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gryhpon
04-13-2009, 05:22 PM
just curious as to everyones favourite newspaper comic strip.
jerrymcl89
04-13-2009, 05:25 PM
Current? Dilbert, I suppose. There aren't many funny ones today.

All-time, probably Calvin and Hobbes, although The Far Side has always made me laugh the hardest.
The Beast Of Yucca Flats
04-13-2009, 05:27 PM
All-time? The aforementioned C&H and Far Side.

Current? Not a one.
CannonFodder
04-13-2009, 05:40 PM
Current? Dilbert, I suppose. There aren't many funny ones today.

All-time, probably Calvin and Hobbes, although The Far Side has always made me laugh the hardest.

^^^ yep, was going to name these exact ones

Calvin and Hobbes is probably my all-time favorite.
gryhpon
04-13-2009, 05:50 PM
i should have added that my favourite newspaper comic strip is pearls before swine
Warpsters
04-13-2009, 05:58 PM
Nothing current.....Loved the previously mentioned Far Side and Calvin & Hobbes.

How bout some love for the late great Bloom County?
gryhpon
04-13-2009, 06:00 PM
Nothing current.....Loved the previously mentioned Far Side and Calvin & Hobbes.

How bout some love for the late great Bloom County?

bloom county was a good one. before my time, in fact i belive it stopped the year i was born. but i managed to find some used collections at a used bookstore and they are coming out with the complete bloom county collections this year
section 8
04-13-2009, 06:01 PM
The Far Side
Flying Saucers Over Oz
04-13-2009, 06:12 PM
Someone has to say it: Peanuts.
spidervenom
04-13-2009, 06:17 PM
Ok, it's Calvin and hobbes, along with fox trot.
kingdom2000
04-13-2009, 06:33 PM
Let's see, paid the $150 for the Calvin and Hobbes Collection.
Currently have the first 10 volumes or so of Peanuts (those two year volumes that come out every six months).

I read Fox Trot, shame its Sunday only now. Get Fuzzy used to be great but now its a bit repetitive. Number five would probably be a tie between PvP and Penny Arcade.
Tetsuo_man
04-13-2009, 06:41 PM
Favorite currently new material newspaper comic: Doonesbury

Favorite newspaper comics of all time not with new material printed in newspapers: Peanuts, Pogo, Little Nemo, The Spirit, Popeye, Terry and the Pirates, Calvin and Hobbs.

There might be some that have escaped my mind.
scout1279
04-13-2009, 06:46 PM
My all time favorites are Calvin & Hobbes, Peanuts and Far Side.

Currently, I'm a big fan of Mutts. It's adorable, and I love Patrick McDonnell's art. I'm also a huge believer in adopting shelter animals, so I like its message too.
Tobias March
04-13-2009, 07:09 PM
Easily the Perry Bible Fellowship. Of course now you can find the collected edition of Gurewitch's work in the comic store, as he's no longer producing it for the newspapers.
K-DoG7p7
04-13-2009, 09:57 PM
M and Nemi..
Well! it not my fault you don't know them!
a. non
04-13-2009, 10:05 PM
all-time: Calvin & Hobbes, Peanuts, Farside

present: Mutts, Non-Sequitur

I used to read the Fox Trot collections, until i read the C&H "homage"
Royal
04-13-2009, 10:33 PM
I read Nemi on and off.
Weetomuncher
04-14-2009, 05:01 AM
My favourite strip is Dilbert but the newspaper I read (Daily Express) also prints Calvin & Hobbes so I have the best current strip and the best classic strip. Yeeeaaah!
Arkaengel
04-14-2009, 08:35 AM
My favourite would be Madam & Eve (http://www.mg.co.za/madameve/all), which is very popular here in South Africa. Centers around quirks in sa's politics and society, so it may be less than clear for non-SA audiences.
BrianWave
04-14-2009, 08:47 AM
Does Fred Hembeck's stuff for CBG count as a newspaper comic?
Sound Silence
04-14-2009, 08:49 AM
More love for Calvin and Hobbes and Far Side.

Dilbert and Non Sequitur are the only two I read currently.

Garfield used to be a favorite, but no longer.
Duxdoom
04-14-2009, 10:44 AM
I only read the sunday funnies, but I do enjoy Dilbert, Monty, Deflocked, Sally Forth and Big Nate.

My overall favorite strips include: Monty, Dilbert, Foxtrot, Get Fuzzy, Peanuts, Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, and Liberty Meadows (back before Cho switched it to being Comic Book)
Solaris
04-14-2009, 12:18 PM
Will always be Calvin and Hobbes.

I miss that strip. *sigh*
king mob
04-14-2009, 12:24 PM
Calvin & Hobbes is the obvious choice, but really it has to be Jeff Hawke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Hawke).
laizeohbeets
04-14-2009, 01:53 PM
I love Argyle Sweater. A lot of them are fairytale jokes, and I love fairytales.

Mutts is good, and I also like Pajama Diaries and Overboard.
Jae Namkyoung
04-14-2009, 01:55 PM
Get Fuzzy, Opus & Baldo, w/ Foxtrot, Peanuts and... SPIDERMAN! When they ran him :rolleyes:
gryhpon
04-14-2009, 04:47 PM
does no one else like pearls before swine?
Jae Namkyoung
04-14-2009, 05:43 PM
does no one else like pearls before swine?
That's cute ^_^
Michael P
04-14-2009, 05:44 PM
does no one else like pearls before swine?

I like it. It's a good strip.

But Lio's better.
Cayman
04-14-2009, 05:55 PM
The economy has made Dilbert funny again.
laizeohbeets
04-14-2009, 10:43 PM
I like it. It's a good strip.

But Lio's better.

Lio is hit or miss for me. Sometimes I love it, sometimes, I'm not too fond of it. Same goes for Pearls Before Swine and Get Fuzzy. Get Fuzzy has lost a lot of its appeal, because it's just not as funny as it was a couple years ago.