BillyVance 34 #1 February 16, 2010 My two most favorite strips of all time are Calvin and Hobbes, and Bloom County (with Opus the penguin). I really miss reading them in the newspaper, but I have all their books here at home. One of the classics... Add any of yours if you want. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #2 February 16, 2010 Where is "The Legend of Billy Vance" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #3 February 16, 2010 Quote Where is "The Legend of Billy Vance" I dunno, but this is where I got my "brain surgery" avatar from... http://www.angelfire.com/wa/zzaran/calvin.html Remember Calvin sawing into a snowman's head? These are the greatest snow sculpture strips ever. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #4 February 16, 2010 Quote My two most favorite strips of all time are Calvin and Hobbes, and Bloom County (with Opus the penguin). I really miss reading them in the newspaper, but I have all their books here at home. One of the classics... Add any of yours if you want. Pogo and Li'l Abner. The Phantom, too. Prince Valiant and Steve Canyon on Sundays. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #5 February 16, 2010 Vamnpirella..not a stip comic, but what i was reading when everyone else was reading Archie You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybill 18 #6 February 16, 2010 Hi BV, Peanuts is up there especially when Snoopy went after the Red Baron!! Can't forget the underground comix of he 60's. Zaps, The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Wonder Wart Hog and others from the twisted mind of Rob Crumb, Angel Food Mc Spade, The Checkered Demon, the ongoing saga of the Hog Ridin' Fools and The Screaming Gypsy Bandits!! Life was Good!!SCR-2034, SCS-680 III%, Deli-out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #7 February 16, 2010 We has met the enemy...My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The_Don 0 #8 February 17, 2010 The Far Side.I am NOT being loud. I'm being enthusiastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muff528 3 #9 February 17, 2010 Quote We has met the enemy... ........and he is us! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #10 February 17, 2010 The BEST !!! had to be Gary Larson THE FAR SIDE..... pure genius!!!!! billy... on the last sunday that Calvin & Hobbes ran in the local paper...( maybe 10 years ago, now ) my kids and i made this snow sculpture in their honor...in our front yard..!!!! Hobbes was about 8 feet tall... note Calvin,, siting on hobbes' shoulder..... I have most of the paperback book collection.. jmy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SansSuit 1 #11 February 17, 2010 QuoteThe BEST !!! had to be Gary Larson THE FAR SIDE..... pure genius!!!!! For years I had the FAR SIDE daily calendar on my desk at work. Then it went away. Couple years ago my wife was in a calendar store and saw a sign .... "If you liked FAR SIDE, you'll love Rubes." Same type of humor, although some of them take a moment or two of thought in order to "get it".Peace, -Dawson. http://www.SansSuit.com The Society for the Advancement of Naked Skydiving Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #12 February 17, 2010 Calvin and Hobbes and The Far Side, were two of my wife and my favorites. We have the very last strip of Calvin and Hobbes framed and hanging on the wall of our front room. The last line really caught us... "Let's go exploring!" Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #13 February 17, 2010 >>Classic comics of yoreDick Tracy & Little Orphan Annie are yore. Calvin and Hobbes & Bloom County are more like last week . . . NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #14 February 17, 2010 Quote >>Classic comics of yoreDick Tracy & Little Orphan Annie are yore. Calvin and Hobbes & Bloom County are more like last week . . . NickD All this does is prove how old you are. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #15 February 17, 2010 re : Dick Tracy and Little Orphan Annie... who would have ever thought that tracys' unfathomable "2 way wrist radio".. would evolve into the cellular phones and PDAs of today??? Nick DG???? do you remember DONDI ??? the sunday paper where i grew up. had Tracy on the front page of the comics and Dondi on the back.. Inside?? classics like Snuffy Smith,,,,The Katzenjammer Kids, Lil Abner,, Rex Morgan MD... Gasoline Alley, Brenda Starr.... remember any others??? jimmy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zep 0 #16 February 17, 2010 Peanuts Gone fishing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NickDG 23 #17 February 17, 2010 Sure, I read Dondi all the time. And that movie they made about him in 1961 was the originator of every too "cute" kid movie to come. NickD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #18 February 17, 2010 Calvin and Hobbes brought the same spirit to the comics that the first Star Wars movie brought to the theater; the almost forgotten joy of the medium. For years the creator of C & H fought the papers over the ever shrinking comic page. He wanted his art Big and Bold. Remember all those space man adventures Calvin day dreamed, with huge interplanetary vistas, and how in the last panel the alien space monster always morphed back into his teacher, mom or dad? Classic comedy from a truly child like perspective. Gary Larsen of The Far Side is a favorite son of Washington, living just 20 minutes away in Tacoma. He's semi-retired now. Last I heard he planned to spend more time playing jazz guitar. I've always felt his work spawned legions of pale imitators. I don't think anyone since has matched the twisted bizarreness of his humor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tiger6513 0 #19 February 17, 2010 Gary Larsons Far Side +1 Have all the Far Side Gallery booksTravis Roy Foundation. At very least its a tax write off Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #20 February 17, 2010 Quote Gary Larsons Far Side +1 Have all the Far Side Gallery books Ditto. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jimmytavino 16 #21 February 17, 2010 Space Man Spiff !!!and true enough.. rubes,,,,, and ANY other single space comic with a 'bizarre' approach..... is doing Nothing but "Rippin' OFF " Larson!!!!without a doubt... sooo many favorites... but the one that i cut out and tacked up next to the manifest window... showed this guy "sittin' up' after deployment,, with a ripcord handle and cable in hand,,, a backpack container which was open, and had a few scraggly lines leading UP ,,, to a PIANO!!!!!the chest mounted reserve container was ALSO open and THAT had a few scraggly lines which led up to a ships' ANCHOR !!.. and the caption read.... " Murray didn't feel the pangs of REAL panic set in,,, til he pulled the reserve handle!!!!" hahaha In other words.... Murray was cool.... he deploys the main,,, and GETS a PIANO!!!!!BUT..... NOOOOO problem.... He's got it alll under control....just folllow his EPs and hit that reserve.... But Lo & Behold!!!!! he gets a GD Anchor.... NOw..... it's time to panic.... sooo many other great great, single frame comics. jt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #22 February 17, 2010 I had that one on the fridge for years too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Niki1 1 #23 February 17, 2010 Quote Calvin and Hobbes brought the same spirit to the comics that the first Star Wars movie brought to the theater; the almost forgotten joy of the medium. For years the creator of C & H fought the papers over the ever shrinking comic page. He wanted his art Big and Bold. Remember all those space man adventures Calvin day dreamed, with huge interplanetary vistas, and how in the last panel the alien space monster always morphed back into his teacher, mom or dad? Classic comedy from a truly child like perspective. Gary Larsen of The Far Side is a favorite son of Washington, living just 20 minutes away in Tacoma. He's semi-retired now. Last I heard he planned to spend more time playing jazz guitar. I've always felt his work spawned legions of pale imitators. I don't think anyone since has matched the twisted bizarreness of his humor. You hit the nail on the head. Nonsequetor is very good now. Some times with regular characters located in Maine some where and sometimes just a single panal. Peanuts. A timeless classic. All the engineers on here must be in a meeting to find out why production is down. No one has mentioned Dilbert. How many remember when Farly died saving April? Academia Waltz was a precussor to Bloom County and both can be found daily. Flo is a saint to put up with Andy Capp. I don't know if Baldo is widesprad but it's certainly worth a look. Rose is Rose is the very soul of family joy. I would've thought that Cathy would be mentioned by at least one of the ladies. I don't know if these are considered classic or if they need to be dead first. I read them every day either in the paper or online.Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossilbe before they were done. Louis D Brandeis Where are we going and why are we in this basket? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #24 February 17, 2010 Thanks for passing that along! I really miss those two comic strips. I think my wife bought a 'Far Side' calendar each January till they quit printing them. We've sent 'Far side' Christmas cards and etc. Since that last comic strip of 'Calvin and Hobbes', we've done exactly what it said... 'Lets go exploring.' There'll never be anything like those two... ever! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HighLow 0 #25 February 18, 2010 C&H on skydiving Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
