Comic strips that need to die. Now.
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It's probably a good thing, as bitter as it was to see it go. The author said he was running out of ideas.metagross111 said:Cyanide and Happiness?krazymouse said:
Moar liek Calvin and Hobbes ^_^
Too bad t died a while back
Hooray for comics that have no restraints and are not all about gaming (like every other gaming comic ever).krazymouse said:
Though Calvin and Hobbes was great...
Anyway, as for comics that need to be locked in a crate and throw down a pit, Squid Row really needs to just die. Bad art work, charaters that just look lumpy, jokes so bad the SECOND Garfield movie looks like a master piece.
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHMONSTERheart said:
Family Circus! GRAH I hate it. It's never funny. ever! I remember when they repeated the first strip. It was horrible then too!
Not surprisingly, that's the first thing that came to mind before even clicking on the link to the thread. The vast majority of newspaper comics qualify, though. I think part of it is probably that no one actually reads newspapers anymore, particularly not people who aren't old. Almost anyone young doesn't bother with newspapers and just gets stuff online, so there's no market for comics that appeal to people like that in the paper, since those people (e.g. me) aren't reading the paper in the first place. It will only continue to get worse, I suspect.MONSTERheart said:
My local newspaper sports Born Loser, Marmaduke, Family Circus, and For Better or Worse rather than the goods ones like Pearls Before Swine.
By far, Born Loser is the worst. It's jokes are bland, predictable, unfunny, thoughtless, or don't make sense. And its art style is so plain and boring.
By far, Born Loser is the worst. It's jokes are bland, predictable, unfunny, thoughtless, or don't make sense. And its art style is so plain and boring.
It's called opinion, you have yours and that's fine. Saying they need to die however shows you need to grow up.
Stop reading them, when people talk about them, ignore them.
Stop reading them, when people talk about them, ignore them.
The replies where getting a bit long there.AjimboB said:
What you say is probably true, but it will surprise you how long an obsolete product will stick around just because that is the way it has been done as long as anyone can remember. They might even try to keep the issue formating when they transfer over to electronic medium. Which still means comics.
But these comics only have the fan base because people think they're good. Things that nobody likes tend to have a short shelf life. They don't sell, and papers would drop them for things that do.MONSTERheart said:
On topic: Mallard Filmore isn't funny. It isn't a clever jab at the left wing. It isn't a clever way to boost the ego of the righest of the right wing. It's just not funny. Even when you neglect the obvious political bias and focus on the jokes and the jokes alone, it's just not funny. Keep it if you must, but put it on the opinions page so I can ignore it while trying to read the funnies.
It could be worse. While Newspaper comics are written for the Lowest Common Denominator, webcomics are written by the Lowest Common Denominator.
Most Newspaper comics start out funny, but the creative well dries up, or the original team leaves/retires. Things like Sluggy, XKCD, and Questionable Content were simply always bad.
Most Newspaper comics start out funny, but the creative well dries up, or the original team leaves/retires. Things like Sluggy, XKCD, and Questionable Content were simply always bad.
Garfield definitely needs to end. I can't remember the last time Jim Davis made me laugh or even smile. I actually find the weird Internet "Garfield without Garfield" strips funnier in a kind of surreal way.
I never found the Wizard of Id all that good but every now and then Brant Parker scores a hit so I don't call for the end of that one. It's borderline though.
Cartoons that should never have ended:
- Murray Ball's "Footrot Flats". Stopped doing the strip because his dog died. A shame a piece of true Kiwiana had to die with a dog but some people can be quite sensative about their animals.
- Gary Larson's "The Far Side". Stopped in 1995, cartoonist's decision. Ridiculously funny or just ridiculous, whatever they were they were brilliant.
- Bill Watterson's Calvin & Hobbes. Most brilliant, thoughtful comic strip ever and probably the reason I myself am a cartoonist. Died due to Watterson's frustrations with merchandisers. Talk about killing the goose that laid the golden egg.
I never found the Wizard of Id all that good but every now and then Brant Parker scores a hit so I don't call for the end of that one. It's borderline though.
Cartoons that should never have ended:
- Murray Ball's "Footrot Flats". Stopped doing the strip because his dog died. A shame a piece of true Kiwiana had to die with a dog but some people can be quite sensative about their animals.
- Gary Larson's "The Far Side". Stopped in 1995, cartoonist's decision. Ridiculously funny or just ridiculous, whatever they were they were brilliant.
- Bill Watterson's Calvin & Hobbes. Most brilliant, thoughtful comic strip ever and probably the reason I myself am a cartoonist. Died due to Watterson's frustrations with merchandisers. Talk about killing the goose that laid the golden egg.
Cyanide and Happiness was thoroughly outclassed by The Gun Show and also Hark A Vagrant, which both thrive on often being rather clever, rather than random words cobbled together, waiting for 14 year old Myspace users to paste strips wall to wall. Incidentally, I should delete my Myspace.
Also, and please, don't hate me J.A fans, but I just cannot get into Bad Machinery. I don't want it to die, I just... I don't think I like it... I think... Bring Back Scary Go Round!
Edit: Superior Mind is right also, Garfield Without Garfield is an underplayed and wonderfully intimate glimpse into the mind of a very, very lonely man. It is most excellent.
Also, and please, don't hate me J.A fans, but I just cannot get into Bad Machinery. I don't want it to die, I just... I don't think I like it... I think... Bring Back Scary Go Round!
Edit: Superior Mind is right also, Garfield Without Garfield is an underplayed and wonderfully intimate glimpse into the mind of a very, very lonely man. It is most excellent.
Hell yeahkrazymouse said:
OT:I agree with Garfield. It has done much for the industry, but it just isn't funny anymore.