# The UnFunny pages... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 13, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfunny-pages/61869 "2001-04-13T18:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfunny-pages/61869/1 "2001-04-13T18:25:14Z")
Ever since **Calvin & Hobbes** and **The Far Side** were put to bed a few years ago, there’s been a definite lack of anything truly funny on the funny pages. My favorite strip of all time is **Bloom County**. Can anyone tell me if there’s anything currently out there, in print or on the Web, that can compare to these great strips? Please, no Dilbert lovers need apply. Thanks, Will. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfunny-pages/61869/2 "2001-04-13T22:22:26Z")
Nothing can compare to Calvin & Hobbes. But try this one on for size. [Sluggy Freelance](http://www.sluggy.com) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfunny-pages/61869/3 "2001-04-13T22:44:57Z")
[http://www.sinfest.net](http://www.sinfest.net) Sluggy is an abomination. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfunny-pages/61869/4 "2001-04-13T22:52:27Z")
What? How can you hate Bun-Bun, the psycho lop eared bunny that stalks telemarketers and has a vendette with Santa Claus? And Riff. I love Riff. Who else would spam Satan? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jenericho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Jenericho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenericho)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfunny-pages/61869/5 "2001-04-14T00:52:48Z")
Personally, I find that \*\*[Get Fuzzy](http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/index.html) \*\*is pretty consistantly funny. Not a patch on Bloom County, though. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfunny-pages/61869/6 "2001-04-14T04:23:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > \*\*What? > > How can you hate Bun-Bun, the psycho lop eared bunny that stalks telemarketers and has a vendette with Santa Claus? > > And Riff. I love Riff. Who else would spam Satan? 😃 \*\* It just doesn’t appeal to me, for some reason. I dunno. Now, I’m totally with Bun-Bun’s mission in life. If he wants to lay the smackdown on telemarketers and Santa, more power to the brother! [sub]Hoo Boy, I’ve been up too long…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Randy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2acd7d/32.png) [@Randy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfunny-pages/61869/7 "2001-04-14T06:48:03Z")
…hilarious ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2001, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfunny-pages/61869/8 "2001-04-14T07:09:19Z")
The online versions of both the San Jose Mercury news and the Philadelphia Inquirer allow you to customize your own comics page. I’d recommend that you play with your choices until you find what you like. (Oh and IMHO, Bloom County was overrated. Calvin and Hobbes ruled, however.) Current Faves: Bizarro, Doonesbury, Fusco Brothers, Family Circle (JUST KIDDING, BWHA-HA-HA-HA), Sherman’s Lagoon, and yes, Dilbert Weekly, at Salon: Tom the Dancing Bug, Story Minute, This Modern World Others: For Better or For Worse, Mister Boffo, Funky Winkerbean, Mother Goose and Grimm, The Norm, Peanuts Classics, Pickle, Sally Forth, Zits Under Evaluation: Liberty Meadows ---
**Author:** ![City\_Gent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a87d85/32.png) [@City\_Gent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/City_Gent)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfunny-pages/61869/9 "2001-04-15T05:32:42Z")
Check out The Boondocks. The grouchy little kid Huey Freeman is by far the most interesting character in mainstream comics today. ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfunny-pages/61869/10 "2001-04-15T06:01:05Z")
Non Sequitor, Bizarro, For Better or For Worse, Dilbert. For more edgy humor try Red Meat ---
**Author:** ![Bboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@Bboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bboy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfunny-pages/61869/11 "2001-04-15T06:59:15Z")
No suggestions here…sorry. I guess I just stopped reading the ‘funnies’ altogether when they pulled Calvin. There is nothing there for me anymore. I used to read every day, and would check several of the others just to keep abreast, but there was only one true draw. I also miss The Far Side, Shoe, Tumbleweeds, and Pogo. Boy, this is a depressing thread. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfunny-pages/61869/12 "2001-04-16T11:30:17Z")
For computer game players : [http://www.pvponline.com](http://www.pvponline.com) For techies : [http://www.userfriendly.org](http://www.userfriendly.org) ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfunny-pages/61869/13 "2001-04-16T18:58:47Z")
I love this one, but that’s probably because I actually own an obese Siamese cat. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2001, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-unfunny-pages/61869/14 "2001-04-16T19:12:42Z")
[http://www.soaprope.com/](http://www.soaprope.com/) [http://www.choppingblock.org/](http://www.choppingblock.org/) > **[Goats](http://goats.com/)** > > A Comic Strip by Jon Rosenberg [http://www.greystoneinn.net](http://www.greystoneinn.net) [http://www.superosity.com/](http://www.superosity.com/) …are some of my favorites.