When was the last time you broke out the comics page of the newspaper? (Assuming you’re part of the ever-shrinking group that actually buys newspapers). Is it just me, or have the comics become so dreadful and insipid, that they’re no longer worth looking forward to?
Famous stalwarts are mere shadows of their former glory. Dilbert’s down to being funny twice a month. Garfield lost any sort of creativity and energy 15 years ago. And Cathy’s as compelling as reading a novel spit out by a random word generator.
But at least those guys at least pretend to attempt to entertain, and like the hand of a blind man finding a seed, will occasionally produce a strip of some worth. These on the other hand, are the kinds of strips that everyone I know skips over, except maybe to laugh at the “drama” and “emotion” the authors so regularly fail to generate.
Prince Valiant: This strip appeals to those who both like medieval fighting stuff and have no problem reading War and Peace in three days. This Venn diagram demonstrates the problem with making this your target audience:
As you can see, the intersection of the two sets is very, very tiny. That being said, it’s still found in every major newspaper that I’ve read. Guess it’s true what they say about having connections.
(You can click to enlarge, but it’s not worth it.)
Mark Trail: The best part is its liberal use of English-speaking animals to interject vital plot points into the story.
Apt 3-G: If you haven’t read the strip from pretty much the beginning, whatever Margo and company says and does makes no sense whatsoever. It’s like reading one paragraph from the middle of War and Peace:
See what I mean? However, they do have a brunette, redhead, and blonde, so they got your preference covered.
Didn’t know Mark Trail had a story line. It is all animal info in our Sunday paper.
Hmmm. Guess they have the stories only during the week. Which means Mark Trail is essentially a poor man’s Animal Planet on Sunday.
my favorites have been for better or for worse, and luann. I used to read calvin and hobbes and Get Fuzzy…but calvin decided to grow up and fuzzy got old.
heavens to betsy, you have got to check out THIS comic. http://www.truthforyouth.com/NEW%20Comics/SM/pages/SM_2.htm
I got it from Joe Lee. hahaahahahah pretty interesting stuff…. read up so you’ll be ready for when someone tries to lump you in with these birdbrains.
A comic that says evolution is racist and knocks down straw man arguments. Been down that road, and think I’m going to barf.
Calvin and Hobbes may be the greatest comic of all time. You can find an anthology at bookstores that sells for triple digits.