# Best/Favorite Newspaper Comic Strips **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 5, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186 "2002-09-05T21:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/1 "2002-09-05T21:07:51Z")
What newspaper comic strips do you consider the best, or your favorites, and why? I like: Mutts-- My favorite strip still running, truely funny, and the writer really loves animals. FoxTrot-- I am basically a morph of Jason and Peter’s characters, so it relates to me. Dilbert-- of course… And votes for Bloom County, Peanuts, and Calvin and Hobbes in the classics corner. I also have fond memories of Heathcliff, Lockhornes, and early Garfields. Plus L.M. Boyd, who was usually stuck in the comics section back home. ---
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2002, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/2 "2002-09-05T21:33:16Z")
I’ve gotten hooked on “One Big Happy.” Some of the things the kids say in the strip sound just like my own kids. In fact, my kids read it and they think it’s funny, too. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/3 "2002-09-06T04:50:30Z")
Get Fuzzy ---
**Author:** ![Blackhawkeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Blackhawkeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackhawkeye)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/4 "2002-09-06T05:07:55Z")
Nobody touches Calvin and Hobbes. Well, maybe the Farside. ---
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/5 "2002-09-06T05:14:47Z")
Get Fuzzy is one I truly like… It’s one of the few where you feel that the artist is truly trying to create something unique and humorous. Unlike, say, Hi and Lois, Hagar the Horrible, Garfield, Blondie… Mutts is another great one. Very different style of humor, something quite unique and heartfelt. Foxtrot seems to have by far the best grasp of contemporary humor out of all the normal comic strips. The artist also tends to be able to use Geek humor far more adeptly than any other strip attempting jokes about computers, save for perhaps Dilbert. And I always enjoy the strips involving physics, since the author actually knows what he’s talking about (Bill Amend is a physics major). Of course, there are the classics (Calvin and Hobbes, Far Side, etc…) Zits, Stone Soup, and a few others are doing well too. But our comics page could do with some MAJOR pruning. ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/6 "2002-09-06T06:13:07Z")
My current faves are Foxtrot, Zits, and Get Fuzzy. The Get Fuzzy from the other day with Satchel’s “Dont Bom Irak” sign was the funniest thing I’ve seen on the comic pages in years. ---
**Author:** ![grendel72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/91b2a8/32.png) [@grendel72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grendel72)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/7 "2002-09-06T06:32:31Z")
**Zippy the Pinhead** and **The Boondocks** are the only currently running comics that kick ass. **Bloom County** , **Pogo** , and the early **Doonesbury** were all really good. [sub]When did Doonesbury start to suck?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/8 "2002-09-06T15:02:06Z")
Get Fuzzy, hands down. I want to date Satchell. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/9 "2002-09-06T16:24:02Z")
Mother Goose and Grimmy. That dawg is a stitch! 😃 [http://www.grimmy.com/welcome.html](http://www.grimmy.com/welcome.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/10 "2002-09-06T16:27:55Z")
Another Fox Trot fan here. That, along with Dilbert, are the 2 that still hold my attention. I am trying to stay with Doonesbury, but somehow it has taken a wrong turn. I don’t know that I can really describe it other than to think that it is a caricature of it’s past. The scenarios are a little much, the stances and messages are a little off, the characters aren’t as believable. It’s just sort of off. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/11 "2002-09-06T16:34:51Z")
I’m a big fan of Non Sequitor, Doonesbury and Boondocks. My favorite current strip is For Better or For Worse, and Bloom County, Calvin and Hobbes and The Far Side are my favorite past strips. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/12 "2002-09-06T16:52:36Z")
I’ve always liked For Better or For Worse. I don’t know why, exactly, but I do. I’ve watched those characters grow up, and now I’m sort of attached to them. The recent strips where Liz met the helicopter pilot on the bus… I was so happy for her. Then I realized that I needed to get a life. I pretty much agree with everyone else: Zits, Mutts, Fox Trot, Get Fuzzy ---
**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:** [September 6, 2002, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/13 "2002-09-06T17:21:28Z")
What? No votes for **Monty**? (formerly Robotman) That strip is everything I used to love about Dilbert before he got permanently wedged into his cubicle. (although I still enjoy Dilbert quite a bit) And **Sherman’s Lagoon** is hilarious as well. And I’ll echo the votes for Fox Trot and Zits. Get Fuzzy has its moments, but has become a bit monotonous with this “Bucky vs. the Ferret” thing that’s dragged for two months. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/14 "2002-09-06T18:03:30Z")
I so don’t get **Mutts**. Too much “cute”, not nearly enough “funny”. Kind of like **Family Circle** with better art. ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/15 "2002-09-06T18:14:42Z")
It’s a toss-up between _Calvin and Hobbes_ and the _Farside_. If you’re going to make me choose a strip that isn’t retired, I think I’ll have to go with McGruder’s _The Boondocks_. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/16 "2002-09-06T18:36:39Z")
I like **The Quigmans** for current and **Bloom County and The Far Side** for classics. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/17 "2002-09-06T20:38:15Z")
As many others have mentioned, **Calvin and Hobbes** and **Bloom County/Outland** are two wonderful “classics.” Also, **Peanuts** and some older **Garfield** strips are great. As far as current strips, **For Better or for Worse** is, IMO, at least a head above the rest, although **Foxtrot** and **Dilbert** are also pretty funny. Honorable mention goes to **Doonesbury**. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/18 "2002-09-06T20:43:11Z")
Zits is pretty good. Or would that be Zits _are_ pretty good…whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/19 "2002-09-06T21:03:50Z")
The only ones I’ve been following regularly are FoxTrot, Dilbert, and [Frazz](http://www.comics.com/comics/frazz), but I’m also fond of Non Sequitur and [Funky Winkerbean](http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/fwinker/about.htm) / [Crankshaft](http://www.ucomics.com/crankshaft/), but the last two might just be because they’re set in Cleveland. For retired comics, of course, there’s Peanuts, Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, and Bloom County (Outland wasn’t worth bothering with). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2002, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186/20 "2002-09-06T21:22:36Z")
I rather like **9 Chickweed Lane**. I also enjoy **For Better or For Worse** , **Get Fuzzy** , **Frazz** , and **The Boondocks**. I am sick unto death of **Garfield**. And **Baldo** and **Mr. Potato Head** make me want to take my copies of the _Orange County Register_ down to Grand Avenue and ask for my money back. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-favorite-newspaper-comic-strips/127186.md?page=2)