[Jonty30]

I agree with him on Family Circus. I never liked that comic strip. And Garfield.

They are both pablum, but this is a woke article and nothing is funny to the woke person.

[Dr. Sivana]

I agree with him on Family Circus. I never liked that comic strip. And Garfield.

Just like a TV network, a good comics page has something for everyone. Family Circus is not supposed to be "bust a gut" funny, and you are probably NOT the target audience. Mildly amusing and reaffirming was what Bil Keane aimed for, and he got it.

Garfield is a zombie comic strip, but people read it the way they watched the color episodes of Andy Griffith.

[T.B. Yoits]

[rlmorel]

It is absolutely true that humor varies so widely, even within the same culture.

I never really read Family Circus, but I did relate to certain things...but it was kind of tame.

Never liked Garfield. Or Nancy. I was the kind of kid who loved “Johnny Quest”...that stuff just lit my kid brain on fire.

I did like some of the Al Capp stuff, too. I did like Sad Sack, though I thought Sarge always had a pair of fat buttocks protruding from where his belly was supposed to be!