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    my vote goes to Pearls before swine.
    this, IMO, has to be the FUNNIEST strip ive ever read. better than Foxtrot and Garfield- combined!
    i used to be obsessed with Garfield, then Foxtrot, and now PBS. i think Rat is like me in a lot of ways.
    also, im friends with the creator on Facebook.

    EDIT: probably my favorite PBS strip:
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    Never really was much of a Garfield fan, I was more into examining life's mysteries while riding on a sled.

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    ah yes, how could i forget C&H....
    pity Bill Watterson decided to stop...
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    hands down, Calvin and Hobbes.

    However I do enjoy Dilbert, and can relate in many ways ...

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    I give props to the funny comics. When I was growing up in the 50's & 60's, I preferred action-adventure. My favorite was

    Steve Roper and Mike Nomad


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    Steve Roper explored human foibles and two men's responses to a variety of issues; and through the life story of Roper, it also showed two journalists' views (Allen and John Saunders) of changes in their profession over the course of the 20th Century. Roper and Nomad upheld a male code of honor in their work and personal lives, but unlike the idealized heroes of other adventure strips, they had well-developed, believable personalities with flaws, moods, and complex depths. They were good at what they did, but also miscalculated sometimes and dealt realistically with the consequences. Allen Saunders (1949 Brandenburg article) said his characters became "awfully real" to him, and in 1971 he quoted Milton Caniff as saying Nomad was "the most real character that ever appeared in a comic." Also unlike story strips that always reset to the same status quo, Roper and Nomad developed through their successes, losses, and changes in life over the years, and they gradually aged — from a cocky, adventurous Roper at 22 to both men in their sixties, seasoned and ready for a change.


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    Default Re: your favorite comic strip

    Certainly Calvin and Hobbes. Nothing else compares.



    I can definitely relate.
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    Garfield, and Calvin and Hobbs.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Frontline1944 View Post
    Certainly Calvin and Hobbes. Nothing else compares.



    I can definitely relate.


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    Dilbert and Foxtrot.
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    Hard to say which I like best. Usagi Yoyimbo I guess.
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    Has Usagi been serialized in a newspaper? This is new information to me.

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    Comic means it needs to be printed in a newspaper? Uhh, not that I know.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toes
    Comic means it needs to be printed in a newspaper? Uhh, not that I know.


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    EDIT: probably my favorite PBS strip:
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    Haha, yeah, this is a good one; so cute. I also like Hagar the Horrible, too.

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    put me down for Calvin and Hobbes as well. Chocolate frosted Sugar Bombs anyone?
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    Fokke en Sukke, absolutely hilarious commentary on daily events.

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    #1 Calvin & Hobbes
    #2 Dilbert
    #3 The Far Side

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    I like Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD)

    http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/arch...p?comicid=1156

    Garfield minus Garfield is more fun than regular Garfield...

    http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/

    Calles and Hobbes is of course a classic. I also like The far side and Bizarro.

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    My all time favorite would have to be Gary Larson's "Far Side".
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    Another cartoonist, B. Kliban, that used to get a chuckle out of me.

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    The Far Side is the greatest newspaper cartoon ever. Pure genius!!


    For longer comix, my favourites are Asterix and Carl Bark's Donald Duck.


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    I kind of like Sigmund, a Dutch newspaper comic. It's a shame that the newspaper wich prints it is total trash.

    EDIT: agreed with Louis, I loved those when I was a kid.
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