# Comic strips that are funny **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386 "2006-02-27T22:34:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/1 "2006-02-27T22:34:26Z")
Inspired by this thread, “Comics that just aren’t funny” – [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7147067&posted=1#post7147067](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7147067&posted=1#post7147067). I think _Foxtrot_ is excellent. _Hagar the Horrible_ is often funny. So is _Dilbert.__Outland_ has its moments (but it is only a pale shadow of _Bloom County)._ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/2 "2006-02-27T22:39:04Z")
Frazz Get Fuzzy Non Sequitur Zits 9 Chickweed Lane Rudy Park Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/3 "2006-02-27T22:41:50Z")
I’ve always liked Pearls Before Swine. I also admit to liking “One Big Happy”, although I feel a little guilty for liking it. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/4 "2006-02-27T22:46:06Z")
Perry Bible Fellowship. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/5 "2006-02-27T22:51:42Z")
Dilbert. Fox Trot. Zits. Wow…that’s pretty bad for four frickin’ pages of the paper, eh? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/6 "2006-02-27T22:53:46Z")
agree with Dilbert Get Fuzzy Pearls Before Swine ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/7 "2006-02-27T23:01:37Z")
Tom the Dancing Bug Gil Thorp (unintentional) ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/8 "2006-02-27T23:10:10Z")
B.C. Family Circus Garfield Oh, sorry, wrong thread 😛 ---
**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:** [February 27, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/9 "2006-02-27T23:15:52Z")
Sheesh, so few? Here are the ones on the top tier of my funny meter, and I read a few others every day in addition: Dilbert Monty (the cartoon formerly known as Robotman) Sherman’s Lagoon Betty Big Nate Brevity F Minus Frazz Fox Trot Stone Soup Zits I don’t know, maybe I’m just very easily amused. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/10 "2006-02-27T23:16:06Z")
> [@Captain Amazing](#): > > I also admit to liking “One Big Happy”, although I feel a little guilty for liking it. Heh, that’s pretty much exactly what I said in the comics-hating thread. Likes: **Get Fuzzy, Pearls Before Swine, Zits,** (sometimes) **Drabble, Wizard of Id,** (occasionally) **Mother Goose and Grimm**. Of comix I used to like, **B.C.** has become painful, **Dilbert** and **Shoe** have increasingly descended into schtick, and **Doonesbury** , while it continues to be at least interesting, hasn’t done anything laugh-out-loud funny in years. The current storyline with B.D. and his Post-traumatic Stress disorder is earnest and worthy, but lord, is it ever tedious. Pretty much everything else I hate, hate, hate. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2006, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/11 "2006-02-27T23:25:46Z")
It’s not in the papers, but check out [Sinfest](http://sinfest.net/). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/12 "2006-02-28T00:11:42Z")
You might try [User Friendly](http://www.userfriendly.org/) Although I suspect it has limited appeal (comp sci geeks primarily.) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/13 "2006-02-28T00:16:30Z")
User Friendly Dilbert Irregular Webcomic Casey and Andy Freefall Get Fuzzy Legostar Galactica Something Positive Queen of Wands ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/14 "2006-02-28T01:05:16Z")
I recently got hooked on _Pearls Before Swine._ And I’ll vote for the newcomer [_InkPen._](http://www.ucomics.com/inkpen/) Any comic willing to throw out [obscure Jack Kirby references](http://www.ucomics.com/inkpen/2005/12/22/) gets a vote from me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/15 "2006-02-28T01:05:26Z")
I read: User Friendly Dilbert Foxtrot the Yahoo Rerun’s of Bloom County Get Fuzzy. I also read GPF, but it isn’t a funny comic. The Classics were: Calvin & Hobbes 70’s Doonesbury the Farside Bloom County Peanuts Jim ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/16 "2006-02-28T01:10:05Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > And I’ll vote for the newcomer [_InkPen._](http://www.ucomics.com/inkpen/) Any comic willing to throw out [obscure Jack Kirby references](http://www.ucomics.com/inkpen/2005/12/22/) gets a vote from me. 😃 That’s a good strip. Like the recent arc where Captain Victorious and Mr. Negato lost their powers. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/17 "2006-02-28T01:43:39Z")
Dilbert Foxtrot JumpStart Arlo and Janis ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/18 "2006-02-28T02:30:22Z")
Get Fuzzy Frazz Pearls before Swine 9 Chickweed Lane Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet had some moments. The online edition at uComics seems to be stuck on 12/25/05. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/19 "2006-02-28T02:56:45Z")
Such little love for Sherman’s Lagoon, only mentioned once prior to this post. I think it’s a scream. ---
**Author:** ![ayalabmaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@ayalabmaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ayalabmaj)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386/20 "2006-02-28T03:07:04Z")
I mentioned these as funny in the other thread, but here they are again: The Boondocks Doonesbury La Cucaracha Non Sequitur Zits [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-strips-that-are-funny/346386.md?page=2)