This topic is not about the strips at this site. It is about regular, syndicated strips that appear (or once appeared) in newspapers or on other websites. Which are your favorites, both past and present? Which are your least favorite?

Among present strips, my favorites are:

Bizarro
Dilbert
Doonesbury
Monty
Rubes

Many of my favorite strips are no more. Although this is sad, it is better than the alternative of zombie revivification under new writers and artists. Some of the most talented cartoonists have retired their strips before this could happen. My past favorites include:

Bloom County
Calvin & Hobbes
Citizen Dog
Far Side
Krazy Kat
Outland
Pogo
Robotman (became Monty)

Some strips I generally regard as good but not great include these:

Garfield
Wizard of Id

My least favorites include these:

Cathy
Family Circus
Hi and Lois

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Among the most pointless I've ever seen:

Henry
Nancy

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"And Wirthling isn't worth the paper he isn't printed on."

I've always been a *huge* fan of Gary Larson's "Far Side." I'm not sure whether that shows in my own strips or not, though. I do seem to recall once that he wrote about a friend of his (Bernie?) whose sense of humor was so sick that if he called up Larson with high praise for that day's strip, he should probably brace himself for a load of hate mail. I think I'm one of the world's "Bernie's"

Occasionally, I tend to enjoy Wiley's "Non-Sequitur," but for some reason I tended to enjoy it more before he introduced running characters and plotlines.

As a child, and for a long time in my adolescence, I was a big fan of Garfield, though I've quit reading that strip lately.

Nowdays, I tend to enjoy Dilbert.

I read fpd's list plus:

the Salon line-up
Dilbert
Get Fuzzy
9 Chickweed
Soup to Nutz
Duplex
In The Bleachers
Mr. Boffo

And I used to LOVE getting s-t-o-n-e-d and looking at old Henry comix.

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

I'm a big fan of Monty but I liked it alot better when it was called Robot Man.

Nothing compares to The Far Side

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True. I will never forget the Far Side called, "Cow Tools." When Larson was asked to explain it he was as stumped as anyone.

Did you see his halloween special. GOD I wish I had that on tape.

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

I unfortunately managed to miss that one... I'm sad. Where could I get it nowdays?

The Far Side (The Ultimate)
Bloom County
Calvin & Hobbes
Dilbert (but only the ones with Catbert the Evil HR Director)
The Quiqman's
Close To Home

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Women are fisher's of men because we all know.... The small ones you throw back. The medium ones you eat. The large ones you mount.

snake tails, calvin and hobbes, far side.

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Batman created by Bob Kane

The Far Side
Garfield
Dilbert
Broom Hilda
Hagar The Horrible
Calvin and Hobbes

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"Life Sucks, Then you Die. The bit inbetween isnt very funny either"

The Boondocks (have to read online, my paper doesn't get it)
Foxtrot
Bizarro
Tom Tommorow's This Modern World
K CHronicles (Salon has, I think)
Life in Hell (duh)

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When they invent BookFace, I'm -there-.

'If...' and Doonesbury I like.

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Calvin and Hobbes is the best strip in the multiverse. Dilbert and The Quigmans are also good.

At the opposite end of the spectrum, we have the likes of Grandad and the Lad, Scorer and Animal Crackers.

In no particular order:

Dilbert
Calvin and Hobbes
The Far Side
Shaw Island
Cartoon Man

Bubblegun.com had some really funny shit going on about a year ago, but they're busy making Knife and Wife into a televised cartoon these days and have let the website slip.

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A couple favorites I forgot are "This Modern World" and "Life in Hell." I'm not sure if "Life in Hell" is still around. It used to appear in the local independent free newspaper, but it eventually stopped appearing there. I thought maybe Matt Groening was focusing more time on the Simpsons.

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In no order

Far Side
Zits
Herb and Jammal
Crabby Road
Calvin and Hobbes
Help Desk
Dilbert
When I Grow Up

Any excuse to post my old strips...

[Click to view comic: 'Cow tools']

Not as good as the original "Cow Tools", of course.

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In no order

Far Side
Zits
Herb and Jammal
Crabby Road
Calvin and Hobbes
Help Desk
Dilbert
When I Grow Up

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http://home.earthlink.net/~hkranch/humorlinks.html

I wish Liberty Meadow was still a daily strip.

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"Jelly-belly gigglin, dancin and a-wigglin, honey that's the way I am!" Janice the Muppet

Some of my faves....C+H, Dilbert, Red Meat, Tom the Dancing Bug, This Modern World.

You know, I've looked at some Far Side recently, and I have to say....they don't hold up. Could just be me, though, but I don't find them much funny anymore.

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"America loves its kings, from George III to Larry." --HJS

Yeah, I never really liked it. It too often relies on sheer weirdness rather than humour.

I forgot to mention online strips. I read funny comics like Goats, Red Meat, 8-bit Theater, and sometimes Hound's Home. I hate unfunny ones like Diesel Sweeties and Penny Arcade.

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In no particular order:
Cartoon Man

Bubblegun.com had some really funny shit going on about a year ago, but they're busy making Knife and Wife into a televised cartoon these days and have let the website slip.

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Yeah, it was a shame about that. Mr Biffo is a bit of a comedy genius, but the Knife & Wife cartoon wasn't that good.

I have to say I aspire to making strips like Cartoon Man. He's great

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Old time favorites are...

Frumpy the Clown (greatest comic ever)
The Far Side
Calvin & Hobbes
Bloom County

Current favorites...
Mutts
Zits
Rhymes With Orange
Bizarro
Mr Boffo
Boondocks

Ones I don't like... eh, only Garfield. It's got SNL syndrome.

And I read few online comics. Really only Sabrina and Hsu & Chan.

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