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Shaun Barry
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| Posted: 09 November 2024 at 3:36pm | IP Logged | 1
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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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John Byrne
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| Posted: 09 November 2024 at 4:19pm | IP Logged | 2
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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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All time: Calvin & Hobbes, but Pogo and Krazy Kat and Peanuts are up there, too.
Current: The Buckets
Edited by Tim Cousar on 09 November 2024 at 4:20pm
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Steven Myers
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| Posted: 09 November 2024 at 4:55pm | IP Logged | 4
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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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Brian Miller
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| Posted: 09 November 2024 at 6:40pm | IP Logged | 5
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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
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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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Mark Haslett
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| Posted: 09 November 2024 at 8:23pm | IP Logged | 7
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Confess: how many here would have said “Garfield” in 1981?
Guilty, guilty, guilty!
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Matt Reed
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| Posted: 09 November 2024 at 8:56pm | IP Logged | 8
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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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Michael Penn
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| Posted: 09 November 2024 at 11:09pm | IP Logged | 9
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My favorite would be "Peanuts" from the mid-50s through the early 60s.
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Brian ONeill
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| Posted: 09 November 2024 at 11:12pm | IP Logged | 10
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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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Robbie Moubert
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| Posted: 10 November 2024 at 12:52am | IP Logged | 12
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Modesty Blaise. I've read them all many, many times and never tire of them.
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