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Poll Question: which of these do you like more
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    Posted: December 09 2015 at 19:16
Originally posted by Intruder Intruder wrote:

Bloom County.....has Berke Breathed (sp?) really started the series again?


He most certainly has.  http://www.gocomics.com/bloom-county

The same link without the hyphen takes you to Bloom County Classic.
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Between these, probably Garfield. I grew up reading Garfield and Beetle Bailey in the papers, but never encountered Popeye. I agree with whoever said it earlier, I find it hard to identify with the boot camp setting, but I never realized it had been going strong for 65 years by the same author. That's pretty amazing.

But if we're talking old comics, Sazae-san is an excellent one from Japan in the post-WWII era. It was an original, amusing style, and had more impact on its time and people (and future generations) than any comic I know of.

As for more moderns ones, I grew up with Calvin & Hobbes. I have the full anthology from Watterson, and I've read through it at least half a dozen times over the years. Those are some quality funnies in my opinion, but certainly a different style than anything in the poll.

Frazz is one I look for in the papers nowadays. It's a novel idea, though not always executed greatly, but I'm always hoping for a good strip.



For those of you who do read the funnies in the paper, do you prefer seeing reruns of classics (like Peanuts), or seeing new cartoonists getting their chance? Peanuts is great, but I'd prefer giving someone newer a run instead.
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Beetle Bailey really is a product of its time.....pertinent humor for the active and discharged soldier after WWII, which meant a large portion of the men in the US (and beyond).  Some of the "humor" is for insiders only....how can a civilian who has never served truly see the humor in "fire guard" duty (I still don't know what that means)? 
 
Garfield never cracked me up......the bumbling Jon character may have made me smile, but it never was funny.
 
Popeye is another military-themed comic but the character is a schlub until he eats his spinach.....not really funny but, like other serial cartoons, there is a running story and themes are repeated....but they're not very funny.
 
Now, give me the Wizard of Id, Frank and Earnest, Andy Capp.....great stuff from a bygone era that remains pertinent today.  Even better, give me the Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes and (my personal favorite) Bloom County.....has Berke Breathed (sp?) really started the series again?
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so what do people think of Beetle,in general
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

The original B/W cartoon movie shorts where Popeye mutters all kind of hilarious (and perhaps obscene) things under his breath are fantastic.


Yup.  If you've ever taken a peek at the original Popeye strip (back in the old days when it was called Thimble Theatre), Elzie Segar crammed a TON of dialogue into it, typically with a lot of snarky little asides and in-jokes.  I like how the original Popeye cartoons kept not only the look but the spirit of the original comics.


And for the record, the Popeye's fast-food eatery is majorly disappointing.
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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

The original B/W cartoon movie shorts where Popeye mutters all kind of hilarious (and perhaps obscene) things under his breath are fantastic.
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Calvin & Hobbes

Or Hagar The Horrible


or Bloom County (though the reboot has yet to equal the first 80's & 90's run)

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The original B/W cartoon movie shorts where Popeye mutters all kind of hilarious (and perhaps obscene) things under his breath are fantastic.
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Originally posted by manofmystery manofmystery wrote:

Garfield but preferably Garfield Without Garfield
an Jon Arbuckle series would be fun,
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Garfield but preferably Garfield Without Garfield


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he also has a cameo in first season of Herpes as a buss driver
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Stan Lee is quite a character. I've seen his cameos in most of the Marvel movies and have seen him in at least two episodes of the Big Bang Theory.
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Beetle Bailye invented slapstick humor IMO in comics
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Stan Lee is 94-95
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^  That certainly is an accomplishment. 
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