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Shaun Barry
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Posted: 09 November 2024 at 3:36pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply


Most comic strips, to me, were very pleasant and cute.  But the only one I could recall EVER giving me honest-go-goodness belly laughs was THE FAR SIDE.

I bought a couple of collections in my teen years, and would lend them to my late Dad, who used to peruse them for his nighttime reading... I can still hear him guffawing from his bedroom, and he would quote & tell me about some of his favorites the next day.

Even for those memories alone, Gary Larson gets my vote.


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Although I found THE FAR SIDE amusing, I also found it far too imitative of B. Kliban’s cartoons. (Larson acknowledged the influence.)

For those unfamiliar, I suggest you seek out one of his collections, such as NEVER EAT ANYTHING BIGGER THAN YOUR HEAD.

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Tim Cousar
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Posted: 09 November 2024 at 4:20pm | IP Logged | 3 post reply

All time: Calvin & Hobbes, but Pogo and Krazy Kat and Peanuts are up there, too.

Current: The Buckets


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Calvin & Hobbes is my favorite, though I'd say Peanuts has had the largest influence on my life. And, of course, it is immortal and kids today still love Snoopy!
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Calvin & Hobbes always had the coolest artwork.
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James Johnson
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Posted: 09 November 2024 at 8:09pm | IP Logged | 6 post reply

Gun to head answer: DOONESBURY

Childhood answer: PEANUTS

But I always had a soft spot for TANK MCNAMARA during the 70s and 80s.
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Posted: 09 November 2024 at 8:23pm | IP Logged | 7 post reply

Confess: how many here would have said “Garfield” in 1981?

Guilty, guilty, guilty!
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Matt Reed
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Nope!  I had a friend in high school that loved Garfield.  I’ve never found the strip to be particularly funny.  Would have still said PEANUTS in ‘81.  Been a fan since I was four or five.  
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My favorite would be "Peanuts" from the mid-50s through the early 60s. 
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I grew up (late 70s-mid 80s)reading PEANUTS book collections, mostly 'library editions' of the older books, along with a few of the larger treasuries and 'Parade' books.
By the time I was actively following the daily strips, circa 1983, it didn't seem as uproariously funny as it had been just a few years earlier.
Reading 'The Complete Peanuts' years later, I found that it was as if Schulz drew the final 1979 strips, flipped a switch, and starting on 1/1/80...Peanuts stopped being funny. I can't explain it. The 80s strips are just really bland.
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Gary M. Peiffer
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When “Bill the Cat” (parody of Garfield) was introduced in Bloom County, there was no going back to Garfield for me.

Speaking of going back (in time), I am currently enjoying the remarkable work of Leonard Starr’s On Stage and Annie work.
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Modesty Blaise. I've read them all many, many times and never tire of them.
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