Beetle Bailey vs Popey vs Garfield
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Topic: Beetle Bailey vs Popey vs Garfield
Posted By: Icarium
Subject: Beetle Bailey vs Popey vs Garfield
Date Posted: November 27 2015 at 18:17
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three legendary strips who you find most funny -------------  
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: November 27 2015 at 19:02
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As a kid I watched Popeye with Tom Hatten almost daily. I always had a pencil and paper so I could copy the squiggle and turn it into a drawing. These were the original black and white Popeye cartoons and not the cheaper looking ones that came out later. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 27 2015 at 19:03
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I found iwas incredible that Mort Walker is stil alive, å living, breathing legend -------------
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: November 27 2015 at 19:06
| As of September, 2015 Tom Hatten is still alive and is 88 years old. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 27 2015 at 19:12
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Mort is soon 94 -------------
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: November 27 2015 at 19:19
| ^ That certainly is an accomplishment. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 27 2015 at 19:21
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Stan Lee is 94-95 -------------
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 27 2015 at 19:37
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Beetle Bailye invented slapstick humor IMO in comics -------------
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: November 27 2015 at 19:38
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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. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 27 2015 at 21:21
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he also has a cameo in first season of Herpes as a buss driver -------------
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Posted By: addictedtoprog
Date Posted: November 27 2015 at 21:54
| BB |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: November 27 2015 at 22:50
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Garfield but preferably Garfield Without Garfield -------------  Time always wins. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 28 2015 at 00:55
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Garfield ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 28 2015 at 07:38
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manofmystery wrote:Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: November 28 2015 at 08:52
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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. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 28 2015 at 09:22
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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) |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: November 28 2015 at 12:22
| Beetle Bailey |
Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: November 28 2015 at 15:06
| Garfield |
Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: November 28 2015 at 19:09
This. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: November 28 2015 at 21:22
lasagne  I love that self-righteous fat cat 
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Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: November 29 2015 at 10:23
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. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: November 29 2015 at 11:25
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so what do people think of Beetle,in general -------------
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Posted By: Intruder
Date Posted: December 09 2015 at 13:42
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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? ------------- I like to feel the suspense when you're certain you know I am there..... |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: December 09 2015 at 14:16
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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. ------------- Want to play mafia? Visit http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com" rel="nofollow - here . |
Posted By: zappaholic
Date Posted: December 09 2015 at 19:16
He most certainly has. http://www.gocomics.com/bloom-county The same link without the hyphen takes you to Bloom County Classic. ------------- "Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken |