# The saddest comic strip of all time. . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242 "2019-01-23T02:28:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/1 "2019-01-23T02:28:41Z")
[. . has got to be xkcd’s Spirit.](https://xkcd.com/695/) Prove me wrong. Or maybe not. This strip depresses me, why would I want more of that? Farley dying was sad when I read it originally but the years have lessened the hurt. Spirit, though, gets me every time. Maybe it says something about me that a machine touches my heart more than a dog. But then again the dog was a drawing. Spirit really is sitting out there. Hmmm, maybe that’s why they added the inferior second ending to AI: Artificial Intelligence. Machine forevers are too sad. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/2 "2019-01-23T02:44:38Z")
Machine “deaths” don’t bother me much (especially when I know they’re not sentient and not some movie AI near-human). On the other hand, this [Order of the Stick](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0496.html) still makes me complain about dust in my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/3 "2019-01-23T02:56:33Z")
I don’t know about sad, but I find ones like these very touching. [![](https://i.imgur.com/sUv6KZw.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/sUv6KZw.jpg) [![](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/dc/2e/87/dc2e8790a0d6b1827a95afd5bcbc35dc.gif) ](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/dc/2e/87/dc2e8790a0d6b1827a95afd5bcbc35dc.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/4 "2019-01-23T02:59:40Z")
[That is because you’re crazy. It has no feelings.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBqhIVyfsRg) ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/5 "2019-01-23T03:10:49Z")
The New Yorker [remains the standard.](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTB_MsWKQk2KrN0ig4HFWBpSOxN7sZ9lxomKCZlyJdc1stN1ZK0) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/6 "2019-01-23T03:25:46Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Machine forevers are too sad. Your heart must really go out to Voyager. I agree, that strip is sad. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/7 "2019-01-23T03:39:00Z")
Someone on this board posted one about Death talking to a a newly dead dog’s soul and giving him treats and saying he was not a good dog, but the best. It makes me tear up just describing it. Sorry I dont have the link. ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/8 "2019-01-23T04:21:36Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Someone on this board posted one about Death talking to a a newly dead dog’s soul and giving him treats and saying he was not a good dog, but the best. It makes me tear up just describing it. Sorry I dont have the link. Probably [Death and the dog](https://imgur.com/gallery/n2xwi). ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/9 "2019-01-23T04:26:56Z")
> [@JeffB](#): > > Probably [Death and the dog](https://imgur.com/gallery/n2xwi). Yep. _sniff_ that’s the one. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/10 "2019-01-23T04:35:27Z")
Sad in a sentimental good way: Peanuts last strip: [http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/peanuts/images/36753033/title/last-strip-photo](http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/peanuts/images/36753033/title/last-strip-photo) Bloom County’s Opus says “Gilda Radner’s not supposed to end” and “Goodbye me” in the next to last original Bloom Country strip. Unfortunately, I can’t find it online. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/11 "2019-01-23T04:37:56Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Someone on this board posted one about Death talking to a a newly dead dog’s soul and giving him treats and saying he was not a good dog, but the best. It makes me tear up just describing it. Sorry I dont have the link. I remember that post and here’s the strip: [https://imgur.com/gallery/n2xwi](https://imgur.com/gallery/n2xwi) _Sniffle_ ☹ “Stop with the onions!” 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/12 "2019-01-23T04:46:02Z")
Here’s the cat version: [https://imgur.com/gallery/5psnAzT](https://imgur.com/gallery/5psnAzT) ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/13 "2019-01-23T17:50:41Z")
So sad and poignant that I cut it out and put it on my refrigerator: [Pearls Before Swine Six Stages of Marriage](https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2018/1/21) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/14 "2019-01-23T18:18:58Z")
The raccoon story in [Calvin & Hobbes](http://blogondeathanddying.blogspot.com/2012/06/raccoon-story-calvin-hobbes.html) always makes me tear up. ---
**Author:** ![RedSwinglineOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9adbd/32.png) [@RedSwinglineOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedSwinglineOne)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/15 "2019-01-23T18:41:51Z")
[Mel Blanc-Speechless](http://auctionsound.s3.amazonaws.com/clients/dropclick/photo_sets/5123/dropclick_056.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/16 "2019-01-23T19:16:01Z")
> [@RedSwinglineOne](#): > > [Mel Blanc-Speechless](http://auctionsound.s3.amazonaws.com/clients/dropclick/photo_sets/5123/dropclick_056.jpg) WARNING-- this is a direct download. Man, don’t DO that! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/17 "2019-01-23T20:38:32Z")
> [@RedSwinglineOne](#): > > Mel Blanc-Speechless \*(NB: I broke the link) Dude, what the _hell_? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/18 "2019-01-23T21:08:05Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Someone on this board posted one about Death talking to a a newly dead dog’s soul and giving him treats and saying he was not a good dog, but the best. It makes me tear up just describing it. Sorry I dont have the link. Same for me. And it’s even worse for me right now because my 15 year old pup is getting close ☹ ---
**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:** [January 23, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/19 "2019-01-23T21:34:51Z")
The few weeks of strips that covered Farley’s death in _For Better or For Worse_ still pull at my heartstrings: [Storylines - FBorFW Strip Fix](https://www.fborfw.com/stripcatalog/indexstoryline.php?q=Farley%27s%20Death) (you have to scroll down a little). It was especially hard in real time because it comes out of nowhere, just like the real thing. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2019, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242/20 "2019-01-24T00:29:19Z")
The oddity with **RedSwinglineOne** ’s link isn’t anything of his doing. The server that’s hosting it is just configured weirdly for some reason. And it might be annoying to have to choose an application to view an image instead of it just showing up in the web browser, but it’s not harmful. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saddest-comic-strip-of-all-time/828242.md?page=2)