thefonz on 19/2/2006 at 15:06
Quote Posted by Baron Bifford
At least it's not as bland as Peanuts. I
never manage to laugh at a Peanuts strip. I also loathe the Charlie Brown cartoons.
on this, we agree. the only two worthwhile newspaper comics are dilbert and garfield.
thats just the way it is, and always will be.
Para?noid on 19/2/2006 at 15:14
Unfortunately, not even Garfield and Dilbert are even remotely funny. People have an obscenely low tolerance for shitty, recursive three-panel bullshit (which fair enough, is a lot of syndicates' formatting criteria). Print comics are dead; the internet has allowed us any variety of new and exciting format but unfortunately only LeisureTown and A Lesson Learned... seemed to have picked up on this, off the top of my head.
Jennie&Tim on 19/2/2006 at 15:55
Quote Posted by Baron Bifford
At least it's not as bland as Peanuts. I
never manage to laugh at a Peanuts strip. I also loathe the Charlie Brown cartoons.
The old Peanuts is very good. I like some of the family strips too, For Better or Worse and Baby Blues both amuse me.
Printer's Devil on 19/2/2006 at 16:42
Quote Posted by OnionBob
He's a businessman before that. Garfield was created very cynically to fill a gap created by cat lovers in a market saturated by snoopy merchandise.
Did Davis actually say that, or is another
expert opinion? The man had an idea, kept control of it and made some money. Sounds like a good plan, not cynicism. That Garfield is stale after 27 years seems like a pretty silly argument. What isn't? Let's just hope that he doesn't go into seclusion and unleash an absurdly heavy anthology of his work.
ZylonBane on 19/2/2006 at 17:08
Quote Posted by Para?noid
Unfortunately, not even Garfield and Dilbert are even remotely funny.
To get Dilbert, you need to have held down a steady job at some point in your life.
Jackablade on 19/2/2006 at 17:50
Quote Posted by Lightfall
I wasn't even aware Garfield was still being made. I thought Davis had retired like a good boy rather than trudging on long after he'd burned up all originality. He needs to witness the likes of Shultz, Waterson and Larson. They all knew when it was time to hang up their hats and pass into legend.
I was under the impression that Schulz was making the comics right up until he died. After checking his website, he may as well have been. He officially retired December 14, 1999 and died February 12, 2000.
Para?noid on 19/2/2006 at 17:57
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
To get Dilbert, you need to have held down a steady job at some point in your life.
Don't get me wrong, I "get" Dilbert. You'd have to be a moron not to. It's just not funny.
This, however, is:
<img src="http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/4021/d0073qq.jpg">
<img src="http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/247/d0111yw.jpg">
<img src="http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/9120/d0059uz.jpg">
ZylonBane on 19/2/2006 at 18:39
Ah, got it. Your sense of humor is dogpaddling down at the Adam Sandler end of the pool.
FART LOL.
Para?noid on 19/2/2006 at 18:40
Shave your nuts and meet me in the John.
