Best comic strip ever

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2003-11-29 03:26am

I noted last Sunday the return of Berke Breathed to the comics pages with his "Opus" strip. I was pleased to see it, though in truth I'd rather see all of the Bloom County characters return to the paper. Back in the 80s Bloom County was my favorite comic strip. I suppose it still is, though Calvin and Hobbes is hot on its heels.

I'm curious to see what strips most other people here consider the greatest of all time.

Hethrir · Post by **Hethrir** » 2003-11-29 03:45am

it is so Calvin and Hobbs. No comic stirs up nostalgia and laughter like that beautiful comic.

Macross · Post by **Macross** » 2003-11-29 05:09am

I am a Garfield fan, but I will give credit where credit is due. The best comic strip ever has to be Peanuts. The longevity, quality and volume of work done speaks for itself.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-11-29 05:24am

I like Doonesbury, personally.

If we were talking about online comics, i'd go for VGCats or 8-bit Theatre.

EDIT: The far side is also damn good.

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-11-29 05:34am

Calvin and Hobbes forever!

Perinquus · Post by **Perinquus** » 2003-11-29 06:18am

Macross wrote:I am a Garfield fan, but I will give credit where credit is due. The best comic strip ever has to be Peanuts. The longevity, quality and volume of work done speaks for itself.

I've never understood this. I included Peanuts among the choices because, for some inexplicable reason, it has become a part of our pop culture. But I have never read a Peanuts strip that I thought was funny, and I don't personally know a single person who has. By contrast, Bloom County, The Far Side, and Calvin and Hobbes have all had me convulsed with uncontrollable laughter from time to time, and frequently had me laughing out loud, or at least chuckling.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2003-11-29 06:55am

Calvin and Hobbes, reminds me of a few years ago.

Come on, WHO hasn't done a class project on bats

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-11-29 07:38am

Foxtrot.

~ver

PainRack · Post by **PainRack** » 2003-11-29 09:19am

Perinquus wrote: I've never understood this. I included Peanuts among the choices because, for some inexplicable reason, it has become a part of our pop culture. But I have never read a Peanuts strip that I thought was funny, and I don't personally know a single person who has. By contrast, Bloom County, The Far Side, and Calvin and Hobbes have all had me convulsed with uncontrollable laughter from time to time, and frequently had me laughing out loud, or at least chuckling.

I finally understood why Peanuts is so great, so, let me share it with you.

Its not the humour. Its the adultness of the comic, expressed in so simple, innoncent a manner in the Lil Folks that gets to us.

Face it, which one of us hasn't been Charlie Brown once in his life? A loser, someone who never wins the ball game, unaccepted? Or a Linus, someone who needs a security blanket, even though he is more mature than Charlie? Or a Snoopy even, with our flights of fantasy, and where nothing can get us down?

In a way, its something that helps us to express our feelings, understand what's going on around us and cope with it.

Like what Charles said, its not about the gags. Its the story of the Peanuts gang, and more importantly, its entertainment.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2003-11-29 10:14am

Farside is the only one that i've bought a book of, so Farside it is

Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » 2003-11-29 10:26am

Calvin and Hobbes, hands down. Though Farside comes in a close second for me.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-11-29 10:56am

[1] Calvin and Hobbes
[2] The Far Side
[3] Dilbert, though with a larger gap between it and the far side then that of the far side and Calvin and Hobbes

Psycho Smiley · Post by **Psycho Smiley** » 2003-11-29 10:57am

A hard choice. C&H comes first, but Farside is a close second. Both artists retired the same year; that really sucked.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-11-29 11:10am

1. Bloom County
2. Calvin and Hobbes
3. Far Side

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-11-29 12:00pm

Terry and the Pirates

god that comic influenced so many comic books...

and you can't beat it's quentesstial Femme Fatale....

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2003-11-29 12:12pm

Its quite obvious wich one i chose.

zombie84 · Post by **zombie84** » 2003-11-29 01:03pm

I recommend anyone who didnt vote Calvin and Hobbes be hunted down and burned like the whitch that they are.

Greatest comic in the history of the universe. I still read all of my collections from time to time and after god knows how many re-reads they're still wonderful, inspiring, beautiful and most of all, they're still god damned funny!

Bertie Wooster · Post by **Bertie Wooster** » 2003-11-29 01:30pm

Calvin & Hobbes, of course

Cyborg Stan · Post by **Cyborg Stan** » 2003-11-29 01:33pm

Calvin and Hobbes for overall. Really wish the books we had for it didn't fall apart.

The Far Side gets a mention for the one I'm most likely to see posted outside a lab door.

Peanuts gets most legendary ending, since Schulz died just the day before his last strip was published.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-11-29 01:49pm

Garfield is excruciatingly bad, and its inexcusable since there's like eight people who work on it. Calvin and Hobbes rules.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-11-29 01:59pm

I taught myself to read with books of Peanuts comics. Good old Charlie Brown.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2003-11-29 01:59pm

Just a question, since I stopped getting C&H in the mailbox each day, is the auther still drawing?

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2003-11-29 02:00pm

Doonesbury, mostly because of Raoul Duke and Honey

zombie84 · Post by **zombie84** » 2003-11-29 02:05pm

Ace Pace wrote:Just a question, since I stopped getting C&H in the mailbox each day, is the auther still drawing?

Retired in 1997 i believe.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-11-29 02:16pm

We need YT30000 to come in here and "Reeducate" the calvin and Hobbes unbeliever. the Best series of strips ever was the one with the Transmogrifier ray! LMMFAO!

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