't quite as debauched as Hawkeye. Plus, his decency made for some good righteous moments. That said, Mike Farrell, as an actor, never really bowled me over. He was better as a cohort to Hawkeye, than some of his solo moments; but, there are a few in there that I really liked. BJ was okay.

Henry Blake was fine as a character, but there was nowhere to go with him, as a leader. He was shown to be too much of a pushover for Hawkeye and Trapper, and too intimidated by Frank & Margaret. McLean Stevenson was hilarious; but, they needed a leader type and Henry's schtick had gone as far as it could, without forcing him to take command.

Potter was great. He was a real father figure and Henry Morgan was such a great character actor. He could play him straight and he could play him goofy. Loved any time they had Potter drunk.. Previously, he was a deadpan riot as the mad general who comes to inspect the 4077th, the season before he came on board, as Col Potter. Potter was the kind of leader that you needed to keep a balance between the comedy and the drama and serve both equally. Stevenson could do the drama, but he was better at comedy. Morgan was more well rounded. Potter represented authority with experience and heart and I knew a few senior officers like him. Men will walk through fire for a leader like Col Potter.

Winchester made a better adversary for Hawkeye, and even an occasional ally. Winchester was complex, which made him interesting. It took a while to develop; but, I think they learned their lesson, after losing Larry Linville.

Margaret was a delight to see grow and evolve, after the first few seasons. Seeing her grow beyond Frank gave her new traits and late, after deciding to divorce Donald and realizing that love was better than status, she became more of a whole person. It was interesting to see her talk about her ideal man and still include some of Frank, to suggest she saw things that the others never took the time to find. When she breaks down in front of her nurses, because she is an outsider, your heart goes out to her, even though you know she has placed herself in that situation. She finally realizes it and reaches out to them.

Part of it though is how the show's story balance evolved from almost complete comedy, to a mix, and then see the proportions of comedy to drama change, until it was mostly drama, by the end. That factored a lot into character evolution. Since the more dramatic elements really didn't start taking over the majority until later, someone like Larry Linville never really got a story that let him play that, while others, like Klinger, did.

It is. All three were on the Tonight Show. It was when The Three Amigos opened, which Siskel and Ebert trashed.

Next time I’m on my computer, as opposed to my phone, I’ll see if I can track it down again.

If you are just talking superheroes, then I would tend to agree, with certain caveats.  Anything from James Robinson was gold, in that period, Mark Waid and Kurt Busiek did some good stuff, and there are some really good one-shots and mini-series.  beyond mainstream superheroes, though, there is a ton of fantastic material, in all kinds of genres.