I just love both.metagross111 said:Cyanide and Happiness?krazymouse said:
Moar liek Calvin and Hobbes ^_^
Too bad t died a while back
Comic strips that need to die. Now.
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Makes sense, but yeah as I said for this topic, Get Fuzzy, like one part was funny (on strip) but that was itSoulgaunt said:
The only really funny newspaper strip nowadays that I have read is Pearls Before Swine, which, while not a winner every time, is frequently surreal enough to make me laugh. I still read "retail" and "dilbert" though, for the occasional laugh.
To be honest, I think the problem with the newspaper comic page is that it is so much more uptight than most other forms of media. The people on it usually can't swear, shoot guns, discuss most current issues, talk about things that are controversial, etc. Steven Pastis (the guy who writes pearls) has discussed these things occasionally, which is one of the reasons I really like his stuff. I think the strip that stands out to me the most is the one where rat has a dream that all forms of media are being dismantled because no new blood can get in the field and consumers are sick of experiencing, say, "Gone with the wind" for seventy years. Then rat wakes up and screams when pig hands him a newspaper.
To me, that sums the entire problem with newspaper comics in a nutshell, that most of the comics are just too old and have said all they need to say. I mean, blonde is like, seventy years old or more (IIRC it started before the great depression), peanuts is pushing fifty or sixty (and the creator's dead, so they run reruns rather than letting it die with dignity) then there's hagar the horrible, frank and ernest, prince valient, dick tracey, luann, garfield, rose is rose, family circus etc etc etc. More comics need to be retired, but i suspect that until the end of newspapers the stagnation will continue to be a HUGE problem.
To be honest, I think the problem with the newspaper comic page is that it is so much more uptight than most other forms of media. The people on it usually can't swear, shoot guns, discuss most current issues, talk about things that are controversial, etc. Steven Pastis (the guy who writes pearls) has discussed these things occasionally, which is one of the reasons I really like his stuff. I think the strip that stands out to me the most is the one where rat has a dream that all forms of media are being dismantled because no new blood can get in the field and consumers are sick of experiencing, say, "Gone with the wind" for seventy years. Then rat wakes up and screams when pig hands him a newspaper.
To me, that sums the entire problem with newspaper comics in a nutshell, that most of the comics are just too old and have said all they need to say. I mean, blonde is like, seventy years old or more (IIRC it started before the great depression), peanuts is pushing fifty or sixty (and the creator's dead, so they run reruns rather than letting it die with dignity) then there's hagar the horrible, frank and ernest, prince valient, dick tracey, luann, garfield, rose is rose, family circus etc etc etc. More comics need to be retired, but i suspect that until the end of newspapers the stagnation will continue to be a HUGE problem.
I think it's about time to put Funky Winkerbean down. It's just depressing now. Family Circus is like a full frontal lobotomy. Cathy isn't funny unless you're an overweight, middle aged woman. For Better or Worse is very boring.
On the other hand, I love Get Fuzzy, Non Sequitur,and Dilbert.
On the other hand, I love Get Fuzzy, Non Sequitur,and Dilbert.
I think the target audience for newspaper comics anymore is little old ladies who don't really find the comics funny any more than the rest of us do, but would still be upset if one of the old strips ever got replaced. There's an old saying about drugs: First they make you feel good, then you need them to feel good, then they don't make you feel good anymore but if you don't use them you feel even worse. The comics are like a fucking drug to these people. The fact that most papers couldn't even be assed to drop Peanuts even though new strips aren't being written anymore is, to me, proof of this. If I were to list comic strips that "need to die", Peanuts and any other strips that are in permanent reruns would be on top.
But as I was going to say before this thread got really long, it's newspaper comics. Really, does anyone under fifty still read newspapers? Why should you or I care what is and isn't printed in something like that? I get to read whatever comics I want online and never even have to look at any others.
I mean, I still read and make fun of bad newspaper funnies, and I read The Comics Curmudgeon [http://joshreads.com] who does the same thing, but that's because making fun of bad stuff is funny. Ask any Mystery Science Theater 3000 or RiffTrax fan. I can't understand why anyone would actually get worked up over stuff like that.
But as I was going to say before this thread got really long, it's newspaper comics. Really, does anyone under fifty still read newspapers? Why should you or I care what is and isn't printed in something like that? I get to read whatever comics I want online and never even have to look at any others.
I mean, I still read and make fun of bad newspaper funnies, and I read The Comics Curmudgeon [http://joshreads.com] who does the same thing, but that's because making fun of bad stuff is funny. Ask any Mystery Science Theater 3000 or RiffTrax fan. I can't understand why anyone would actually get worked up over stuff like that.
You had me until For Better or for Worse and garfield.
Fuck insulting those two strips. I like them. Oh, and i"m a 19 year old male.
and dude, that Family Circus was as far from the formula as that author's ever been. It was dark and depressing.
Fuck insulting those two strips. I like them. Oh, and i"m a 19 year old male.
and dude, that Family Circus was as far from the formula as that author's ever been. It was dark and depressing.
Ctrl alt delete comics. God damn they are not funny at all. I dont find penny arcade funny anymore either
Oh don't get me wrong, I love SMBC too. I never miss an update. But ya know, since each day is a different joke, I guess I just don't get as excited about updates as I do with comics with an overarching storyline. Ooh, I am in LOVE with Zach's new videos now!! SMBC Theater is magical. :3Souplex said:
Garfield and fucking marmiduke I hate cats love dogs but its not funny...... Actually take all of those stupid ass cartoons out of the paper.... there problem solved