Never got into Calvin and Hobbes, I just like the idea that Fight Club was vaguely about a grown up Calvin as the narrator (who eventually assumes the Tyler Durden name) and Tyler Durden was the adult manifestation of Hobbes.
I didn't know, only seen it on the net. Yeah, she was born when Gone With The Wind was released in theatres. She's also famous for no reason. To catch up on faves of all time: 1. Calvin & Hobbes 2. Far Side 3. Herman ....nothing is in fourth place. Every other print comic sucks. Cathy made men hate women for its unmatched obnoxiousness, Garfield sucked after its first two awesome years and Peanuts is for children.
The Oatmeal Vs. A Softer World? Please. Picture two video games. One game gives you a squirrel tail that makes you fucking fly. The other game makes sure you die of dysentery just west of the Mississippi River. I can't explain it any better. The Oatmeal is the superior product.
Easily. The Oatmeal is truth and hilarity. And mean, like life. They should force people to read it. The other? I find reading Softer World is like waiting for a bus in a town where you're not even sure if there's a bus service. Nothing happened.
Oooh, talk about comics! Do you like Garfield? Me either. But there's an interesting comic called Garfield Minus Garfield that removes the main character. It makes John look more insane than he already does.
Check 4 posts back buddy. Also if you want a cynical website, that's not really a comic but really funny/depressing thoughts, go to despair.com It won't disappoint.
De gustibus non est disputandum. Just kidding, this is the internet and you people are cretins. Do you know Matthew Inman literally writes his comics with a goddamn formula? Can't believe you people are so heavily into his aggressive mediocrity. "Oh, I know basic grammar and like Sriracha too! Now I get to feel clever vicariously!" A Softer World has a little something I like to call soul. It has heart. Maybe it feels like waiting for a bus that might not ever come because that's exactly what life feels like sometimes, and there are people who can see the beauty in that without some kind of shiny infographic. Comparing The Oatmeal to A Softer World is like comparing Dave Barry to Frank O'Hara. It's like comparing The New Girl with Louie. Feel free to indulge yourselves in all the pedestrian chuckles you want. Call me when you want to feel.
This metaphor was exactly as coherent and thoughtful as I would expect from somebody with that opinion.
When I was a kid, I liked Bloom County enough to buy all of his books even though 90% of the political jokes went right over my head.
I can forgive you all for not knowing of one of the best cartoons ever seeing as how it's from New Zealand but Footrot Flats will always be my favourite.
I hope you realize he's comparing Super Mario Brothers 3 (which is all staged. STAGED.) to the Oregon Trail. Of course, the analogy kinda breaks down since A: Oregon Trail was remade and B: They are completely different kind of games. If you don't like platformers then you're going to like OT more than SMB3. I think the problem with A Softer World is that we have this overarching blanket (webcomics!) that we throw all of these works under, and with the inclusion of the word "comics" in there the first thing people are going to think about is humor. That's not to say that you can't have humor and not think or explore deep subjects. C&H, Peanuts, even some of the later iterations of Penny arcade (their latest storyline, Sand, is a perfect example). However, for me my primary concern when reading a comic is "does it make me laugh" and unfortunately as I mentioned when A Softer World hits, it's great. It just doesn't do so often. You mentioned the Boondocks, which is another great example. That shit made me crackup while having an insightful look into race relations, at least during the early parts of the strip (I believe McGruder let other people write and illustrate for him and he would approve them while he was working on the cartoon).
When I was a kid, I thought Bloom County and Doonesbury were by the same guy because of how similar they looked. They also both pushed agendas, but I knew nothing of those things then. Doons' was also the first comic strip to win a Pulit Suprise too.
I used to enjoy reading Dave Barry back when print newspapers were a thing (no, really, kids! It was a thing!) A friend of mine had an opportunity to get his autograph for me. He wrote, "To Rush-O-Matic, my absolute closest personal friend. Love, Dave Barry." Um, I don't have a Frank O'Hara anecdote - pretty sure he died before I was born, so I never got his autograph. Speaking of comics, I read PVPOnline every now and then. Awhile back the guy who does Axe Cop did some guest strips for PVP. Some of it was kinda funny, but I had forgotten about it . . . until now. It's going to be a TV show. A show, on TV. Animated. Axe Cop. The comic created by a five year old. But, Gary Larson had to retire. Life is strange.
Nope. Sure, it was "sweet" and meant well, but when you use the word "comic" and there's really no comedy I cant get into it. humour is THE most important thing, unless you think fat kids fibbing to their milquetoast parents is funny.
I have an autograph by Dave Barry, he came to UVA while I was there. Didn't Boondocks start out at the Washington Post? I too liked it when it first came out, but after I moved away from the area and no longer subscribed to the Post, I lost track of it.
Speaking of comics, pretty much the only blog that I have been consistently visiting every day for years is The Comics Curmugeon. <a class="postlink" href="http://joshreads.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://joshreads.com/</a> Right now he is on vacation, so another fan is filling in for him. Given the longevity of the blog, there's a lot of recurring jokes and themes that might not be as funny to new readers - such as excitement over the Mary Worth pool party, Margo from Apartment 3G's bitchiness, Mark Trail punching people, or Spiderman's complete ineptitude as a superhero (the comic strip version). But there's also plenty of other stuff to make fun of that doesn't require an inside joke, like the often-baffling colors used by the strip colorists or the hilarious attempts by Gil Thorp to draw lifelike hands.