Your Favourite Comic Strip

[Aunt Marg]

I watched a biography on Lynn Johnston, and what a great watch it was.

 

[RadishRose]

Lol, my kind of humor! "Are we having fun yet?"

I still have bunch of those old comics. Zippy was also a favorite,

 

[JaniceM]

Oh, another favorite was Ziggy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggy_(comic_strip)

 

[Aunt Marg]

Anyone remember Broom-Hilda?

 

[In The Sticks]

I remember For Better or for Worse. Great comic.

She sells autographed Sunday prints.

My Sunday morning ritual would be to read the funnies (they were in color) and then go through the sale flyers and make out my shopping list.

 

[In The Sticks]

What about Mary Worth and the other soap opera themed strips?

I always thought them to be a little out-of-place, sitting next to Marmaduke.
Same goes for Dick Tracy.

 

[JaniceM]

Anyone remember Broom-Hilda?

Yup, sure do!!

 

[Aunt Marg]

What about Mary Worth and the other soap opera themed strips?

I always thought them to be a little out-of-place, sitting next to Marmaduke.
Same goes for Dick Tracy.

Had to look up Mary Worth... don't remember that one.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I've always called them comics.
Haven't seen them since I started reading news online instead of print newspapers. There were many I liked, but #1 favorite was by someone in Canada named Lynn- and I can't for anything recall the name of it.

As the stay-at-home mom that I was, Lynn Johnston, was always able to draw me into her comics in a way none other were able to, probably because so much of her comic life mirrored exactly the same as mine... the overflowing laundry baskets, the playpen with baby inside, diapers to change, meals to cook, dishes to wash, talking with my mom on the phone every morning... she knocked it out of the park for me, right down to the plastic magnetized letters on the fridge door!

 

[Gaer]

Yeah, Hagar!

 

[Fyrefox]

Actually, most of my favorite comics are no longer in production. I'm thinking ones like Bloom County which came back as Opus, and Calvin and Hobbes. Gary Larson's The Far Side was also a game-changer...

 

[In The Sticks]

Actually, most of my favorite comics are no longer in production. I'm thinking ones like Bloom County which came back as Opus, and Calvin and Hobbes. Gary Larson's The Far Side was also a game-changer...

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Calvin and Hobbes is genius.

To have Hobbes come to life as a tall tiger and then be a ratty toy when adults are around is perfection.

Then there's this theme:

 

[treeguy64]

Not at our house! Max loves fried tofu, all sauteed veggies, especially broccoli, soy sausage, tempeh, injeras, and more. He sits and looks at us with sad eyes until we let him have a bite, or two, or three, or ...........

 

[Marie5656]

If you read the comics what is your fave? I like Pickles, and of course his wife Opal who always has the upper hand in dealing with him in a nice way.

Do you call them Comics or as some refer to them as The Funnies?

Pickles, too. because it is us. I call them comics. Past favorites have been Nancy (I think she is still out there) and Cathy.

 

[Marie5656]

I am a Far Side fan too

 

[Butterfly]

Not a comic strip, but my favorite cartoons are Gary Larson's The Far Side.

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YES!!!

 

[fmdog44]

Peanuts

 

[moviequeen1]

Ziggy and Marmaduke

 

[Sunny]

Pickles is a big favorite of mine. And I like the family in Baby Blues.

I loved The Far Side and For Better or For Worse when they were offered. I also enjoyed Cathy, with her annual "trying on bathing suits" trauma.

I call them comics.

 

[Sassycakes]

 

[Lewkat]

My favorites are: Bloom County, Shoe, Andy Capp, B.C., and Wizard of Id.

 

[Jules]

After this question and my answering Broom Hilda, a blogger/cartoonist/writer mentioned that this is his favourite cartoonist. I hadn’t thought of cartoons in years, let alone BH. It’s like learning a new word, next thing you know it shows up.