My three favorite comic strips – and I must say this is purely subjective – are Pogo, Krazy Kat, and Peanuts; I can’t get it down to a single strip. For me it’s a combination of aesthetics, prose and humor. Krazy Kat is high art, pure and simple, quite lyrical and in its own way quite funny. Peanuts is beautiful in its simple art, says a lot about the human condition and hilarious. And Pogo is… Pogo.
And people here have listed some quite funny strips, and I enjoy them a lot. Calvin & Hobbes is up there, too, for the reasons I’ve listed, as is Bloom County and its spinoffs.
I want to mention that some of these strips – Peanuts and Pogo come to mind – are being reprinted in their entirety. (Entirties? Whatever.) Thank you, Fantagraphics.
‘Pogo’ was a wonderful commentary on society, politics, and people in general, which spoke a lot of truth. And it managed to be quite entertaining while making us take a good look at ourselves.
Deck us all with Boston Charlie,Walla Walla, Wash., an’ Kalamazoo!Nora’s freezin’ on the trolley,Swaller dollar cauliflower alley-garoo!
Don’t we know archaic barrelLullaby Lilla Boy, Louisville Lou?Trolley Molly don’t love Harold,Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!
Bark us all bow-wows of folly,Polly wolly cracker ‘n’ too-da-loo!Donkey Bonny brays a carol,Antelope Cantaloupe, ’lope with you!
Hunky Dory’s pop is lolly,Gaggin’ on the wagon, Willy, folly go through!Chollie’s collie barks at Barrow,Harum scarum five alarm bung-a-loo!
Dunk us all in bowls of barley,Hinky dinky dink an’ polly voo!Chilly Filly’s name is Chollie,Chollie Filly’s jolly chilly view halloo!
Bark us all bow-wows of folly,Double-bubble, toyland trouble! Woof, woof, woof!Tizzy seas on melon collie!Dibble-dabble, scribble-scrabble! Goof, goof, goof!
Pointspread about 8 years ago
Pogo?
dadoctah about 8 years ago
At least he didn’t say The Jackson Twins.
jackhs about 8 years ago
Pearls?
Army_Nurse about 8 years ago
Pogo for me too!
Sandfan about 8 years ago
My personal favorite was Bloom County, but I think most people would vote for Doonesbury.
Chithing Premium Member about 8 years ago
I go Pogo!
jbmlaw01 about 8 years ago
Far Side
R2-Wolf about 8 years ago
Calvin and Hobbes
Willywise52 Premium Member about 8 years ago
Skin Horse.
Prey about 8 years ago
Far Side gets my vote.
aggeronus about 8 years ago
Pearls before Swine?
Ferret-Fever about 8 years ago
Pogo all the way, but I’m wondering what the average age is of all of us fans. p.s. R.I.P. Walt Kelly.
sloaches about 8 years ago
“Garfield”, Satchel? Really?
Oh well, it could’ve been worse- he could’ve said “Rose is Rose”…
MeGoNow Premium Member about 8 years ago
Ooooo! I love the one where Dust Bowl Willie trades his youngest to a medical research lab for an old shoe to cook up for dinner. Hilarious.
arbyrb about 8 years ago
Krazy Kat.
ladamson1918 about 8 years ago
Family Circus would have been the worst, probably.
pshapley Premium Member about 8 years ago
Calvin & Hobbes for me, too. Though I do remember Pogo fondly.
cubswin2016 about 8 years ago
I’ve never heard of that. Maybe I should Google it.
I Go Pogo about 8 years ago
I go Pogo! But I do remember the Jackson Twins and the Model T Ford they drove, nicknamed T for Two.
billswingle about 8 years ago
Tie between Calvin and Hobbs AND Bloom County.
Calvins Brother about 8 years ago
Calvin and Hobbs.
guy42 about 8 years ago
The Katzenjammer Kids
Kind&Kinder about 8 years ago
I love Pogo, but Calvin and Hobbes is the best, IMHO. Peanuts follows close behind Pogo.
zippykatz about 8 years ago
Smokey Stover, Little Lulu, Hagar.
pauljmsn about 8 years ago
My three favorite comic strips – and I must say this is purely subjective – are Pogo, Krazy Kat, and Peanuts; I can’t get it down to a single strip. For me it’s a combination of aesthetics, prose and humor. Krazy Kat is high art, pure and simple, quite lyrical and in its own way quite funny. Peanuts is beautiful in its simple art, says a lot about the human condition and hilarious. And Pogo is… Pogo.
And people here have listed some quite funny strips, and I enjoy them a lot. Calvin & Hobbes is up there, too, for the reasons I’ve listed, as is Bloom County and its spinoffs.
I want to mention that some of these strips – Peanuts and Pogo come to mind – are being reprinted in their entirety. (Entirties? Whatever.) Thank you, Fantagraphics.
abbybookcase about 8 years ago
pogo. and i’m “only” 51. lio and grand avenue among my current favorites.
alviebird about 8 years ago
‘Pogo’ was a wonderful commentary on society, politics, and people in general, which spoke a lot of truth. And it managed to be quite entertaining while making us take a good look at ourselves.
“We have met the enemy, and he is us.”
Raideen513 about 8 years ago
B.C.
BrookFan about 8 years ago
Deck us all with Boston Charlie,Walla Walla, Wash., an’ Kalamazoo!Nora’s freezin’ on the trolley,Swaller dollar cauliflower alley-garoo!
Don’t we know archaic barrelLullaby Lilla Boy, Louisville Lou?Trolley Molly don’t love Harold,Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!
Bark us all bow-wows of folly,Polly wolly cracker ‘n’ too-da-loo!Donkey Bonny brays a carol,Antelope Cantaloupe, ’lope with you!
Hunky Dory’s pop is lolly,Gaggin’ on the wagon, Willy, folly go through!Chollie’s collie barks at Barrow,Harum scarum five alarm bung-a-loo!
Dunk us all in bowls of barley,Hinky dinky dink an’ polly voo!Chilly Filly’s name is Chollie,Chollie Filly’s jolly chilly view halloo!
Bark us all bow-wows of folly,Double-bubble, toyland trouble! Woof, woof, woof!Tizzy seas on melon collie!Dibble-dabble, scribble-scrabble! Goof, goof, goof!