zoony Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Well... we've got novelist/author/illustrator covered. What about comic strips? My vote is Bloom County... or really anything by Breathed. He is one of only two cartoonists to ever have one the Pulitzer... and his cartoons/illustrations are pure genious imho. What does everyone think? You can only choose one... *edit* 2000th post! yippeee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Bllom County for sure. Hon Mentions to Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartskins Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Will Eisner and "The Spirit" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeythetapeworm Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Current ones? Boondocks, Pearls Before Swine seem to me to be "Top Tier" though I also enjoy Dilbert and Sherman's Lagoon. As for the older ones, Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes were both brilliance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Currently, Pearls before Swine and Get Fuzzy are my faves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoCommiesGo Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Bloom County is my favorite. How can you beat the Basselope strategic nuclear device. I loved that strip, that and Calvin and Hobbes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishrgirl Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Bloom County... hands down is the best! :notworthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatty P For The Pulitzer Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Far Side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted May 25, 2005 Author Share Posted May 25, 2005 hmmm... no love for The Far Side, eh? I would put that in second place ... but I was expecting a war with people saying I was crazy for picking Breathed over Larson... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 All-time: Bloom County, Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes, and Dilbert. Honorable mention: pre-hiatus days (70s) Doonesbury. He doesn't make all time because his stuff since coming back just plain sucks. Current: Mallard Fillmore,Dilbert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pez Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Far Side.... no competition... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidenreich Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 The two that get chuckles out of me when i read the paper are Get Fuzzy & Monty. Old school, i still laugh at Calvin & Hobbes & the Far Side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted May 25, 2005 Author Share Posted May 25, 2005 Originally posted by GoSkinsGo Bloom County is my favorite. How can you beat the Basselope strategic nuclear device. I loved that strip, that and Calvin and Hobbes. the basselope... :laugh: I forgot about that one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted May 25, 2005 Author Share Posted May 25, 2005 Riggo... You bring up a good point. A question I've longed to ask. what is so great about Doonesbury? It's terrible. What am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoCommiesGo Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Originally posted by zoony Riggo... You bring up a good point. A question I've longed to ask. what is so great about Doonesbury? It's terrible. What am I missing? I tried following the strip for awhile but appearantly I'm to dumb or the jokes just aren't funny. I'm hoping the jokes aren't funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 I have all of the Calvin and Hobbes books and several Far Sides. Definitely my two favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenmdixon Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 All time? The Big Three are quite awesome (C&H, FS, BloomC). But don't forget the really old time ones... Pogo (as created by Walt Kelly) Peanuts (as created by Sparky - Charles Schultz - before it jumped the shark) and the political ones... Oliphant Herblock Toles (before he went off the deep end) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoyler23 Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Calvin and Hobbes by a mile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted May 25, 2005 Author Share Posted May 25, 2005 Pogo was good back in the day... I'd forgotten about that one. good pull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggo-toni Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Originally posted by zoony Riggo... You bring up a good point. A question I've longed to ask. what is so great about Doonesbury? It's terrible. What am I missing? Nowadays, it's F***ing HORRIBLE, but.... Way, way, way back during the Nixon/Ford era it was probably the funniest strip around, very cutting edge. Then Trudeau took a couple years off, gave all the characters a makeover, and has bored the living shiite out of readers ever since. You're not missing ANYTHING - the guy is purely living off his reputation. Ahhh, Pogo. That was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamingwolf Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 was there ever anything better than far side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufumonk Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Far Side Calvin and Hobbes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Get Fuzzy rules the strips that are out there today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbear Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Give me Dilbert with a side helping of far side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted May 25, 2005 Share Posted May 25, 2005 Calvin and Hobbes Far Side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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