the sunday comics

That said, the current "Nancy" may be the absolute dumbest strip out there. I can feel brain cells dying each time I read one.

 

The old "Nancy" was the dumbest strip out there.

We may have a record for longest continuing dumbest strip out there.

That is, unless Fred Bassett is still in syndication.

 

The current "Nancy" is indeed pretty dumb, but it isn't nearly as mind-numbingly dopey as the old Ernie Bushmiller "classics". Yack.

The fact that they've turned Aunt Fritzi into a semi-Salma Hayek-looking hottie, ramps up the interest factor, from 0.00000001 on the Richter scale, all the way to 0.00000002.

 

Bushmiller's Nancy was LCD-driven . . . as is Family Circus . . . as is Garfield. Take simple characters, three situations, and
juggle them endlessly, sans imagination.

 

This thread is nothing without pictures (I always wanted to say that).

 

Another strong vote for Get Fuzzy, followed by Non Sequitur and Zits.

 

If Non Sequitur can generate a greater variety of gags in the future . . . well, it's built a solid base, and with
improvement, could emerge as one of the great cult strips . . . though it's already too sophisticated for many.

 

Borgman's handling of Zits' father character, alone, puts the strip at the modern forefront.

 

I too miss Calvin and Hobbes (and Calvin's comic book hero Captain Napalm, and his cereal Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs).

I read on a daily basis Beelte Bailey, Blondie, Zits, Fox Trot, For Better or for Worse, Dilbert, Peanuts, Garfield and Dennis the Menace. Very few make me laugh, but the ones that occasionally do are Fox Trot, Beetle Bailey and Zits.

 

Pearls Before Swine and Frazz are highlights.

 

People on here (I can't remember who ... sorry) have posted comics from the Internet that are 300x more funny that anything that runs in your typical daily. Get Fuzzy is the leader of the pack, with Fox Trot getting some votes. And you know what, I like Hi and Lois. It's not edgy but it's not maudlin or preachy either. It's just nice.

Zits is a piece of crap cut into thirds. Can't standing the drawing style, with the kid's gigantic backpack and tennis shoes. Why does the mom look like a white version of Cleveland's wife from the Family Guy? Awful strip.