# Why you like your favorite comic strip **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 16, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701 "2003-03-16T02:31:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/1 "2003-03-16T02:31:02Z")
I am a fan of comics/cartoon strips, but only really like a few. I know that the art style can be one of the attractions (think of the Asterix comics as an example), or the humor can be the attraction (Farside is my favorite example). So what are your favorite comic/cartoon strips, and why do you like them. Other than Asterix and Farside, I really like Calvin and Hobbes for the wonderful insights that it has about human nature. The old Prince Valiant was wonderful for its artwork, Tarzan for its fantasy adventure, and Lil Abner for its political satire and art. Clearly I’m including about 40 years of comics history here. Oddly enough, I don’t care for Dennis the Menace or Peanuts…, and I only discovered Asterix as an adult, when Farside was well into its run of too few years. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/2 "2003-03-16T02:44:22Z")
Let’s see [Frazz](http://www.comics.com/comics/frazz/) is a new to me and shows great promise there’s [Get Fuzzy](http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/) about this loser guy with a smart assed cat and not-to-bright dog, that is actually funny another relatively new one witha chance to be very good is [Pearls before Swine](http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/pearls/) _Doonsbury_ is still on target. I enjoy _The Boondocks_ although I don’t always understand it, or at least catch the cultural references _Dilbert_ still entertains ---
**Author:** ![lurker\_anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@lurker\_anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurker_anonymous)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/3 "2003-03-16T02:50:27Z")
i really like “non sequitur”, “dilbert” (l have gotton into a good bit of trouble for putting those on the workplace bulletin board when i thought they aptly described a situation we faced) and"speed bump"-we only get in our local news on sat., when the two papers combine. i am strangly drawn to things like “mary worth’s family” and their ilk,even though they move at a snails pace-i was at one time a big soap opera junkie (before i joined the serious work world) and i guess that is the vestage of my old days. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/4 "2003-03-16T03:02:57Z")
Of current comics I like: _For Better of For Worse_ since it deals with real life (although, lately there’s been more tragedy than normal) in a fairly realistic way. IIRC, the strip is supposed to come to an end in the next 2-3 years. True? _Pearls Before Swine_: subtle shades of _Bloom County_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/5 "2003-03-16T03:05:32Z")
:smack: Coding explosion! ---
**Author:** ![lorinada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/6 "2003-03-16T03:13:24Z")
**Mutts.** But I can’t really express why. “Sweet” doesn’t sound right. I like the old-timey look of it, and I’m a petlover, but it goes beyond that, too. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/7 "2003-03-16T04:01:11Z")
I’ll **shecond** the vote for **Mutts.** Along with the greats previously mentioned, I loved **Bloom County** and was sorry to see it go. **Pickles** is a pretty good strip, but nothing quite compares to the classic **Pogo.** Walt Kelly was a true genius of the genre. _“Oom, oom, I’m deranged…” and “Deck us all with Boston Charlie, Walla-walla wash and Kalamazoo”_ are forever memorable Pogoisms. ---
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/8 "2003-03-16T04:17:32Z")
Wow, danceswithcats, I didn’t even mention Pogo because I didn’t realize that any one else remembered Walt Kelly’s great strip. You have excellent taste! ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/9 "2003-03-16T05:59:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Blue Sky \* > \*\*Of current comics I like: > > _For Better of For Worse_ since it deals with real life (although, lately there’s been more tragedy than normal) in a fairly realistic way. IIRC, the strip is supposed to come to an end in the next 2-3 years. True? > \*\* Yes, the strip will end when Lynn Johnston’s current contract expires (I think that there are about 4-5 years left, but I may be wrong.) I enjoy this strip, too, for its realistic (and not extremely sappy) portrayal of family life. I also enjoy strips with continuous storylines. FoxTrot is another one of my favorites. The interactions among the three siblings are often hilarious. I also like the “nerd humor”–jokes involving Lord of the Rings, computers, math equations, etc.–that this strip sometimes features. Arlo and Janis is a good portrayal of marriage, I think. This strip even manages to touch on the sexual aspect once in a while ;). I miss Calvin and Hobbes and Far Side a lot. Peanuts is another one of my favorites. I used to like Boondocks, until the strip’s cast of characters shrank so much–all you ever see anymore is Huey spouting a bit of diatribe to his friend Caesar. It’s now a pulpit for the artist to spout off on how he doesn’t like the war in Iraq or Michael Jackson rather than a place to tell a story to entertain readers. I also used to like Luann until the title character got to be so unsympathetic. If the artist doesn’t seem to like his character anymore, why should I? ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/10 "2003-03-16T06:09:29Z")
My fave strip is, [Penny Arcade](http://www.penny-arcade.com). It is the only strip, internet or printed, that gives me a consistant laugh. I can identify with the gaming and geek humor. To bad they only update it three times a week. ---
**Author:** ![jimbarryusa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jimbarryusa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbarryusa)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/11 "2003-03-16T06:16:31Z")
I also have to say MUTTS and I like it becouse every time I see it no mater what kind of day I’m having good or bad it always makes me smile.Calvin and Hobbes was the same way ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/12 "2003-03-16T07:00:38Z")
[Something Positive](http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12192001.html) - because its humor is cruel, and unrepentantly so. ---
**Author:** ![herwono](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9f8e36/32.png) [@herwono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herwono)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/13 "2003-03-16T08:35:16Z")
[Baby Blues](http://www.babyblues.com/). The kids are so cute. Always makes me smile. [Garfield](http://www.garfield.com). I think the strips are hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/14 "2003-03-16T11:52:51Z")
_Tumbleweeds_ makes witty fun of Old West cliches. “Relax, I’m not feeling very cowboys-and-indiansy today.” ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/15 "2003-03-16T12:34:18Z")
I love **Mutts** for the same reason I loved the early **Calvin & Hobbes**. He perfectly captures the essense of the pets like Waterson once captured the essense of childhood. It helps that I have a cat and can relate to them very well. I also really enjoy **Dilbert** although mostly because I’ve become comfortable with the humor. It’s funny because in the first book, which covers the first 7 months, I don’t believe he ever goes into the office. It wasn’t a work place comic but an Engineer’s life comic. Those are the only two I read in my paper (Dilbert only comes on Sundays which is stupid. Mutts doesn’t come on Sundays which is also stupid. Stupid serperate distribution system. Vile stupid seperate distribution system) ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/16 "2003-03-16T13:05:14Z")
Calvin and Hobbes. Some of Calvin’s dialogues tell the story of my life: _Reality continues to ruin my life_ _It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I choose to accept_ Brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/17 "2003-03-16T13:29:40Z")
Calvin and Hobbes is my favorite strip. We can all identify with Calvin at some point in our lives 🙂 My favorite strips involved snowmen or morphing dinners. It is easy to love this strip! Baby Blues. I started reading with the books when we first became pregnant and life with kids can indeed be like that. For Better or Worse. I’ve followed the Pattersons since childhood. Sometimes my hubby and I discuss their story line over dinner as if they were our friends. Get Fuzzy. This strip caught my attention when Satchel was a dirt devil for Halloween. Poor Sweet Satchel. Zits. I still remember being a teenager and just love the strip. I actually emailed the authors when they left a particularly nasty cliffhanger for a couple weeks! They replied very nicely too 🙂 Mutts. I have a whole series of mutts strips printed and framed over our hamster tank. They are the series about adopting hamsters from the shelter. All our animals are shelter animals. I read other comics but those are my must reads… I read them all on the internet and the King Features site recently added sundays Yay! So now mutts and baby blues and zits all have sunday funnies online! ---
**Author:** ![mishaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@mishaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mishaa)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/18 "2003-03-16T13:56:27Z")
Current Comics: Zits [Shrman’s Lagoon](http://cgibin.rcn.com/fillmore.dnai/cgi-bin/sviewer.pl) Foxtrot [Luann](http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/luann/index.html) Sadly deceased: Calvin & Hobbes Bloom County ---
**Author:** ![godzillatemple](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/49beb7/32.png) [@godzillatemple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/godzillatemple)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/19 "2003-03-16T15:09:28Z")
As the old saying goes, “It’s funny, because it’s so true!” I love comics that I can relate to, that resonate with situations in my life. As a pet owner, I get a huge kick out of “Get Fuzzy.” Other current favorites include “Fox Trot,” “Zits” and “Doonesbury,” each of which presents a slightly fractured view of the way I actually perceive my life. Past favorites include Calvin and Hobbes (I named my orange tiger cat “Hobbes” in memory of that trip) and Bloom County for the same reasons mentioned above. I also loved The Far Side, just because it was so bizarre and goofily off the wall. Barry ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701/20 "2003-03-16T16:11:23Z")
I like Foxtrot. It’s a lot of geek humor, stuff I can appreciate. Plus, theres the factor of **Bill Amend** being able to do a funny punchline, while doing a serious event such as Jason getting a girlfriend. It annoys me when they do stuff like that, they think it’s a excuse not to have humor or a punchline. I like Asterix, it’s interesting to read, and I love the puns and wit that it employs alot. Too bad either goscinny or underzo died( can’t remember which). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-you-like-your-favorite-comic-strip/161701.md?page=2)