# Favorite currently running comic strips. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283 "2019-08-07T00:19:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/21 "2019-08-07T19:12:11Z")
Dick Tracy The Phantom Safe Havens Sally Forth Judge Parker ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/22 "2019-08-07T19:33:46Z")
_Mutts_ If we’re including webcomics, also: _JL8 Questionable Content_ ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/23 "2019-08-07T19:57:55Z")
another vote for Pearls Before Swine. the ones where they work in a bad pun and the last panel is the characters threatening to hurt the author/artist usually get a chuckle out of me. [Like this one.](https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2016/10/09) I loved [this one too.](http://www.realclear.com/comics/pearls_before_swine/images/2016/04/pearls_before_swine_april_24_2016.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/24 "2019-08-07T21:19:31Z")
Any love out there for [Daddy Daze](https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/daddydaze/)? It’s a quirky, charming little strip about Paul, the (amicably) divorced dad of one-year-old Angus. He shares custody with his ex. Angus’ vocabulary consists of three words, “Ma”, “Da” (the first two pretty self-explanatory), and “Ba”. “Ba” makes up the majority of his speech. Yet somehow, Paul is able to translate Angus’ “ba’s” into complex sentences–and he’s on the money, since, like The Doctor, he appears to speak baby. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/25 "2019-08-08T00:52:35Z")
Pearls Before Swine Zits Arlo & Janis Baby Blues Non Sequitur Speed Bump ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/26 "2019-08-08T01:44:25Z")
> [@MacSpon](#): > > For newspaper strips: > _Breaking Cat News_. > > For webcomics: > _Girl Genius > Gunnerkrigg Court_ Yes, **Girl Genius** is consistently excellent. Any lovers of **In Security** around? The trip has been running about three years, and is erratically-written but always features magnificent art. > **[In Security by Bea R. for August 07, 2019 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/in-security/2019/08/07?ct=v&cti=2282709)** > > August 07, 2019 ---
**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:** [August 8, 2019, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/27 "2019-08-08T03:22:14Z")
**KneadToKnow** , so _you’re_ the one who likes Mutts! I knew there had to be someone somewhere who did! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/28 "2019-08-08T03:51:16Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **KneadToKnow** , so _you’re_ the one who likes Mutts! I knew there had to be someone somewhere who did! :smack: I forgot to mention Mutts on my list, too! I love Earl and Mooch!! ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/29 "2019-08-08T04:16:46Z")
Add me to the people who like the puns in PBS (that’s _Pearls Before Swine_, not a public broadcaster). Up 'til recently, I subscribed to the local paper. Because of circumstances I don’t want to go into here, I stopped reading it earlier this year. Most of the comics I used to read, I stopped reading. They just weren’t worth going out of my way to read. But I still follow PBS, _Non Sequitur_, and _Breaking Cat News_ on GoComics. One other that I did like was _Baby Blues_, so I better find it on-line (and thanks to people upthread who reminded me of it.) In webcomics, I tried to get people interested in [Sleepless Domain](http://www.sleeplessdomain.com/) in a [different thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=868851), but found no takers. Shame. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/30 "2019-08-08T05:24:18Z")
Another webcomic I read is somewhat unusual: [Scandinavia and the World](https://satwcomic.com/). What’s unusual is that the “characters” are stereotypes representing countries, rather than individuals[sup]1[/sup]. The main characters are, of course, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, but there’s representatives of many other countries and some subnational regions. Sometimes they “reenact” historical events, otherwise things seen in the news. [sup]1[/sup] There’s one other webcomic that does this, but I can’t remember its name. It’s about WWII, written by a Japanese. I don’t read it, just heard about it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/31 "2019-08-08T10:16:23Z")
Dick Tracy. Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/32 "2019-08-08T11:45:08Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > :smack: I forgot to mention Mutts on my list, too! I love Earl and Mooch!! YESH! ---
**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:** [August 8, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/33 "2019-08-08T12:17:53Z")
> [@](#): > > There’s one other webcomic that does this, but I can’t remember its name. It’s about WWII, written by a Japanese. I don’t read it, just heard about it. That would be Hetalia. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/34 "2019-08-08T12:56:42Z")
I don’t read the comics regularly, but when I do, not only do I like Mutts, but also Rose is Rose. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/35 "2019-08-08T13:31:22Z")
I love Off the Mark. [A recent favorite.](https://www.gocomics.com/offthemark/2019/08/05) Luann. I’m still waiting for Gunther and Tiffany to do the nasty. Blondie. Just because I’ve always read it. Prince Valiant, though the current story line bores me shitless. Lio. Something funny about a kid with such a interest in gory and gruesome things. Not from the papers, but Tom Tomorrow is great political satire. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2019, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/36 "2019-08-08T19:22:56Z")
From the Washington Post (the only comics I am exposed to without any effort), my faves are: Brewster Rockitt (consistently hilarious) Lio (weird kid television network, ha!) Sally Forth (cleverly surreal; I started a thread on it last year) Pearls Before Swine (all around good) Big Nate (I just really like the kid) Dilbert (still funny and on point) There are others I read, but the above are the gems. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/37 "2019-08-08T19:25:07Z")
> [@Sir\_Prize](#): > > I don’t read the comics regularly, but when I do, not only do I like Mutts, but also Rose is Rose. _Rose Is Rose_ can be surprisingly risque. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/38 "2019-08-08T19:26:47Z")
I like most Mutts very much, but one not yet mentioned I don’t think is Red and Rover. It’s not always obvious but it takes place in the 60s – a boy and his dog. It’s the best replacement for Calvin I’ve seen though certainly not up to that level. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/39 "2019-08-08T20:08:08Z")
I mentioned Red and Rover. I’ve never been quite clear on whether it’s actually set in the past, or if it just deals with timeless subject matter (a boy playing with his dog) that could be set at any time. It almost never makes me laugh out loud, but it almost always makes me smile. As for Mutts, occasionally they have a joke that’s funny… the first time. But after they tell the same joke again five more times over the course of the week, it gets kind of old. Or when they have a whole week of nothing but quotes from dead poets, or a whole week of “You should adopt me because I’m cute”. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283/40 "2019-08-08T21:56:27Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Dailies not named yet: > > _Cleats_ I really like Cleats as well, but it’s been in reruns since 2010. > [@Chefguy](#): > > Bizarro is sometimes done by a guest artist, and some of those are clunkers. Today’s, however, done by a guest, was pretty funny. It took me a few seconds to get it, however. It’s more than sometimes; the daily Bizarro is done by Wayno. Dan Piraro only does the Sunday strips. Several people have mentioned Sally Forth. I’ll agree with that one and add that Francesco Marciuliano, the author of Sally Forth, has a site called Medium Large where he will occasionally do one-off strips that are good. Arlo and Janis, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Retail, Candorville, The Knight Life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-currently-running-comic-strips/838283.md?page=3)