ZombyPoll#24: Favorite Comic Strip: Past or Present

[Zomby Woof]

Poll question: ZombyPoll#24: Favorite Comic Strip: Past or Present

I skipped polls #6-23 in order to establish credibility. :evilgrin:

Anyone who lists "Family Circus", "B.C.", or "Mallard Fillmore" gets to drink 2 day old ZombyCoffee filtered through my week-old socks!!! :P

[Abe Linkman]

1. "Smokey Stover"

n/t

[dbt]

29. Scram!

Gravy ain't wavy.

:evilgrin:
dbt
(Notary Sojac)

[hlthe2b]

2. Ahh, I had to be honest and go for Far Side,

which I dearly miss. But, the sentimental side wanted to vote Peanuts. RIP Charles Schultz!

[Sick of Bullshit]

3. I voted for Bloom County

Berke Breathed helped me keep my sanity during the Raygun years.

[supernova]

4. Pogo

Walt Kelly was a genius.

"We have met the enemy, and he is us."

[Zomby Woof]

7. I wanted that as a choice

Walt Kelly was one of the giants. But alas, only 10 slots! It deserves mention in this thread, and I thank you!

[Ellen Forradalom]

11. Me too

No one's draftsmanship and writing these days comes close.

[Iverson]

25. yes, Pogo

That's my top choice as well.
I suppose the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers is next, and then several others.

[SOteric]

5. Of all time: Bloom County

With Calvin & Hobbes and Early Doonesbury in the top three. Current: Non Sequiter

[GOPisEvil]

33. Once again, you have proven yourself a woman of excellent taste.

:thumbsup:

[jus_the_facts]

6. The Far Side......

.....was the best ever...I miss it!x(

[Zomby Woof]

9. good news

There is a COMPLETE Far Side collection out now, with previously unreleased strips in it. Bad news: It is over $100. :o

But they still make the calendars and other goodies!

Some newspapers are rerunning the Far Side until New Year's to celebrate the book's release! It looks good back in the paper.

[jus_the_facts]

15. Cool....thanks for the info....

.....now I know what I want for Christmas! :thumbsup: :D

[Nailzberg]

8. Tough call, but went with the Far Side

Boondocks and Doonsbury are some of the best out there, but I occassionally get upset because of the politics. I don't disagree with the politics, it's just sometimes it pisses me of that the only people in the newspaper industry that get it right are comic artists.

I loved Calvin and Hobbes, brings me to a place of innocence in my heart.

Surprised not to see Dilbert on here, it's pretty good. Not the best, but definetly worth being on the ballot.

But when it comes down to it, I gotta go with Far Side. Sometimes nutty, sometimes ironic, always funny.

[LTR]

10. The Far Side

A comic that inspired Jerry Garcia himself to ask Gary Larson what kind of drugs HE was on!

"Bizarro" is a rather tepid imitator. Just not the same. But it has it's moments.

"For Better Or For Worse" is one of the worst comics ever created. I can't believe they cut down trees to publish that shit. "Family Circus" for yuppies.

"Calvin and Hobbes", "Boondocks" and "Doonesbury" are also worth the read.

And I admit I still kinda like "Garfield". You may shoot me now.

[alphafemale]

30. But remember "For Better or For Worse" introduced an openly gay ...

person and treated them as just a person.

This was over a decade ago.

Well before Ellen or Rosie.

It was a risk and many newspapers didn't run those panels.

And the strip was never the sweetness and light of Family Circus.

It's kinda Erma Brombeckish.

[DBoon]

12. Dilbert

n/t

[jenm]

13. This Modern World

he gets better and better

[Zomby Woof]

14. Oh I love that!

I have most of the collections, need them all!

[Crunchy Frog]

16. Yep

This Modern World for me too.

[HEyHEY]

17. Is it true....

Calvin is supposed to be schizophrenic? I always thought he had a big imagination.

[kixot]

23. Watterson never attempted to answer that issue.

He preferred to leave many things unsaid in his strip. Kind of like how the parents were never given names.

[Guaranteed]

28. Good question, but there's really no such thing as a schizophrenic

six year old. All six year olds think that way, really. Psychologists call it "magical thinking." You know, fairies, imaginary friends, playing with dolls and such.
In truth, almost all six year olds, and most of them do act that way, are schizophrenic, clinically. It's just that they're six years old, and they're ALL that way.

[MissMarple]

36. I had an imaginary friend, my daughter had two.

They seemed pretty real at the time.

Hobbes made perfect sense to me. Whether he was "real" or not seems almost beside the point. :D

I would have voted for POGO, but he wasn't there. So I went with Bloom County. Non Sequitur is not to be missed, though.

[rbnyc]

18. Schlock'N'Roll!

http://www.villagevoice.com/sutton/

(I also like Get Fuzzy.)

;-)

[Zomby Woof]

20. René!!!!!

:D :hi: Good to see you up late!

I love all those alternative strips. Tom The Dancing Bug was a favorite too.

[rbnyc]

21. Hey There!

Good to see you, babe. I'm going to bed soon, but I wanted to drop by first with this:



:loveya:

[4323Lopez]

19. Wadda ya think?

;)

[TheZoo]

22. Peanuts

I am SO Charlie Brown

And sorry ZW, I did like B.C. when I lived near Endicott, NY, home of the B.C. Open. His strips didn't completely suck then.

Oh, and I'm really getting into Userfriendly, especially since I work for an ISP. Illiad must have a spy on our network.

[mark0rama]

34. Peanuts was *amazing* back in the day.

A few years ago, Garry Trudeau gave Charles Schulz his props "for the exquisite care with which he wrote character-driven (as opposed to gag-driven) humor."

Schulz's influence continues to spread far and wide over the comics page.

[joeybee12]

39. Yeah, it broke new ground...kind of hard to believe that it did

but that's only because what Peanuts started, others copied.

[BrotherBuzz]

24. Farley (Travels with Farley) by Phil Frank

Note: Phil always writes an opinion/observation/witticism/comment vertically between the third and fourth frame.

[Guaranteed]

26. Definitely Calvin and Hobbes.

Bill Watterson is an absolute genius. I have NO idea how he came up with the stuff he did. He was unbelievably creative. And consistently.
I honestly don't blame him for retiring, because I don't know how someone could keep up what he did.

[pmbryant]

40. Calvin & Hobbes #1. Doonesbury #2

Dilbert and Far Side deserve honorable mention.

But I have to second your remarks on Bill Watterson and Calvin & Hobbes!

:bounce:

--Peter

[BritishHuman]

27. Bloom County

with Calvin and Hobbes a close second.

[WoodrowFan]

31. Calvin or Peanuts?

Difficult choice. And no Dilbert? I love Ratbert!

[mac56]

32. Calvin & Hobbes

Second choice would be "other" for Popeye.

[opihimoimoi]

35. POGO, you forgot POGO

[jmowreader]

37. Tumbleweeds

Love Tumbleweeds. Especially the little indians and the snoose-chewing cavalry horse.

[Spirochete]

38. The Neighborhood

the Far Side was good too.

[mndemocrat_29]

41. Garfield