# The mundanity of my local papers comix. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mundanity-of-my-local-papers-comix/290359 "2005-02-16T15:28:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JerH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mundanity-of-my-local-papers-comix/290359/21 "2005-02-17T20:11:20Z")
> [@Leroy Brown](#): > > Every time I see a comics page I go straight to the “Cathy” strip. I noticed a long time ago how 99.9% of those strips has at least one character yelling with gallons of sweat flying from his/her head by the third panel. I’ve seen only ONE time this didn’t happen. I wish I had saved it, it felt like finding a four-leaf clover. That reminds me of the time I found a funny Bazooka Joe comic. I was so excited, I went around and showed it to all my friends. Sadly I lost it, and now all I remember is that the punchline was “because he’s dead!” ---
**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 17, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mundanity-of-my-local-papers-comix/290359/22 "2005-02-17T20:29:51Z")
I supplement the LA Times comic page with webcomics…it’s the only way to survive. **Prickly City Forever!** **Boondocks Rules!** Surprisingly, the last few weeks of **Cathy** have been pretty good. Maybe you have to be recently-married to think so, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mundanity-of-my-local-papers-comix/290359/23 "2005-02-17T20:43:16Z")
Well, at least you don’t have **Curtis** , which is almost as funny as a traffic jam. (God, I hate that strip) ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mundanity-of-my-local-papers-comix/290359/24 "2005-02-17T20:51:18Z")
> [@Wartime Consigliori](#): > > Well, at least you don’t have **Curtis** , which is almost as funny as a traffic jam. > > (God, I hate that strip) I couldn’t agree more. They only seem to have but a few plotlines that they have OVER and over again: 1. Rap music-either he and his brother are at the record store or Curtis is playing the music too loud 2. The dad hates his job 3. Curtis goes to that barber who doesn’t know his name (“Hi Craig!” “Curtis”) 4. Curtis doesn’t seem to realize that the stuck up girl hates him 5. Curtis is teasing his little brother, who goes running to mama ---
**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mundanity-of-my-local-papers-comix/290359/25 "2005-02-17T20:56:40Z")
> [@Agrippina](#): > > I couldn’t agree more. They only seem to have but a few plotlines that they have OVER and over again: And don’t forget #6- Curtis hassling his old man about smoking. ---
**Author:** ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mundanity-of-my-local-papers-comix/290359/26 "2005-02-17T21:04:41Z")
I’m a little disappointed that no one has mentioned [Prince Valiant](http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/pvaliant/about.htm). That, along with Snuffy Smith, Gasoline Alley, et al were features of the La Crosse WI newspaper, and I have fond memories of sprawling out on my grandmother’s kitchen floor to read the Sunday comics that were not available at home. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mundanity-of-my-local-papers-comix/290359/27 "2005-02-17T21:31:32Z")
Well, I was really complaining about the blandness of my local paper in general. Thankfully we have the web. Here’s what I read on a daily basis (mostly from The Washington Post): Print Online: Baby Blues Baldo Boondocks Dilbert Doonesbury Foxtrot For Better or For Worse Mutts Non Sequitur Piranha Club Six Chix Tank McNamara Zippy the Pinhead Zits Web Comics: Sinfest Penny Arcade Dork Tower PvP ---
**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:** [February 18, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mundanity-of-my-local-papers-comix/290359/28 "2005-02-18T02:03:11Z")
Ohmigod…you’ve got to start reading [9 Chickweed Lane](http://www.comics.com/comics/chickweed/), and [Pibgorn](http://www.comics.com/comics/pibgorn/index.html)! Brooke McEldowney _roolz_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mundanity-of-my-local-papers-comix/290359.md?page=1)