What was/is your favourite cartoon? I loved the far side. I'll never forget

[applegrove]

the cartoon of babies being flown by pilots around an airport with the caption "let's get this baby off the ground". I was so sorry when Garry Lawson retired.

[nolabear]

1. Hard to choose but I think Calvin and Hobbes.

I loved The Far Side too, and Doonesbury used to be God, and Peanuts. I suppose that covers all the cool ones but there's something about C&H that just resonates with the twisted little kid in me.

[Denninmi]

2. Bloom County/Outland/Opus and The Far Side.

Calvin and Hobbes was very good, too, but my local paper didn't carry it, so I only got to see it once in a while when I stumbled across a Detroit paper or an out of town paper somewhere.

[Ron Obvious]

3. I always enjoyed the Far Side too

[JSnuffy]

31. This thread reminded me...

... to buy this...



The Complete Far Side 1980-1994 (2 vol set) [Hardcover]

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. The Far Side, Calvin and Hobbes, and the old Charles Addams cartoons.

[Art_from_Ark]

5. If you're talking about newspaper cartoons

then Bloom County would be No. 1, followed by The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes (although Peanuts was by far my No. 1 in elementary school).

If you're talking about animated cartoons, then Bullwinkle gets the nod, followed by George of the Jungle/Super Chicken/Tom Slick, Bugs Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn and The Simpsons.

[clyrc]

6. I loved the Far Side too

Once when I was taking a lab test in biology in college, I fell off my chair laughing at a Far Side cartoon. It was a test where the professor put different stations up and spaced them out with cartoons, and it was so embarrassing to laugh so hard, but I couldn't help it.

[pacalo]

7. I liked "Herman".

[Stardust]

8. I was just thinking about Larson when trying to find a funny valentine. Nobody was funnier than he.

Remember, Bummer of a birthmark?

[applegrove]

10. Had to look it up. I don't remember things like that. very funny!

[WhoIsNumberNone]

9. The Far Side, Calvin & Hobbes and Shoe

[Son of Gob]

11. Garfield

Here's a funny site that removes Garfield from the comic and makes Jon look insane.

http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/

[Morning Dew]

12. A woman I met recently told me her brother was named Terry -

because their mom loved the Terry and the Pirates strip.

She also said her brother was glad that mom wasn't a big fan of Prince Valiant.

[AsahinaKimi]

13. Sinfest

Just love Tatsuya Ishada..
http://www.sinfest.net

[sakabatou]

32. I read that everyday

I think Criminy and Fuchsia make a wonderful couple.

[AsahinaKimi]

39. heh..

Nique is my hero! I love her!

[Scuba]

14. Bizarro, Boondocks.

[RogueTrooper]

16. Questionable Content

www.questionablecontent.net

[hunter]

17. Gary Larson has a biting louse named after him.

Strigiphilus garylarsoni



"I considered this an extreme honor. Besides, I knew
no one was going to write and ask to name a new species
of swan after me. You have to grab these opportunities
when they come along." -- Gary Larson

[HopeHoops]

18. "For Better or For Worse"

[Burma Jones]

19. Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts, The Far Side, Zippy

I don't get a paper with comics anymore and, after Calvin and Hobbes ended, I didn't care.

[Denninmi]

20. Pearls Before Swine is pretty good, too.

This one is current.

http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2012/02/16

[unionworks]

21. "Get Fuzzy"

A psychotic cat, a mellow pit bull and a pugilistic ferret. Hard to beat.

[ohiosmith]

22. This guy:

[Doc Holliday]

23. Definitely "The Far Side."

With "Doonesbury" in second place.

My favorite Far Side cartoon-- a picture of the inside of a refrigerator. In this fridge, you see a jar of jelly, a carton of milk, and assorted Tupperware-- all cowering in fear because of a large bowl which is wearing a bandit mask and holding them at gunpoint.

The caption? "When Potato Salad Goes Bad"

[applegrove]

27. That is really funny.

[eridani]

40. And "Cow Poetry"!

Distant Hills

The distant hills call to me.
Their rolling waves seduce my heart.
Oh, how I want to graze in their lush valleys.
Oh, how I want to run down their green slopes.
Alas, I cannot.
Damn the electric fence!
Damn the electric fence!

[geardaddy]

24. The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes

[libodem]

25. Me too

For the far side. I loved those underground comics like the Furry Freak Brothers and Fat Freddie's cat. Very hard for me to get shops of them back in the day.

[LNM]

26. The Far Side

I loved the one with a polar bear munching on a igloo. He says "I love these things. Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside".

[applegrove]

28. I don't remember any of these. One day I'll have to buy that big far side coffee table

book second hand.

[Moondog]

29. Now - Get Fuzzy. Then - Calvin & Hobbes, Far Side.

[femmocrat]

30. "Pogo"

I don't remember when it ended, but it was fun while it lasted.

[Digit]

33. Two Far Side cartoons

Remember those Baby on Board signs? The cartoon had a human size fly driving a car with sign saying Maggot on Board.

Another one I enjoyed and has forever changed the way I write my grocery list. A cat is peering into a dryer after following several crudely written signs pointing to inside the dryer saying "cat fud". You see the dog hiding and he is thinking "oh please, oh please".

That man is a genius and has a deliciously wicked sense of humor.

I noted online you can get a mug with the cat fud cartoon. I have to put that on my Christmas list.

[applegrove]

34. I remember the "cat fud" one. LOL!

[Tikki]

35. Linda Barry's 'MARLYS'

Ernie Pook's Comeek...



Still have many of my LA Weekly's with this comic serial.


Tikki

[Gabi Hayes]

36. who else but Bill Kliban?

[Gabi Hayes]

37. almost forgot:

[Gabi Hayes]

38. what about Nicole Hollander (Sylvia)?