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Just not as good
I miss Calvin and Hobbes....
posted by
Schatz
on April 17, 2006 at 6:40 PM
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Not the same
I still read the comics quite often, but the only really good one carried in my local paper is "The Pluggers."
The greats - Calvin and Hobbes, the Far Side, Dilbert - I miss those. Now we have crap like "Candorville," which is very political and not funny.
posted by
AaronB
on April 15, 2006 at 7:33 PM
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Whacky
Somehow in my adulthood I have moved away from the funnies but I surely did grow up on them. The paper truck came down the street morning and evening and you would always see two or three of us (seven kids in all) standing out in the yard trying to catch the paper so we could read it first. I loved
Smiling Jack Martin and
Brenda Star. I was terribly fascinated by the man whose face was never shown and the Mystery Man who wore the black patch over one eye. LOL
posted by
TAPS.
on April 13, 2006 at 9:14 AM
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Family Circus
was always my favorite. I don't usually get the Sunday paper, but like to pick up the local paper from different towns as I go through.
posted by
DarrkeThoughts
on April 12, 2006 at 2:31 PM
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I seldom read newspapers anymore. So, you bet! I miss the funnies. (I think I'll search the web and see if they're there.)
posted by
reasons
on April 12, 2006 at 1:46 PM
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Whacky...
Katzenjammers Kids? Wow, it's been awhile. Our paper dropped Gas Alley for Luanne or something, which I find remotely amusing, mostly cause I am so dange old. Anyway, what was I saying? Then you must remember Dondi and someof those. Often I describe my eyebrows as "being like Snuffy Smith's moustache" only to have people give me a blank stare. I really miss "Far Side" and "Calvin & Hobbs."
posted by
food4thought
on April 11, 2006 at 10:24 PM
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Whacky,
I just love Peanuts!
posted by
Amanda__
on April 11, 2006 at 6:02 PM
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Some comics leave us scratching our heads. Lol.
(B)
posted by
A-and-B
on April 11, 2006 at 2:36 PM
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I find bloggers funnier than the funnies now...
There aren't too many comics that would really appeal to my sense of humor now...
posted by
FactorFiction
on April 11, 2006 at 6:42 AM
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and was it katzenjammer or gasoline alley that had a male character, big
guy with mutton chops and wispy curly strands of hair, kinda looked like karl malden?
posted by
fourcats
on April 10, 2006 at 9:03 PM
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whacky, you've already got your christmas shopping
done for the kids. gifts that promote reading and entertain at the same time.. one "the Essential Calvin and Hobbes" coming up, or whichever author of cartoons you choose to buy. maybe you can be the ultimate retro gifter and find the katzenjammer kids!
posted by
fourcats
on April 10, 2006 at 9:00 PM
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Hi-ya Whacky!!
I love reading the funnies!! In fact, they're usually the only part of the newspaper I can read....My faves are FRANK AND ERNEST, GARFIELD, THE PEANUTS, BEETLE BAILEY, and THE FAMILY CIRCUS.
I've never heard of THE KATZENJAMMER KIDS or the other one you've mentioned here, but they sound like great fun!!
Love ya...God bless...
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on April 10, 2006 at 5:27 PM
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Whacky
The funnies are the only section of the newspaper that is not depressing.
posted by
avant-garde
on April 10, 2006 at 4:46 PM
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My dad read the comics to me when I was just a tot. When I was old enough to read them myself, I never stopped. Well, at least not until I moved overseas. They don't have funny pages here. Oh sure, you might find Dilbert or Zits or Baby Blues placed all by itself on a page in the middle of the business section, translated into German, of course, but it's just not the same. Man, I miss reading the comics on Sunday morning... The older I get, the less I think they're written for youngsters.
posted by
SilverMoon7
on April 10, 2006 at 4:43 PM
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Tom and I...
read the funnoes to each other over lunch on Saturdays and Sundays. No matter our differing points of view, this brings us together even more than a kiss. Laughter is the common bond that causes people to grow with each other instead of apart.
Mike's Goddess
posted by
mikes_goddess
on April 10, 2006 at 4:07 PM
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