# Favorite comic strip? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 3, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137 "2003-04-03T04:30:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NameAlreadyTaken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@NameAlreadyTaken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NameAlreadyTaken)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/21 "2003-04-03T13:57:13Z")
For **garius** Kiki the Ferret says: “Stay Good StriaghtDopers, Stay Good!” BunBun the lop-eared bunny with the switchblade replies:“Where’s my alfalfa margarita and who’s got the Baywatch tapes?” ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/22 "2003-04-03T14:26:13Z")
All time: Bloom County Calvin and Hobbes Currently running: Mallard Fillmore Dilbert Zits (Dilbert and Zits are documentaries of my work and home life) ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/23 "2003-04-03T15:33:40Z")
I can’t believe no-one has mentioned Something Positive yet: [http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12192001.html](http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12192001.html) Absolutely my favorite - I like Sluggy too, but Something Positive has a truly nasty edge to it that Sluggy lacks. Plus, it reminds me very much of my friends and their strange relationships. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/24 "2003-04-03T15:53:34Z")
I still like _Peanuts_. Charles Schultz, you are missed. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/25 "2003-04-03T16:31:04Z")
All time: Krazy Kat Pogo Barnaby Doonesbury The Far Side Calvin and Hobbes Currently: [Pibgorn](http://www.comics.com/comics/pibgorn/index.html) Get Fuzzy Crankshaft Rose is Rose Doonesbury Dilbert Fox Trot ---
**Author:** ![DaToad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DaToad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaToad)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/26 "2003-04-03T17:02:27Z")
Pogo, Farside, Outtakes, Calvin and Hobbes, The Pirhana Club, Shoe, Bent Offerings, Baby Blues ---
**Author:** ![MSU\_1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@MSU\_1978](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MSU_1978)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/27 "2003-04-03T17:26:23Z")
All time favorite: Bloom County Current : Prince Valiant. Don’t laugh, the story lines are brilliant, the artwork is first rate, and the occasional splash of humor is like an Easter egg. Cathy is the pits. She can’t draw worth a crap (NEVER a profile view) and the story lines are pretty monotonous. ---
**Author:** ![coyasicanbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@coyasicanbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coyasicanbe)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/28 "2003-04-03T17:40:44Z")
All time: Calvin and Hobbes Bloom County Robotman (Monty is NOT the same) Current: Ballard St. Get Fuzzy Frazz ---
**Author:** ![MetalDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@MetalDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MetalDog)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/29 "2003-04-03T18:33:41Z")
Bob the Angry Flower! [http://www.angryflower.com/](http://www.angryflower.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/30 "2003-04-03T18:45:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MSU 1978 \* > \*\*Cathy is the pits. She can’t draw worth a crap (NEVER a profile view) and the story lines are pretty monotonous. \*\* Beg to differ - I can confirm one drawing of Cathy in profile. She was kissing Irving goodnight on her front step and then realized her hair was mussed and she had spinach in her teeth, with all the attendant angst (and the obligatory “BLEAH!”) ensuing. All it really did, though, was reinforce the argument that Cathy Guisewhite can’t draw for shit. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/31 "2003-04-03T23:18:48Z")
In roughly chronological order: Krazy Kat (a bit of a cheat, since it’s before my time and I only know it from books) Peanuts Pogo (that Mamselle Hepzibah…woo woo!) Doonesbury Bloom County/Outland Calvin & Hobbes Get Fuzzy And kudos to **Hometownboy** for the Odd Bodkins mention! ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/32 "2003-04-04T00:01:32Z")
**The Boondocks.** ---
**Author:** ![Adridne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@Adridne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adridne)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/33 "2003-04-04T00:18:12Z")
Sluggy, Megatokyo, Penny Arcade. ---
**Author:** ![snac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@snac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snac)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/34 "2003-04-04T02:31:37Z")
All time: 1. Calvin and Hobbes 2. Pogo 3. Peanuts 4. Far Side 5. Bloom County Current [no particular order] Zits, Doonesbury, Baby Blues, For Better/For Worse ---
**Author:** ![snac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@snac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snac)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/35 "2003-04-04T02:32:54Z")
GAAA! And somehow I left Foxtrot off that ‘current’ list. I suspect Quincy the iguana will get me, now… ---
**Author:** ![GrinnaGirla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@GrinnaGirla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrinnaGirla)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/36 "2003-04-04T02:44:38Z")
Dilbert Sherman’s Lagoon Baby Blues Herman (I have laughed so hard on occasion that I squirted milk from my nose, and boy it hurt) Absolutely loved Calvin & Hobbes and Bloom County, and was very sad to see them end. ---
**Author:** ![Tanaqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tanaqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tanaqui)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/37 "2003-04-04T06:13:17Z")
The only comic I’ve ever really read on a regular basis is [Boy Meets Boy](http://boymeetsboy.keenspace.com). Sweet, funny, and sexy. Me likes. PS: My thanks to matt\_mcl (I believe) for posting the link in another comic thread some time ago. I’d never have found it without you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MSU\_1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@MSU\_1978](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MSU_1978)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/38 "2003-04-04T14:26:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\*Beg to differ - I can confirm one drawing of Cathy in profile. She was kissing Irving goodnight on her front step and then realized her hair was mussed and she had spinach in her teeth, with all the attendant angst (and the obligatory “BLEAH!”) ensuing. > > All it really did, though, was reinforce the argument that Cathy Guisewhite can’t draw for shit. \*\* You are correct- my use of the word NEVER was incorrect- although profiles are very rare indeed in Cathy. Your assessment of Cathy Guisewite’s artistic ability seems quite accurate. One more comic bash- would someone please pull the plug on Nancy? Every Sunday I glance at it just long enough to wonder why on earth they keep it alive long after brain death has occurred. ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/39 "2003-04-04T14:36:47Z")
Foxtrot. Zits. Far Side. Calvin and Hobbes. Weebl & Bob, if these guys count. [http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/](http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/) ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137/40 "2003-04-04T14:54:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Absolutely my favorite - I like Sluggy too, but Something Positive has a truly nasty edge to it that Sluggy lacks. Something Positive’s my second favorite webcomic. Main reason it loses to Sinfest is Milholland’s maddening tendency to leave the last period/question mark/exclamation mark in the speech bubble off. It leaves the insults look unfinished. However, I’ve for some time believed that Something Positive would be the webcomic most adaptable to be a TV series. It’s not loathing, but Penny Arcade is something which has popularity that I’ve never been able to comprehend. Same goes for Weebl & Bob. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-comic-strip/166137.md?page=3)