# Are these comics funny? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 13, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575 "2016-12-13T01:38:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/41 "2016-12-13T16:44:24Z")
The art is not as bad as XKCD. But then, a blank page has better art than that. They’re more like rough draft sketches for Kathy. The target audience seems to be 14 year old girls, and adults that think like 14 year old girls. I can smile wryly at some of the ones where the girl is googly-eyed infatuated with Beardy McBeardface. But it ain’t a healthy infatuation. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/42 "2016-12-13T17:10:01Z")
I instantly knew what comics were in your link. This divide is not remotely uncommon. There is another similar comic on Reddit that has the same divide. It also is about a cutesy woman in a sweet relationship pointing out the silliness in her everyday life, without much of a proper punchline. The art is a little better, I’ll admit, but not a whole lot. Some people seem to like the cutesiness, and that adds to the “makes me smile” aspect of the humor. Other people see it as trite and obvious, and have a revulsion to “overly cute” things. The divide is pretty sharp. I’m not remotely surprised that people here aren’t really into it. It’s just not remotely the style of humor I see here. People here are more cynical in their humor. Except, oddly, with puns, which I think just appeal to the literary side of people here: you have to have a good vocabulary to pull them off well. Anyways, I like 'em well enough. Very few comics are actually funny, and these make me smile. They could easily get to be too much if I read them too often, but, as they are, they’re fine. I mean, it’s funnier than every newspaper comic I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/43 "2016-12-13T17:18:52Z")
I don’ t think that funny is the right measurement. Charming, amusing, cute, droll, OK, if that is what the artist is shooting for then yes. But funny is a different animal. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/44 "2016-12-13T17:21:42Z")
They’re bad, and you should feel bad for linking to them. ---
**Author:** ![Plumpudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Plumpudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumpudding)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/45 "2016-12-13T17:24:25Z")
No, they are not funny. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/46 "2016-12-13T17:44:57Z")
Is there a version of these comics with punchlines? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/47 "2016-12-13T17:50:40Z")
Reminds me of the old “Love Is…” one panel cartoons. I agree it’s better than Cathy, but so is riding a bicycle without a seat. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/48 "2016-12-13T19:27:45Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > They kind of remind me of that stupid Love Is comic strip about the naked 8-year-olds in love. > [@CookingWithGas](#): > > Would appeal to 14-year-old girls. Which I am not. I also immediately noticed the similarity to those awful [Love Is](http://loveiscomix.com/daily/20120904/) strips. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > Reminds me of the old “Love Is…” one panel cartoons. [Rejected ‘Love Is…’ Comics](http://theendofhumor.blogspot.com/) (mildly NSFW) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/49 "2016-12-13T19:55:32Z")
What was so objectionable about the razor? I’m pretty sure the answer makes the question not worth asking, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/50 "2016-12-13T20:02:54Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I instantly knew what comics were in your link. This divide is not remotely uncommon. There is another similar comic on Reddit that has the same divide. It also is about a cutesy woman in a sweet relationship pointing out the silliness in her everyday life, without much of a proper punchline. The art is a little better, I’ll admit, but not a whole lot. [Sarah Anderson](http://sarahcandersen.com/page/23)? I like a lot of her stuff. ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/51 "2016-12-13T20:25:52Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > What was so objectionable about the razor? I’m pretty sure the answer makes the question not worth asking, but still… She likes his beard. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/52 "2016-12-13T20:43:54Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > WAG: Female readers are going to respond a lot more positively to these, on the average, than male readers. :rolleyes: Not funny. Not really even cute. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/53 "2016-12-13T21:17:22Z")
I’ve seen a few strips from some other comic about how sweet it is to be in love with your boyfriend that had better art and was funnier. I didn’t feel a need to hunt it down, but I appreciated that it was cute. This one didn’t quite hit the cute bar, even. But it didn’t offend me nor rob me of my faith in humanity or anything. I’ve seen worse. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/54 "2016-12-13T22:22:28Z")
Not to me. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/55 "2016-12-14T02:57:34Z")
I laughed out loud at some of them. Or chuckled, anyway. They’re OK. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/56 "2016-12-14T12:03:43Z")
Twenty four hours since I looked at them. I didn’t laugh then; indeed I haven’t laughed _at anything_ since viewing them. They seem to have messed up my sense of humor. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/57 "2016-12-14T12:41:12Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Twenty four hours since I looked at them. > > I didn’t laugh then; indeed I haven’t laughed _at anything_ since viewing them. They seem to have messed up my sense of humor. You broke kayaker! Happy now? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/58 "2016-12-14T13:11:04Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > You broke kayaker! Happy now? I just read a story on Facebook about a kid dying in Santa’s arms. Not so much as a chuckle.☹ ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/59 "2016-12-14T14:15:26Z")
Better than most newspaper comic strips, but it wouldn’t be if the cartoonist was producing 7 each week. The art was fine – more interesting than generic Sally Forth type drawings, but I can’t guess if the artist would get sharper or more bland with time. The strip about the dog not fitting, was that a sex joke? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-comics-funny/774575/60 "2016-12-14T14:27:36Z")
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