# current godawful comic strips **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 12, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950 "2001-08-12T22:22:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/61 "2001-08-17T04:15:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Bitterdrunk Kid \* > \*\*Anybody ever read ‘Rose is Rose’? It’s one of those disgustingly ‘sweet’ comics that makes you want to puke. Who would believe a comic strip where the kid is named Pasquale and nobody beats the snot out of him? > Also what is the deal with Cathy? Does she need to get a life or what? How many jokes can you possibly write about a 45 year old woman who can’t find a swim suit that doesn’t make her look fat? And if your parents are that annoying to you, do what every other normal people would do in that situation; force 'em out of your life! > > (man, am I in a stand up comedian mood this morning or what?) \*\* I totally agree about “rose is rose”. that’s another one I always end up reading even though i hate it. For some reason the ones where the wife is shown projecting herself as a little kid( or as a bad ass biker chick) make me want to gouge out my eyes with a pair of blunt safety scissors. Cathy i can deal with though, but only because i have an aunt that acts exactly like her. 5-HT currently drunk but not really bitter ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/62 "2001-08-17T18:27:56Z")
Am I actually the first one to say that “Mulch” is an awful strip? It’s the one where the title character is a gardener in a wheelchair? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/63 "2001-08-20T03:46:41Z")
A friend once said, “I like Rose (from Rose is Rose) because she has a past.” “A past?” “Yeah, the biker chick.” “That’s her fantasy. Or her alter ego.” “No, she really used to be a biker chick.” “And now she’s a soccer mom? When was this explicitly stated?” “I don’t remember.” I’d have to go through all the collections to prove or disprove this, and I’d rather not. But the only way a former biker chick would live her life as Rose does would be if she got a head injury that caused a complete personality change. Hey, maybe she did! Maybe she lost her memory as well, and her subconscious keeps trying to tell her to give up the milk and afghans and get back in the game! ---
**Author:** ![Outrider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9d8465/32.png) [@Outrider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Outrider)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/64 "2001-08-20T17:34:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Bitterdrunk Kid \* > **Who would believe a comic strip where the kid is named Pasquale and nobody beats the snot out of him?** Oh, but lest you forget, anyone messing with Pasquale would have his guardian angel to reckon with. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bitterdrunk\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@The\_Bitterdrunk\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bitterdrunk_Kid)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/65 "2001-08-20T17:43:36Z")
Man, I’m glad somebody else thinks that strip sucks as much as I do! I was afraid I would come off as a bitter old man. (although I’m 20.) ---
**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:** [August 20, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/66 "2001-08-20T20:12:31Z")
On the Fast Track. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, it’s workplace and computer “humor”. The cartoonist seems to have focused on the theme “Wouldn’t it be funny if I took something literally that was meant to be figurative.” So, for example, the “year 2000 bug” is an actual bug that infests computers and eats data. The main character has a “work side” and a “domestic side”, and both of these are actual people who she turns into. I’m only scratching the surface of the badness that is “On the Fast Track”, but it’s bad. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/67 "2001-08-20T20:42:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Captain Amazing \* > **On the Fast Track. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, it’s workplace and computer “humor”.** I don’t read _On the Fasttrack,_ but the cartoonist Bill Holbrook also does the online strip [Kevin and Kell,](http://www.kevinandkell.com) and that is a **very** good read. Give it a shot – it’s one of the few web comics that are actually well-drawn… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/68 "2001-08-21T02:16:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FireUnderpantsBoobs \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by RickJay \* > > **Some are so bad now I can’t even remember their names. There’s one with a computer hacker and his cat and his dog. It’s awful.** > > I believe you’re referring to “Get Fuzzy,” and yes, it is horrible.\*\* What drugs are you on? Get Fuzzy is one of the best strips in the lot at the moment. [sub]Of course, it helps if you happen to live with Satchel…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/69 "2001-08-21T02:18:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flymaster \* > \*\*_steps up to microphone_ > _cough_ > > Sylvia. That is all. > > _walks away_ \*\* Ugh. Another person with no taste (or too much testosterone). ---
**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:** [August 21, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/70 "2001-08-21T04:02:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Captain Amazing \* > > **On the Fast Track. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, it’s workplace and computer “humor”.** > > I don’t read _On the Fasttrack,_ but the cartoonist Bill Holbrook also does the online strip [Kevin and Kell,](http://www.kevinandkell.com) and that is a **very** good read. Give it a shot – it’s one of the few web comics that are actually well-drawn… 😃 \*\* I’ve seen it…didn’t like it. Holbrook seems to rely too much on gimmicks for me. “Let’s take a modern company, and we make all the workers there predators of some sort, and just for fun, we have our main character married to prey, and she has to pretend he’s a predator.” I just don’t think he’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![Daowajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Daowajan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daowajan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/71 "2001-08-21T04:33:38Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by KellyM \* \*\* > [@](#): > > Ugh. Another person with no taste (or too much testosterone). \*\* No one’s ever going to accuse me of having too much testosterone. But I hate Sylvia. I want to shake the cartoonist until she learns how to draw speech bubbles. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@Max\_Harvey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Harvey)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/72 "2001-08-21T04:49:07Z")
How about **Snuffy Smith**. The creator died years ago but someone actually took his place. Like there’d be some huge outcry if it ended. (What the hell is that black thing on the wife’s head? Looks like she’s being strangled by a mutant apostrophe.) I think the idea that every strip should be appropriate for children has killed the medium. I remember in the mid-80s my (then) local paper cancelled Doonesbury during the “Duke is a zombie” series because some 98-year-olds thought it was promoting witchcraft! Anyway, as already pointed out, all the cool kids know that the best strips are [online](http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2001-08-20). ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/73 "2001-08-21T18:37:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Captain Amazing \* > \*\*Holbrook seems to rely too much on gimmicks for me. “Let’s take a modern company, and we make all the workers there predators of some sort, and just for fun, we have our main character married to prey, and she has to pretend he’s a predator.” I just don’t think he’s funny. \*\* **Shrug** I don’t really notice the gimmicks myself – I just enjoy the way he builds multi-faceted characters (with Real Personality in every box), and makes them interact with each other in interesting and unpredictable ways. Might’ve worked for me because I went through the entire archives in one afternoon… As for the OP, did I mention **Close to Home** and **Agnes** already? I did? Well, I’ll mention them again, since they _still_ stink! ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/74 "2001-08-21T19:04:55Z")
I can’t believe no one has mentioned **Nancy** I highly recommend **Rhymes with Orange** [http://www.hillaryprice.com](http://www.hillaryprice.com) (I think) ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/75 "2001-08-21T19:06:16Z")
> **[Rhymes With Orange](https://rhymeswithorange.com/)** > > Rhymes With Orange is a syndicated daily newspaper comic created by cartoonist Hilary B. Price. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/76 "2001-08-22T18:14:39Z")
Death to ZIGGY! For good comix, go to [http://www.libertymeadows.com](http://www.libertymeadows.com) (ahh, critters and cheesecake…life is good) and [http://www.spaceagecomics.com](http://www.spaceagecomics.com) (especially any recently-graduated Univ. of TX Dopers) ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950/77 "2001-08-22T18:38:58Z")
I’ve got one for you. It’s not overly sweet like “Family Circus,” it’s not running on despite the death of it’s creator like “Peanuts,” the jokes aren’t over-used like “Garfield.” In fact, there are no jokes at all. At least so far as I can tell. I read it every so often just on the off-chance that it will contain some shred of humor. I am convinced that it goes against the odds for something to be this bad all the time. Get ready for… …drumroll please… [The Dinette Set](http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/fun/dinette.asp) [Comic Store Guy] Worst comic strip ever! [/Comic Store Guy] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-godawful-comic-strips/75950.md?page=3)