Not everyone reads the comics, or as I called them while growing up… the “funnies”. My small, local newspaper only carries 12 comics, including the daily editorial cartoon. I have to get online (or grab the state-wide newspaper my husband takes) to read any others. I find that I still enjoy the same ones I read when I was little with the addition of a few that reflect some of the aspects of my adult life.
Picking my favorite five required dipping into the past for two that are no longer in circulation. If you’re joining in on this one, keep in mind they don’t have to be humorous strips or even a strip. Those single panel comics count, too.
My top five and a few runners up:
1. The Far Side (Gary Larson)
2. Calvin & Hobbes (Bill Watterson)
3. Andy Capp (Reg Smythe)
4. Zits (Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman)
5. Pearls Before Swine (Stephan Pastis)
Runners up: Pickles, Baby Blues, B.C., For Better or For Worse, Beetle Bailey.
- Kelly
- Making my way through the ups and downs of life, holding fast to my favorite Bible verse: "For we walk by faith, not by sight." ~2 Corinthians 5:7. I began blogging in earnest at Yahoo360 on October 24, 2005. (briefly using LiveJournal and blog-city prior to that) In June 2008 I moved to Blogger. I'm now at WordPress where I hope to remain.
8 comments:
Not exactly what you could call comic strips, more girl magazines I suppose, but I used to love BUNTY as a child and then a magazine called BLUE JEANS as a teenager.
Ah...magazines. That would make another good topic for my "Favorite Five". I have several others in mind, too.
I'm enjoying this series, so hopefully others won't tire of it too quickly!
Gasoline Alley. I'd sit on my dad's knee while he read Gasoline Alley, Dick Tracey, Rex Morgan, and Dagwood to me. I was fascinated that he could read and I could not. I couldn't wait to learn to read. LOL
Victoria
1. Betty and Veronica (if that counts)
2. Pickles
3. Garfield
4. Far Side
5. Foxtrot
I don't read the comics but I love the Pearls before Swine you send me!
1. Garfield
2. Peanuts
3. Blondie
4. Cathy
5. Calvin & Hobbes
My 5 are:
Calvin & Hobbs
Farside
Shoe
Mother Goose & Grimm
Strange Brew
The wife likes:
Calvin & Hobbs
Peanuts
Strange Brew
Zits
Baby Blues
Mine are:
Far Side
Peanuts
Blondie
Cathy
Zitz
Really enjoy Sally Forth and Beetle Bailey too.
People who don't read the funnies are missing one of the joys of life. My parents loved them and it's something we always shared.
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