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What’s your favorite comic strip?
Everyone would have a different answer for this, but I’d argue that the daily comic section peaked during the heyday of Bill Watterson’s “Calvin and Hobbes” and Gary Larson’s “Far Side.” There are still a handful of strips I look forward to nowadays … “Zits,” “Brewster Rockit,” “Pearls Before Swine,” “Get Fuzzy” and most of all, “Dilbert.” Scott Adams puts a wicked spin on corporate America’s cubicle culture that cracks me up. His blog (http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/) is a very entertaining read that I also enjoy.
Another of my favorite comic blogs is the Comics Curmudgeon (http://joshreads.com/). Written by Josh Fruhlinger, it picks apart the comics pages each day with laugh out loud results.
Lastly, a friend turned me on to a Web site that proves Jim Davis’ “Garfield” comic strip is funnier without the title character. This gem of a Web site has actually managed to take tired material (note to Davis: the lasagna jokes stopped working about 15 years ago if they ever worked at all) and inject it with new life by removing the slacker cat digitally.
The concept as explained by the Web site: “Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness in a quiet American suburb.” All true. Go to http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/ and see for yourself. And while you’re at it, what are your favorite comics or comic sites?
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By Richard
March 7, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this
Where has the Lounge Lizard’s Column? I haven’t seen it in a couple of weeks. Also where is the best places to go for us who do not drink - the cocktail without alcohol? Are there any places outstanding? My favorite comic strip is “For Better, For Worse”.