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vash 08-24-2009 06:59 PM

when did the sunday comics...get boring?
 
all the good funnies are gone...

you guys still reading them?

Hebrewhomeboy 08-24-2009 07:02 PM

Garfield hasn't been funny for many years. Gary Larson retired a while ago, so no more Far Side. I agree, comics suck nowadays.

javadog 08-24-2009 07:02 PM

No longer read newspapers...

JR

Hebrewhomeboy 08-24-2009 07:02 PM

and Family Circus won't seem to ****ing die.

Gogar 08-24-2009 07:04 PM

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251169495.jpg

924slover 08-24-2009 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gogar (Post 4855866)

thats a sad but true cartoon. i love calvin and hobes. but thats the way society is going nothing is fun or funny anymore. if it is then it must be a disease and muse be treated or "fixed"

Theres also no good cartoons on t.v anymore. my favorite was teenage mutant ninja turtles or the real ghost busters.

mikester 08-24-2009 07:07 PM

December 31, 1995

WilsonTC 08-24-2009 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikester (Post 4855871)
December 31, 1995

"The Far Side" ceased publication 1/1/95...

pwd72s 08-24-2009 08:24 PM

"politically correct" removed a lot of fun in life...

Racerbvd 08-24-2009 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hebrewhomeboy (Post 4855859)
and Family Circus won't seem to ****ing die.

I kinda like this one...

<a href="http://comics.com/pearls_before_swine/2005-06-30/" title="Pearls Before Swine"><img src="http://assets.comics.com/dyn/str_strip/000000000/00000000/0000000/100000/20000/7000/100/127134/127134.full.gif" border="0" alt="Pearls Before Swine" /></a>

WilsonTC 08-24-2009 08:31 PM

Unfortunately, our Sunday paper doesn't carry "Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles"...

http://www.mangaitalia.com/redazione...mg/wiggles.jpg

HardDrive 08-24-2009 08:39 PM

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1251175191.jpg

mikester 08-24-2009 09:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WilsonTC (Post 4855992)
"The Far Side" ceased publication 1/1/95...

Last day for Calvin and Hobbes.

Bad day...

dd74 08-24-2009 11:34 PM

The LA Times had great Sunday comics. Calvin and Hobbes, the Far Side, BC and Crock, Andy Capp. Doonesbury is still around, and people still whore out Peanuts even though Schultz has been dead a while (he died New Years Eve -- the last day the final Peanuts was to run, IIRC).

I think the problem is fewer news companies syndicate that much anymore, which is how these artist-writers make their bread and butter.

And the PC crap that today's media outlets let seep into their craft doesn't help either.

Doonesbury has been pulled several times for its socio-political insensitivities, and Andy Capp was stopped entirely because the main character (Andy) was a boozing, womanizing, snooker-playing, chain smoking oaf on the British Dole -- a perfect character for today, IMO. Problem is that's another comic where the artist died right alongside the strip.

VINMAN 08-25-2009 03:52 AM

Mother Goose is still pretty good.

cmccuist 08-25-2009 04:05 AM

I defy anyone to find one single Peanuts cartoon that is funny. Most overrated strip in history. Charles Schulz was an a-hole. 50 years he made Charlie Brown a loser at EVERYTHING because he thought that was funnier than having him win at something.

I still like Dilbert (except Wally).

Big Ed 08-25-2009 04:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gogar (Post 4855866)

I loved the Calvin and Hobbes series, mostly the funny ones. This one is terribly sad, but really well done.

jyl 08-25-2009 04:55 AM

That's not an actual "Calvin and Hobbes" strip, of course.

"Dilbert" and "Pearls Before Swine" are okay.

legion 08-25-2009 04:57 AM

I stopped reading years ago. Far Side was outstanding. Dilbert had a good run but has been in decline for years. I can't tell you the names of any other comics currently running. I read xkcd online. I used to read PVP too, but I got frustrated after too many convoluted stories that ended up going nowhere.

As for cartoons, watch "Adult Swim" on cartoon network. These are cartoons geared towards adults. Some suck, like Squidbillies, Drinky Crow, and Family Guy, but there are some real gems, like Robot Chicken, Venture Brothers, and Harvey Birdman.

jyl 08-25-2009 05:08 AM

Cartoons - the kids and I like "Spongebob", find it hilariously stupid, like "Ren and Stimpy". "Avatar" was really good, still being re-run.


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