Which comic strip is the worst of all time? [Archive]

Askthepizzaguy

01-21-2008, 23:08

I particularly hate Family Circus, because:

1. It isn't funny

2. It has no plot

3. It isn't drawn particularly well

4. It features only recycled material drawn differently, the same four themes over and over,

I. The kids explaining things in "cutesy" words/ways,
II. Death, church, praying, etc,
III. Billy's dotted-line adventures,
IV. "Not Me" and "Ida Know" characters,

5. It has never once made me laugh, smile, or even think about how wonderful families and children are. Not even close.

6. It puts homocidal thoughts in my head and I consider myself a peace loving man.

...But if you can name a worse comic strip, please do so and explain why.

GeneralHankerchief

01-21-2008, 23:12

Before I read your post, I was thinking Garfield (very little artistry/changes between strips, ridiculously recycled themes, Jim Davis's merchandising) but now I'm not so sure.

Askthepizzaguy

01-21-2008, 23:14

Check out the new poll question. (See above)

Which comic strip is the absolute worst?

Peanuts (don't kick the football, Charlie Brown. Oh he missed. How funny)
Garfield (used to be funny back in 1983. Leave the table and he eats your food.)
Marmaduke (The dog is big. The dog is big. Funny.)
Cathy (ACKKKKK!!!! I have to lose five pounds!!!!!! Wait.... was there supposed to be a punchline?)
Curtis (token minority strip with appallingly bad writing)
Family Circus (see rant in OP)
Beetle Bailey (look! Incompetent people in the 1950s US army... how funny)
Mallard Fillmore (mmm... Right-wing BS. Where's the humor?)
Doonesbury (mmm... Left-wing BS. Where's the humor?)
Rose is Rose (is Boring. What the heck kind of name is Pasquale Gumbo?)
Heathcliff (the Garfield clone)
Ziggy (Like Charlie Brown... can't ever win. Gotcha)

And some other wastes of space:

Zippy the Pinhead (who?)
Fred Basset (who?)
Frank and Earnest (who?)
Bazooka Joe (wait... I've heard of that)
That's Life (what?)
Judge Parker (huh?)

Crazed Rabbit

01-21-2008, 23:43

I voted Garfield, before I saw you had Rose is Rose (is Stupid). I'm torn between them as worst.

CR

Askthepizzaguy

01-21-2008, 23:45

I voted Garfield, before I saw you had Rose is Rose (is Stupid). I'm torn between them as worst.

CR

I used to like Garfield. I even had like the first fifteen books or so as a kid.

But the cat is 30 years old now, so that means he's at least 10 years decomposed, and the jokes are even less fresh.

Geoffrey S

01-22-2008, 00:02

One appalling Dutch one I can think of is Swamp Thing.

Tribesman

01-22-2008, 00:24

It has to be "Five go mad on Mescalin" , definately the worst comic strip

Beirut

01-22-2008, 01:47

Ziggy (Like Charlie Brown... can't ever win. Gotcha)

:inquisitive: Y'all best be treatin' ma friend Ziggy with a cupfull o' niceness lest I be tempted to' buse ma o-tho-ri-tie.

Ramses II CP

01-22-2008, 01:49

Umm, Family Circus is awful, but it inspired the Dysfunctional Family Circus parody, so it's now a priceless classic. Actually I think they might have sued the DFC out of existence, but just the memory of it makes the real Family Circus worthwhile to me.

If you never heard of the DFC, it was the most crass, black sort of humor you can imagine, which fit perfectly with the cheesy, cheery, absurdly perfect drawings.

I voted for Doonesbury, because there's nothing funny about milking the same political in joke for months on end.

:egypt:

GeneralHankerchief

01-22-2008, 01:51

Oh God, so many difficult choices...

I thought I had it pretty much down to Family Circus and Garfield, but then Peanuts pops into consideration.

Now, I have nothing against the strip. It was very excellent, broke a lot of ground, today's cartoonists swear by Schulz as their idol, etc. But it all happened already.

What cheeses me off is that my newspaper, and probably a lot of others, insist on re-running the strip going on nearly a decade after Schulz has passed. Never mind that there are lots of good, more modern strips that are struggling to gain an audience for this exact reason, there are strips from 40 years ago that need to be re-printed. Yaaaaaay nostalgia! :cheerleader:

*takes meds, has a nap*

TruePraetorian

01-22-2008, 02:10

I hate family circus because its the most unlikeable cartoon there...I like Garfield he's just a fatty who wants some love (and lazgonia) :2thumbsup:

seireikhaan

01-22-2008, 02:10

Marmaduke. Now certainly there are some bad ones on that list, but Marmaduke has absolutely no humor. Literally. Even bad humor is better than none, it at least shows the writer actually tried to do something. Marmaduke is absolutely terrible.

Reverend Joe

01-22-2008, 04:33

What, "Rose is Rose" has humour? :inquisitive:

Mikeus Caesar

01-22-2008, 05:12

I voted for all of them, because i hate all of those comic strips with a passion. They're about as funny as spondylitis and brain cancer combined.

Except Fred Basset. I've always had fond memories of Fred Basset due to the videotape i had of some of the animated shows when i was young. It made me laugh. Until it wore out from being played too much.

Martok

01-22-2008, 05:38

I agree that Family Circus has always sucked. Never understood why it was widely-circulated. Beetle Bailey has been lame for ages too.

Cathy often irritates me, but every now and then a strip will make me chuckle.

Never understood the appeal of Peanuts either, particularly in Schulz' later years. The entire strip seemed random and....schizophrenic, somehow.

Beirut

01-22-2008, 12:39

Never understood the appeal of Peanuts either, particularly in Schulz' later years. The entire strip seemed random and....schizophrenic, somehow.

Aw c'mon, Peanuts is fantastic. A boy and his dog and his friends. Of course the strip seemed random, life is random. And there were lots of great insights in Peanuts.

Also, you have to see it for what it was. It wasn't an exercise in existentialist French thought, or neo-colonial post-modern vision of Liberace's inner struggle, it was a comic strip you could read to a five year-old.

edyzmedieval

01-22-2008, 13:00

How come Garfield gets hate? He's really funny, except for the fact that now he's a bit over the top with the jokes, some are far from funny.

But still, I like em.

Ramses II CP

01-22-2008, 15:19

For obvious reasons I can't link to any of the DFC archives, but for the Garfield haters there's an alternative that is, as far as I'm aware, entirely clean. Behold, one forum archive from the now defunct Garfield Randomizer, which was ungodly hilarious at times:

http://www.truthandbeautybombs.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=4950

The idea being that it cut each panel up individually and then remixed them at random, forcing your mind to try to find the connection.

There was a Fred Basset parody floating around out there too, which I couldn't link to here, but I never found it all that funny.

Quite frankly all comic strips suck if you consider just how good some of their parodies are, and it's because of what's required to be a successful comic strip. You have to be bland enough that every single English reading human being could crawl out of bed on a Monday, drag themselves to the coffee pot, rub the sand out of their eyes and still not only not be offended by what you drew and wrote, but also understand it. I mean, let's face it, Scott Adams is much funnier as a pocket philospher on his blog than in all the comic strips he ever wrote.

:egypt:

Innocentius

01-22-2008, 16:00

Pah! All Garfield needs is a little remastering (http://www.dougshaw.com/garfield.html) and it's hilarious again. That, or some Photoshop editing...

https://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4388/garfield1nj1.jpg (https://imageshack.us)

drone

01-22-2008, 16:43

The problem with many of these strips is that they have gone on way too long. There is only so much story a cartoonist can come up with, and only so far you can take the characters. This is why you have to admire guys like Larson (Far Side) and Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes), who quit before their strips got stale.

Berke Breathed has kept fresh by going Sunday-only with first Outland and now Opus. Gary Trudeau has been going for almost 40 years with Doonesbury, but it's political/current events, so new material is fairly easy to go with. Yes, a lot of it is heavily slanted left, but that's why many papers put it in the editorial pages, not the regular comics. And while Trudeau gets slammed by right-wingers, he does a lot of work with injured vets (especially amputees), and gives to Fisher House.

And then there is just plain garbage, like Cathy, Mary Worth, and Judge Parker. ~:rolleyes:

Ramses II CP

01-22-2008, 19:44

Good to know the randomiser is still alive out there, I should've done a little searching before I posted. :2thumbsup:

:egypt:

Viking

01-22-2008, 20:35

But the cat is 30 years old now, so that means he's at least 10 years decomposed, and the jokes are even less fresh.

Jokes? :inquisitive:

Good Ship Chuckle

01-22-2008, 21:58

I do not enjoy beetle bailey. Every time, beetle just gets beaten up. It incites to violence. shame

Bijo

01-22-2008, 22:18

Most of them are terrible. Some of those Dutch ones are terrible too, especially the cheap ones that look really bad. There were a few people who thought a stupid comic like Scribbly (or whatever it's called) is funny...... take a good look at the word 'were' I used: it is the past as they are no more; they mysteriously perished :clown:

Anyway, I don't get how people still like these bad comics made by some schmuck. I mean... sure, sure, if you're the creator and it brings you some money, alright, but at least get better at what you do and make it really WORTH something. Those very small strips with a few simple lines drawn here and there and a terrible short plot are the worst. At the moment the only Dutch one I know of that was decent is De Stamgasten. I don't know if it's still okay today.

Fragony

01-22-2008, 22:26

omgwtfwhatuon what about Fokke en Sukke?

http://www.wiskundemeisjes.nl/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/foksuk.jpg

Gregoshi

01-22-2008, 22:45

There are comic strips I find very unfunny, but some of it has to do with being able to relate with the target audience. Strips like Family Circus and Cathy have definite audiences. Single folks aren't going to get Family Circus and men will have a harder time with Cathy. I find Dilbert hysterical, but I wonder how funny it is to someone who hasn't worked in Cubicleland or in a technology field.

Another point in defense of unfunny comics, is that I suspect it is harder than it looks. Sit down and try to write a funny, 3 panel joke or story...six or seven days a week...on a deadline...for years on end. I don't think I'd want to do that.

As for specific dislikes in comics, I hate cats, so I don't get Garfield. My all time least favourite comic used to be a strip called Nancy. Fortunately, I don't think it is made anymore. Nancy reminds me of what I'll call Gregoshi's Law of Comic Strips, but I've got to run right now, so you'll have to wait.

GeneralHankerchief

01-22-2008, 23:09

Nancy still exists. Assuming you still live in the Philly area Gregoshi, the Daily News carries the strip.

GeneralHankerchief

01-22-2008, 23:15

Sorry for the double post, but I've been playing with the Garfield Randomizer all day and I have to share this one:

https://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n231/GeneralHankerchief/garf01.jpg

TosaInu

01-22-2008, 23:46

Fragony

01-23-2008, 00:23

A real admin he even talks like a computer :laugh4:

Askthepizzaguy

01-23-2008, 00:28

Snoopy is in the poll under "peanuts" as thats the name of the comic in question. :beam:

And Calvin and Hobbes have been put to sleep so I didn't include them.
Besides, Calvin and Hobbes were good.

Dilbert cannot go on the list because it's the reason most of us read the comics page. You dont need to work in an office, or even at all, to be familiar with bureaucracy and management idocy.

Gregoshi

01-23-2008, 03:11

Nancy still exists. Assuming you still live in the Philly area Gregoshi, the Daily News carries the strip.
Then I'm glad I get the Inquirer. Thanks for the warning about the Daily News General. :bow:

Gregoshi's Law of Comic Strips: The worse the comic strip, the more likely you will read it every chance you get just to see how bad it really is.

This is much like the irresistable urge to gawk at a traffic accident you drive by on the road. I would do this with the Nancy strip in particular. I'd read it every day as if I needed confirmation that it was still not funny.

Martok

01-23-2008, 06:43

Aw c'mon, Peanuts is fantastic. A boy and his dog and his friends. Of course the strip seemed random, life is random. And there were lots of great insights in Peanuts.

Also, you have to see it for what it was. It wasn't an exercise in existentialist French thought, or neo-colonial post-modern vision of Liberace's inner struggle, it was a comic strip you could read to a five year-old.
Sorry Beirut, but I gotta disagree with you on this one.

When I say I never understood the appeal of the Peanuts comic strip, that's not hyperbole -- I'm being entirely literal. I truly never understood why it was funny and why so many people liked it. I thought it was a lame & unfunny strip when I was 5, I thought it was lame & unfunny when I was 15, and I still think it's lame & unfunny now.

The weird thing, though, is that I did enjoy the holiday TV specials, particularly A Charlie Brown Christmas. Go figure. :dizzy2:

CountArach

01-23-2008, 06:52

Cathy is horrible... just... horrible...

TosaInu

01-23-2008, 11:02

Snoopy is in the poll under "peanuts" as thats the name of the comic in question. :beam:

I see. It's just called Snoopy here.

Besides, Calvin and Hobbes were good.

Casper & Hobbes is nice.

Dilbert cannot go on the list because it's the reason most of us read the comics page. You dont need to work in an office, or even at all, to be familiar with bureaucracy and management idocy.

Dogbert is fun though.

You're right, Dilbert is the name of the series.

Sorry for hi-jacking the topic by mentioning comics I consider nice.

Ronin

01-23-2008, 15:33

Don't think I know these, except for Garfield. Don't like it too much.

Why is Snoopy not in the poll? That would get my vote for sure.
Dogbert is fun though.

I like Stan Sakais Usagi Yoyimbo: http://www.usagiyojimbo.com/index.html

Casper & Hobbes is nice.

I don't think Fokke & Sukke are known.

Snoopy never had his own strip....he´s on Peanuts.

and it´s Calvin & Hobbes.

(Best be polite when speaking to The Boss - Beirut)

Ronin

01-23-2008, 15:39

The problem with many of these strips is that they have gone on way too long. There is only so much story a cartoonist can come up with, and only so far you can take the characters. This is why you have to admire guys like Larson (Far Side) and Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes), who quit before their strips got stale.

Watterson called it quits....and then the newspapers re-run Calvin & Hobbes forever anyway because the public demand it.

this actually happened here in Portugal...when C&H ended the newspaper that was running it polled it´s readers to see what comic strip they wanted to run (4 new comic strips where presented for a week each) and the landslide victory went to -> re-run C&H :laugh4:

Askthepizzaguy

01-23-2008, 15:39

Snoopy never had his own strip....he´s on Peanuts.

and it´s Calvin & Hobbes.

Easy now, perhaps in some other countries or whatever it's actually called Snoopy. Dont discount that as a possibility. And I already corrected him on the Calvin and Hobbes title. No need to browbeat the man for it, after all he's the forum admin.

Peace through superior understanding.

(Edit quoted text - Beirut)

Proletariat

01-23-2008, 15:58

Sorry Beirut, but I gotta disagree with you on this one.

When I say I never understood the appeal of the Peanuts comic strip, that's not hyperbole -- I'm being entirely literal. I truly never understood why it was funny and why so many people liked it. I thought it was a lame & unfunny strip when I was 5, I thought it was lame & unfunny when I was 15, and I still think it's lame & unfunny now.

I always felt the same way, I was slack-jawed when the author won a Congressional medal right after his death. What was so funny? That rude little girl swiping the football away from Charlie 10,000 times? If I was Charlie I'dve been compelled to stick that football into a sock and then bludgeoned her with it.

Sorry, Beirut, but that got my vote. I'm not sure I'd have ever picked up a comic page for the second time if it wasn't for Calvin and Hobbes or The Farside.

Ronin

01-23-2008, 15:59

Easy now, perhaps in some other countries or whatever it's actually called Snoopy. Dont discount that as a possibility. And I already corrected him on the Calvin and Hobbes title. No need to browbeat the man for it, after all he's the forum admin.

Peace through superior understanding.

I should have put a smilie in there....it was in no way my intent to come off sounding mean about it.

Askthepizzaguy

01-23-2008, 16:06

I should have put a smilie in there....it was in no way my intent to come off sounding mean about it.

LOL understood. Precisely why we have emoticons, its because meanness and sarcasm can be percieved in text where none was intended.

Thanks for clarifying! :beam:

Askthepizzaguy

01-23-2008, 16:11

So far it's

1. Family Circus
2. Garfield
3. Cathy
4. Rose is Rose, Marmaduke

ranked for worst strip of all time.

I really thought that Garfield wouldn't score so badly, but apparently Jim Davis has gotten stale and repetitive. Time to put the cat to sleep.

Family Circus has got to go. That much is apparent. I don't care if they replace it with a crossword puzzle. Put something useful there.

Ayachuco

01-23-2008, 16:25

I haven't voted yet, but the poll isn't very surprising. I never did like Garfield and when they made a movie about him, ugh.

However there are some strips that didn't make the hate list that I absolutely hate...Zits (lazy, high school slob...thank you for insulting me), Lockhorns (if your relationship is that bad with your wife, divorce or separation), Sherman's Lagoon (sharks can walk on their tail fin), and my absolute dislike...B.C. (Does anyone know what it's even about? It seems the themes change every week with a recap strip every three weeks).

My absolute favorite comic strip? Rubes by Leigh Rubin. That person is a God.

Edit:I think I'm going to vote for Judge Parker, a little too soap opera for me.

TosaInu

01-23-2008, 20:46

I should have put a smilie in there....it was in no way my intent to come off sounding mean about it.

Don't worry about it Ronin.

Peanuts would translate to Pinda's. It doesn't ring a bell. I'll check in the comic store.

Names are quite often changed in a translation. That seems fair for speaking names, but others are changed too.

TinTin is called Kuifje, Chip n Dale is called Knabbel en Babbel. Calvin & Hobbes are Casper en Hobbes in The Netherlands.

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper_en_Hobbes

A well known comic is Suske & Wiske by W. VanderSteen +, from Belgium. The boy and girl have different names in other countries, note that Afrikaans is like Dutch and Brabants is a Dutch dialect:

# Afrikaans: Neelsie & Miemsie
# Brabants:Suske & Wieske
# Chinees (Taiwanese versie): Dada & Beibei
# Chinees (Versie vasteland): Bo bu & Bo be te
# Deens: Finn & Fiffi (later: Bob & Bobette)
# Duits: Ulla und Peter (later: Bob und Babette/Suske und Wiske/ Frida und Freddie)
# Esperanto: Cisko kaj Vinjo
# Engels (UK): Spike & Suzy
# Engels (USA): Willy & Wanda
# Fins: Anu ja Antti
# Frans: Bob & Bobette
# Grieks: Bobi & Lou
# Indonesisch: Bobby dan Wanda
# Italiaans: Bob e Bobette
# Japans: ススカとウィスカ (Susuka to Wisuka)
# Latijn: Lucius et Lucia
# Noors: Finn & Fiffi
# Portugees: Bibi & Baba
# Portugees (Brazilië): Zé & Maria
# Spaans: Bob y Bobette, Bob y Bobet
# Swahili: Bob na Bobette
# Tamil: Bayankaap & Bayanam
# Tibetaans: Baga & Basang
# IJslands: Siggi og Vigga
# Zweeds: Finn & Fiffi

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suske_en_wiske

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_and_Suzy

ajaxfetish

01-24-2008, 08:14

I don't know why Family Circus is even considered a comic. It's more like a one-frame, feel-good morality story. I have yet to see one with a joke or humorous situation in it. If Garfield was ever funny, it was before I could read. Beetle Bailey combines poor artwork with lack of humor. All three are painfully repetitive.

My three all-time greats:
1-Calvin and Hobbes
2-Dilbert
3-The Far Side

Two of which are no longer in circulation. Their authors seem to have got the picture that eventually your ideas go stale. Best not to ruin the strip by continuing past the point of originality. Some of the more recent Dilbert cartoons seem to be clones of past ideas as well, but I've got to give Adams credit as he's by far the best thing on the funnies page. Hopefully he'll be wise enough to know when it's time to throw in the towel as well.

Ajax

Martok

01-24-2008, 17:55

My three all-time greats:
1-Calvin and Hobbes
2-Dilbert
3-The Far Side
I already liked you before, ajax, but that pretty much seals it. (Those are my three favorites as well.) :beam:

Ditto on hoping Adams knows when to quit, by the way.

Whacker

01-24-2008, 18:25

I'd like to vote for User Friendly being the absolute worst in terms of "real" webcomics (not including the myriad no-name ones)

Askthepizzaguy

01-25-2008, 01:45

Good Ship Chuckle

01-25-2008, 04:03

Calvin, Dilbert, Far side. Add Fox Trot and you have the four horsemen of the humorous apocalypse.

Yeah. What he said. But you can't forget Non Sequitor and Pearls Before Swine. Maybe they are all local comics, but they are worth a look up.

What's not funny about a currupt rat and a nieve pig trying to interact?:laugh4:

Bijo

01-27-2008, 01:28

omgwtfwhatuon what about Fokke en Sukke?

http://www.wiskundemeisjes.nl/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/foksuk.jpg
:skull:

Or what about that one called Gilbert (or whatever it's called)? "Oo, oo, look at me: I'm Gilbert, starring in a lousy cheap comic where stupid uninspiring characters say stuff that's supposed to be funny, but it ain't... it's rubbish though there are people who still find it funny for some reason, maybe because they are boring uninteresting office people themselves. And look at my tie... it's always bent to one side possibly to give the comic a supposedly better look, but the whole thing still looks like crap."

You know what was a good old comic? Damn, forgot the name.... I think it was Otto or something. This guy with glasses who had a dog and lived in this house with some old crazy inventor man.

Askthepizzaguy

01-27-2008, 02:49

:skull:

Or what about that one called Gilbert (or whatever it's called)? "Oo, oo, look at me: I'm Gilbert, starring in a lousy cheap comic where stupid uninspiring characters say stuff that's supposed to be funny, but it ain't... it's rubbish though there are people who still find it funny for some reason, maybe because they are boring uninteresting office people themselves. And look at my tie... it's always bent to one side possibly to give the comic a supposedly better look, but the whole thing still looks like crap."

You know what was a good old comic? Damn, forgot the name.... I think it was Otto or something. This guy with glasses who had a dog and lived in this house with some old crazy inventor man.

Dilbert.

And if you aren't American or have never worked in an office, of course you might not find it funny.

If I saw a Japanese anime with english subtitles I probably wouldnt get most of the jokes either.

But actually Scott Adam's Dilbert is the number one most popular comic strip posted online. And amazingly popular even with people who dont work in an office and it's popular overseas too.

Crazed Rabbit

01-27-2008, 09:39

Beirut

01-27-2008, 12:51

I'm convinced we need to remove all visual and audio stimuli from Bijo, as he doesn't seem to like a darn thing.

I mean, badmouthing Dilbert? That's crossing a line. A line that you can't go back over now.

CR

CR is in The Frontroom! :sunny:

I agree, Dilbert is beyond criticism.

I put a sticker in our company logbook, it shows the pointy-haired boss thwacking Dilbert across the face and the caption below reads: We abuse our employees and pass the savings to you.

I love Wally. He's my inspiration when I'm required to have none.

Bijo

01-27-2008, 16:42

Dilbert.

And if you aren't American or have never worked in an office, of course you might not find it funny.

If I saw a Japanese anime with english subtitles I probably wouldnt get most of the jokes either.

But actually Scott Adam's Dilbert is the number one most popular comic strip posted online. And amazingly popular even with people who dont work in an office and it's popular overseas too.
I don't care if it's popular: it still sucks. It looks terrible too. Garfield is also popular, but nowadays it sucks too.

I perfectly understand Dilbert, but it just ain't funny to me. "Ooo, oo, look at me... I'm in a cheap comic saying stupid stuff that gets to people, and then they smile, and then they have something stupid to talk about. Ooo, ooo."

And CR, there is of course audio and visual stimuli that should not be removed from me. It should all be there to be removed by me PERSONALLY :P I recognize quality when I detect it..... Dilbert ain't it. Hah(!): Garfield >>> Dilbert

Craterus

01-27-2008, 17:05

EDIT: Nevermind.

Gregoshi

01-27-2008, 17:38

I don't care if it's popular: it still sucks.

https://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h12/gbresslr/Org%20Pictures/dilbert20080146683111.gif

I love Wally. He's my inspiration when I'm required to have none.

Ditto!! :2thumbsup:

Crazed Rabbit

01-27-2008, 18:10

Brillant, Gregoshi.

CR

Askthepizzaguy

01-28-2008, 01:27

(UN-Frontroomish comments - Beirut)

Bijo

01-28-2008, 19:00

Yep, it could be applied to any comic that has this bad kind of quality like Dilbert as they are aplenty as you know since you have opened this thread yourself. You just..... wrongly thought... that Dilbert was not supposed to be in the list. Now have him added to the list because you know he belongs there.

(UN-Frontroomish comments - Beirut)

Craterus

01-28-2008, 20:37

(Un-Frontroomish comments - Beirut)

Crazed Rabbit

01-28-2008, 21:00

L O L

Really, man. If you can't see the funniness of Dilbert, don't burden us with your serious case of humor impairment.

Obligatory Dilbert:
https://img219.imageshack.us/img219/3324/dilbert20on20oildg6.jpg

(Edited quoted text - Beirut)

Askthepizzaguy

01-29-2008, 03:12

With apologies to Beirut, as yes those comments were unfrontroomish, Bijo should realize I was speaking out loud what everyone else was thinking. I doubt you will find many out there who would agree that Dilbert needs to be put on the list.

I probably could have said that more respectfully, but honestly your post Bijo contained not one ounce of respect. And I was being accurate, your particular criticisms were vague and non-constructive.

You didn't argue your point very well.

Caius

01-29-2008, 03:15

I do not understand Dilbert. Now will I in some years, until I get a work.-

Ser Clegane

01-29-2008, 08:59

I do not understand Dilbert. Now will I in some years, until I get a work.-

Dilbert definitely gets a lot funnier once you start working (especially in a "white-collar" environment).
Working for a company with a US-background further enhances this effect ~;)

Gregoshi

01-29-2008, 15:40

Dilbert definitely gets a lot funnier once you start working (especially in a "white-collar" environment).
Working for a company with a US-background further enhances this effect ~;)
Indeed. In fact, some of the ideas Scott Adams uses in Dilbert come from actual work situations readers email to him. :dizzy2:

TinCow

02-25-2008, 21:57

Interestingly, it appears that Garfield gets a lot more amusing when you remove Garfield from it:

http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/

http://data.tumblr.com/fSymsOGXO5tbbjd5pSHr2xm8_500.jpg

Askthepizzaguy

02-26-2008, 01:38

In my opinion, family circus would become far more amusing if it removed one panel each day, and skipped the sunday strip.

Indeed, whatever is left would be far more amusing.

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(Note: Family circus is a one-panel strip).

Martok

02-26-2008, 01:43

Wow. That was so completely disturbing, but still funny at the same time.

Whacker

02-26-2008, 18:34

http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/

Dear sirs:

I lol'd.

Sincerely;
:balloon2:

Askthepizzaguy

02-26-2008, 19:09

I started this thread merely as a poll and it evolved into quite the beast!

It seems Family Circus is almost universally hated, and Garfield has exceedingly low appeal to many.

I remember Garfield fondly as a child, but I admit that today, few Garfield strips seem new or humorous.

Indeed, I checked the link. Garfield is funnier when there are no other characters besides Jon.

drone

02-26-2008, 19:18

https://img444.imageshack.us/img444/6214/garfieldkf7.jpg
Is this what mafia players get reduced to after too many games? :laugh4:

Ser Clegane

02-26-2008, 22:07

Interestingly, it appears that Garfield gets a lot more amusing when you remove Garfield from it:

http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/

Wow - almost scary how much better these version were :clown:

Was I bit hard to explain to Mrs Clegane why I started laughing at Garfield comics without Garfield :dizzy2:

Martok

02-27-2008, 00:18

I remember Garfield fondly as a child, but I admit that today, few Garfield strips seem new or humorous.
I second that. Garfield was easily one of my favorite strips when I was younger, but I stopped reading it about 5-6 years ago when I realized the jokes had become staler than 2 week-old bread. :no:

CountArach

02-27-2008, 06:23

Interestingly, it appears that Garfield gets a lot more amusing when you remove Garfield from it:

http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/
Oh my God, that is hilarious :laugh4:

http://data.tumblr.com/fSymsOGXO5pam1fkVNw7UIiw_500.jpg

And this one:
http://data.tumblr.com/fSymsOGXO5k3l0sxouBVSPa8_500.gif