http://comics.com/I usually don't have time to look up the ones I like that my local paper doesn't carry, either. And, as you say, I also skip the ones like Peanuts that are re-runs. Some of them (Shoe?), Blondie, and such had their original creators die but somehow retain the character of the originals.
On a related (and previously posted personal quirk), I perform a personal boycott---totally alone and without impact---by skipping certain ones: Any "serious" or soap opera types; lame wingnuts like Mallard the Duck; Family Circus for being an old wingnut; more recently, "Sally Forth" for being SO lame, with the dude-spouse being such a wimp and Sally being so snarky and her kid being so lame and their being so snobby towards their other relatives and everybody else; and whazzisname, the Canadian family thing that retired itself then came back to re-tread prior history (I'll look it up).
On Edit: "For Better or For Worse" is the one I skip. I really really TRIED with this one, gave it a couple or three years, but the daughter's story line in particular was creepy, how she sort of verged on being a wimp being dumped by the creepy Anthony dude, then kept pining for him throughout other boyfriends, then (took him back?) or some Stockholm Syndrome type thing. And the other slices-o'life tidbits of the dogs being irritating by being dogs interminably licking themselves were just not compelling. One arc, where the main characters vacation in Mexico or Central America and delve into the pyramids and culture there, were true to details and depictions, so I'm not judging her talent, just overall the I donno whut cloying tone overall?
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