Got me to thinking . . . which of all the comic strip cartoons are the best?
In my humble opinion . . .
1) Calvin & Hobbs . . . funny, witty, reminds me of all the stuff my kids pulled when they were little. It was funny them also.
2) Tumbleweeds . . . especially the jokes with Wart Wimble, the town gravedigger, or Ham & Beans, the two mule-skinners. A very close 2nd to Calvin & Hobbs. The C & H artwork is better.
3) The Wizard of Id . . . in my opinion, Johnny Hart's best effort.
4) B.C. . . . another Johnny Hart cartoon . . . the poems by the old peg-legged guy were always funny . . . dumb, but funny.
5) The Far-Side comics . . . a bit too much like South Park . . . making fun of everything . . . I used to get a Far-Side desk calendar every year, with a cartoon for every day . . . hmmmmm, I wonder why that stopped???
Peanuts would probably be on the list of favorite comics for many people my age . . . I used to think Peanuts was funny . . . then I came to believe they were mostly cute . . . now I think that, in truth, most of the Peanuts comics were really quite sad.
What are your favorites?
I am daily overwhelmed by my blessings . . . ><>
3 comments:
Calvin and Hobbes will always be the best. I helped my daughter babysit last night (Three boys under age 4 intimidate her. and me!). The middle boy is a blonde, adorable trouble maker, and carries a stuffed tiger. They really should have named him Calvin.
As for Chralie Brown, I always felt for him. It was Charles Shultz's life, very sad.
I have begun the process to write 12 new childrens songs. I am reading Calvin and Hobbs again to get back into a child's mind set.
Not as easy as it sounds.
I am 51. I am an old fogey.
As it says on my facebook flair. "you are only as old as you remember!" :)
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