# Reminisce about defunct comic strips! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854 "2007-05-29T02:35:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 29, 2007, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/21 "2007-05-29T12:33:42Z")
Most have been mentioned: **Pogo** and **Krazy Kat** (back in the 70s, the strips were rerun in the local newspaper, so I was able to experience reading it as a daily strip) were favorites. **Barnaby** was also a great one, but I’ve only read it in the collections that were put out in the early 80s. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/22 "2007-05-29T13:32:27Z")
[QUOTE=Christopher] Bloom County. Sigh. [/QUOTE] Seconded. I even miss Outland, even though it wasn’t half as good. I’ll also second The Far Side. ---
**Author:** ![Selkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/23 "2007-05-29T13:34:20Z")
Does anyone else remember a strip called _Lindenhurst_ that used to run in one of the computer magazines back in the days when a TRS-80 was not a fossil? I have fond, generalized memories, although I can no longer recall a single specific strip. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/24 "2007-05-29T14:01:01Z")
[Priscilla’s Pop](http://comicstripfan.com/newspaper/p/priscillaspop.htm)! Okay, okay, I really miss C & H and The Far Side the most. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/25 "2007-05-29T14:45:37Z")
Ditto “Far Side” and “Calvin and Hobbes” Also (only on Sunday’s) “Rick O’Shay”. I really miss that one. ---
**Author:** ![Lunar\_Saltlick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Lunar\_Saltlick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Saltlick)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/26 "2007-05-29T15:27:00Z")
C & H was great. It closed the door firmly on the Peanuts era of childhood. I’ve only been hanging around here for a month, and this is my second comics thread. In the previous thread, I got my butt kicked for suggesting that **Our Boarding House with Major Hoople** was a great strip. I’ll go ahead and say it again, but specify more clearly that I’m referring to the strip drawn by the originator, Gene Ahern in the 20s and 30s. Great stuff. Another vote for **Dick Tracy**. Some of the greatest villians and throwaway lines ever. In fact, both DT and Major Hoople did what great old paintings did – they filled up the available space with as much info as they could cram in: sight gags, asides, sotto voce commentary, etc. Some modern strips have brought that style it back, but I still miss those old strips. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/27 "2007-05-29T15:47:03Z")
[QUOTE=Lunar Saltlick] I’ve only been hanging around here for a month, and this is my second comics thread. In the previous thread, I got my butt kicked for suggesting that **Our Boarding House with Major Hoople** was a great strip. [/QUOTE] Well, you won’t get it kicked from me! I kinda liked “Our Boarding House”. I only saw it during the later years, when one of the papers in my college town carried it. I remember thinking that it was very weird, and very dated, and I couldn’t figure out if there were regular characters or not. And yet, the stilted oratory and arch wise cracks appealed to me. Priscilla’s Pop, on the other hand . . . ---
**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:** [May 29, 2007, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/28 "2007-05-29T16:02:24Z")
I think about the best artwork of all time was [Out Our Way.](http://www.barnaclepress.com/comics/archives/comedy/out_our_way/index.html) The detailing is impressive, in [this one](http://www.thrillmer.com/comics/oow360212.jpg) note all the windows in the building in the background, the grain of the wood, the cap, just amazing. Not that they’re particularly funny by today’s standards, but you gotta love the art. Bloom County was in my book the best of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Lunar\_Saltlick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/977dab/32.png) [@Lunar\_Saltlick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lunar_Saltlick)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/29 "2007-05-29T17:02:53Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] I think about the best artwork of all time was [Out Our Way.](http://www.barnaclepress.com/comics/archives/comedy/out_our_way/index.html) The detailing is impressive, in [this one](http://www.thrillmer.com/comics/oow360212.jpg) note all the windows in the building in the background, the grain of the wood, the cap, just amazing. Not that they’re particularly funny by today’s standards, but you gotta love the art… [/QUOTE] J. R. Williams was one of the greats. His **Bull of the Woods** is classic too, if you just can’t get enough machine shop humor. He was a very accomplished drawer. A lot of his stuff is available again. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/30 "2007-05-29T17:22:48Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] I think about the best artwork of all time was [Out Our Way.](http://www.barnaclepress.com/comics/archives/comedy/out_our_way/index.html) The detailing is impressive, in [this one](http://www.thrillmer.com/comics/oow360212.jpg) note all the windows in the building in the background, the grain of the wood, the cap, just amazing. Not that they’re particularly funny by today’s standards, but you gotta love the art. [/QUOTE] You would probably also appreciate [Windsor McKay’s _Little Nemo in Slumberland_.](http://www.spacerockheaters.com/lyc/slumberland/imgs/Little_nemo_plancha_1.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/31 "2007-05-29T17:25:03Z")
With regards to impressive details, etc: Gilbert Shelton’s _Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers_. Not that you’d find it in the comics section of your average metropolitan daily 😉 ---
**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:** [May 29, 2007, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/32 "2007-05-29T17:33:30Z")
I miss [Downstown](http://www.downstown.com/new_sundays_page.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/33 "2007-05-29T17:42:55Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] I miss [Downstown](http://www.downstown.com/new_sundays_page.htm). [/QUOTE] You sir are my hero. Behold the introduction of the [heptathluge](http://www.downstown.com/new_strips_page.htm) ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/34 "2007-05-29T20:48:14Z")
Wonder Warthog! ---
**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:** [May 29, 2007, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/35 "2007-05-29T21:11:14Z")
I was a big fan of the short-lived **When I Was Short** by Michael Fry (who went on to do the more successful **Over the Hedge** ) and Guy Vasilovich. What other syndicated comic strip ever mentioned Keith Jarrett? ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/36 "2007-05-29T21:19:00Z")
[QUOTE=Uvula Donor] You would probably also appreciate [Windsor McKay’s _Little Nemo in Slumberland_.](http://www.spacerockheaters.com/lyc/slumberland/imgs/Little_nemo_plancha_1.jpg) [/QUOTE] I love that strip. Pure genius. My wife was dubious about it though - while admiring its art, she thought the artist “must have serious mental problems”. 😃 But just imagine opening the paper to the “comics” page and seeing _that_. What a blast that must have been! ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/37 "2007-05-29T21:22:07Z")
I miss Prince Valiant. It was a good, meaty strip with an engrossing story line. I loveed it from the time I could first read – and that was a long, long time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/38 "2007-05-29T21:32:38Z")
[Dondi](http://www.toonopedia.com/dondi.htm). There was also a comic strip in the 70s called (IIRC) “Dooley’s World”, which alas has not yet rated a ‘toonopedia’ entry. Dooley was a little boy who had an assortment of toys that, much like Hobbes of “Calvin &…”, came to life only when he was alone with them. When Dooley’s parents showed up, the toys were ordinary toys. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/39 "2007-05-29T22:27:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sunrazor] I miss Prince Valiant. It was a good, meaty strip with an engrossing story line. I loveed it from the time I could first read – and that was a long, long time ago. [/QUOTE] 😕 “Was”? Both of my local papers still carry _Prince Valiant._ ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854/40 "2007-05-29T22:30:33Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] Alcoholic? Yes. Philanderer? Yes. Wife beater? I don’t think so. Flo could mop the floor with him. I don’t recall even the slightest hint of violence. [/QUOTE] It’s usually represented by a floating cloud with fists and feet (Andy’s **and** Flo’s) sticking out of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminisce-about-defunct-comic-strips/405854.md?page=3)