Bucky Cat should be a conservative hero.
Regards, Ivan
Posted on 11/08/2005 10:56:27 PM PST by Lorianne
Edited on 11/09/2005 5:29:39 AM PST by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
Ten years ago Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, left newspaper cartooning for painting. Since then, no new comic strip has matched the quality, longevity, or cultural dominance of Watterson's daily drawings about a boy and his tiger. There remain good strips, such as Jef Mallett's Frazz; acclaimed strips, such as Aaron McGruder's Boondocks; and venerable strips, such as Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury. But these days, the best-selling comics books tend to be either graphic novels or hardbound anthologies of the greats, such as Fantagraphics Books' The Complete Peanuts.
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No way, Fritos are controlled by the Interstate Commerce clause so they MUST be bad for you.
By the way, don't you just love the FreeRepublic poll on the Interstate Commerce clause? I wonder if they'd get the same overwhelming results from this site if they dropped firearms from the question. The Interstate Commerce clause, a clause to be used to gore everone and anyone's ox.
bttt
BUMP!
My all time favorites are The Far Side and Bloom County. The best of the current strips is without question, IMHO, Dilbert.
Bucky Cat should be a conservative hero.
Regards, Ivan
My favorite has always been FAR SIDE.
I think KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE is the best of the current.
You would have to be a gamer to understand most of the jokes.
Is Skeezix still alive??
I love Bucky!
I recall Calvin mentioned the Noodle Incident but I don't think Watterson never went into detail and Calvin never fully confessed.
Apparently pasta was the thing in the late-80s / mid-90s .
Other pasta related affairs around that same era include
Guns N' Roses 1993 album of cover songs entitled "The Spaghetti Incident", which, according to wilkipedia, got its name from an incident wherein the band's orginal drummer wrecked the band's apartment in search for his lost "spaghetti"- a term he used for herion.
And then there is the "Linguini Incident", a movie released in 1991 starring Rosanna Arquette and David Bowie about two disgruntled restaurant employees (David Bowie, Rosanna Arquette) who decide to rob their employers (source: IMDB).
heroin. not herion. : )
Gosh I loved them!
Life is short, play naked.
Ah, I see. That explains it. HG, you're not the only one who didn't "get it" either.
Did you see the one after Strom Thurmond died? It was one of the most vicious things I've read in a comic. Had to admit that particular one was pretty funny though.
Ummm...John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes. Really.
Think about it. Isn't Calvin the embodiment of original sin?
Since you like the Boondocks comic strip so much, you will LOVE the Boondocks TV show.
Let's not forget "Hagar the Horrible" "the three most important things for a viking cold cash, sharp steel & a clean pair of socks.
Freepers, who enjoy irony, sarcasm, juxtaposition, self-deprication, and conservative elements in their humor don't see what the fuss is about. Oh, did I mention that the artwork in "Zippy" is absolutely atrocious?
It may read better in the annual compendium where strips are gathered together (either by linear continuity or by subject/theme/technique). There is also an appendix of where the different monuments referenced in the strip are located and I think there may be some other references in the back as well.
http://www.zippythepinhead.com/pages/aaaunderstanding.html
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