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(60,018 posts) Fri Nov 14, 2014, 01:02 AM Nov 2014

Comics! (when they were great - my opinion, anyway). Which was (is) your favorite? [View all]

21 votes, 1 pass \| Time left: Unlimited
	Bloom County/Outland/Opus
	5 (24%)
	Calvin and Hobbes
	7 (33%)
	The Far Side
	1 (5%)
	Doonesbury
	2 (10%)
	For Better or For Worse
	1 (5%)
	Funky Winkerbean
	0 (0%)
	Peanuts
	3 (14%)
	Other (list it!)
	2 (10%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Comics! (when they were great - my opinion, anyway). Which was (is) your favorite? [View all] NRaleighLiberal Nov 2014 OP

My dear NRaleighLiberal! CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2014 #1

I loved it because behind the laughs was real intellect - and a message to ponder. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2014 #3

The newspaper comics are drek, for the most part. Archae Nov 2014 #2

cool - thanks! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2014 #4

Not going back NEARLY far enough! "Li'll Abner" was the best! WinkyDink Nov 2014 #5

Well, if you want to go back THAT far, I nominate "Pogo." CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2014 #6

And I never read either Lil Abner or Pogo! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2014 #7

I hated "Pogo"! Didn't even like the artwork. Now, the "Shmoo," OTOH,...! :-) WinkyDink Nov 2014 #8

Well, there's no accounting for taste! To each his or her own, I always say... CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2014 #9

Always wondered if Shmoos were a statement on american voters. Downwinder Nov 2014 #11

When I was a kid pipi_k Nov 2014 #27

I loved Pogo. Demoiselle Nov 2014 #37

POGO FOR PRESIDENT! I Go Pogo! trof Nov 2014 #40

Bloom County was the greatest Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #10

That was my vote as well NewJeffCT Nov 2014 #30

Remember "U Stink But I (heart) U" ?? DinahMoeHum Nov 2014 #33

yes! NewJeffCT Nov 2014 #34

And the other Death Tongue, er, Boingers song, "I'm a Boinger" Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #43

B. C. Tribalceltic Nov 2014 #12

Bizarro! Scuba Nov 2014 #13

Gasoline Alley CBGLuthier Nov 2014 #14

Peanuts bigwillq Nov 2014 #15

Pearls Before Swine makes me laugh out loud often. Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2014 #16

Liz is an excellent addition to Garfield blackcrowflies Nov 2014 #22

Very tough to answer Shrek Nov 2014 #17

Brenda Starr PennyK Nov 2014 #18

That was my favorite too! femmocrat Nov 2014 #23

I did, for a while PennyK Nov 2014 #25

They were one of the joys pipi_k Nov 2014 #28

Colorforms!!!!!! PennyK Nov 2014 #29

Funky Winkerbean OMG sharp_stick Nov 2014 #19

While I've enjoyed all of those on your list, and more, LWolf Nov 2014 #20

The snowmen is one of the reasons I loved Calvin & Hobbes Sanity Claws Nov 2014 #24

Fitting for today, LWolf Nov 2014 #31

The snowman strips lived in a universe of their own. hifiguy Nov 2014 #59

Yes. LWolf Nov 2014 #61

Mary Perkins, On Stage blackcrowflies Nov 2014 #21

The late great Phil Frank's Farley (Early on, Travels With Farley) Brother Buzz Nov 2014 #26

Oh, wow, I hadn't thought of that one in years and years. Arugula Latte Nov 2014 #32

The signature line, alone, was worth the price of admission Brother Buzz Nov 2014 #35

I remember those. I lived in the Bay Area for a long time and Arugula Latte Nov 2014 #36

No Fox Trot, Drabble, or Non Sequitur? Initech Nov 2014 #38

Lots of good choices, you made this tough KMOD Nov 2014 #39

Tank McNamara, The Wizard of ID, Shoe n/t Throd Nov 2014 #41

Eyebeam jmondine Nov 2014 #42

You listed some great ones. Behind the Aegis Nov 2014 #44

For Better or Worse rurallib Nov 2014 #52

Wow ... no "Pogo" ? eppur_se_muova Nov 2014 #45

could be - but I got to decide based on what I read, because it was my poll! NRaleighLiberal Nov 2014 #46

I can't choose!!!! raptor_rider Nov 2014 #47

"Funky Winterbean"?? LiberalElite Nov 2014 #48

calvin & hobbs & far side hopemountain Nov 2014 #49

C+H, The Far Side sakabatou Nov 2014 #50

Calvin and Hobbs then. Mutts now. Auggie Nov 2014 #51

Mutts is a fun read and a great visual homage to the early comics. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2014 #54

Very difficult to choose between Bloom County and Calvin and Hobbes. Codeine Nov 2014 #53

Calvin, Far Side and Bloom County were the greatest. Liberty Meadows was another good one. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2014 #55

Peanuts a la izquierda Nov 2014 #56

So hard to choose! LongTomH Nov 2014 #57

"Calvin and Hobbes" but barely. hifiguy Nov 2014 #58

Get Fuzzy!!!!!!!! IBEWVET Nov 2014 #60