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What comic strips do you read online or in the daily papers just make you groan, or makes you wish you knew where the author of the strip was so you can go beat his head in?

For me, it'd be the following.

http://dingo.sbs.arizona.edu/~hharley/IMAGES/Blog/FamilyCircusEggcorn.jpg

This pretty much sums up Family Circus. It's a strip that capitalize on the fact that people think children are cute, and the stupid, inane things that they say are cute. These people need to be gassed. Honestly, the only way Billy could redeem himself at this point if he starts doing strips where he shows that the squeaky clean image of this family is just a front, that behind the image is a broken down dysfunctional family. After all, you can't spell Dysfunctional without fun!

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/bethysphere/garfield1.gif

Now Garfield USED to be funny, Hell it still has some gem. However, about 99% of what Jim cranks out nowanddays is crap, he recycles the same tired joke. We get it, Garfield is fat, Jon is an all purpose nerd, and Odie is the stupidest dog ever (he must be a Boston Terrier). The only thing that actually revived this strip was the fact that Jon is now dating the Vet Liz.

http://www.billandnanda.com/ziggy1.gif

You know, if Ziggy life is so horrible, then why don't he just OD already and be done with it?

Now it's time for you to share the worse comic strip out there! :D

Family Circus is vastly inferior to the Nietzsche Family Circus (http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/).

To name a few.... (besides family circus)

http://home.comcast.net/~yellojkt/nccc/pr_rex_morgan.gif

Hi and Lois
http://www.poynteronline.org/resource/67964/Hi_and_Lois_Google_07052004_chaser_crop.gif

Heathcliff
http://comics.dp.cx/2004.07.31/Heathcliff-2004.07.31.gif

I have to agree with all three choices, and I raise you
http://joshreads.com/images/07/04/i070408crankshaft.jpg

..and I shall raise you....

http://www.jasonblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/dilbert2007021523638_sm.jpg

Dilbert is awesome!

So I raise you
http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/pvaliant/about.htm

..and I shall raise you....

http://www.jasonblogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/dilbert2007021523638_sm.jpg

I dunno, Dilbert has it's moments.

Funky Winkerbean... I hate it, I hate it, I hate it! It's so... Pointless and sentimental! I read the funnies to laugh... That's why they're called "Funnies."

I can't speak for all teachers but as a licensed high school teacher (though, I only taught high school for two years, so I might be missing something) I think it totally misses its target audience.

Kagetora;14372349']Dilbert is awesome!

So I raise you
http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/pvaliant/about.htm

I dunno, Dilbert has it's moments.

It just wasn't for me I guess.

You will agree that the show was terrible at least...

I also never liked...

http://www.newsfromme.com/images4/princevaliant.jpg

why have an epic 4 cells at a time? Just put it all in a book if you ask me.

I didn't know Dilbert had a show...

Kagetora;14372429']I didn't know Dilbert had a show...

it didnt last long.

I also never liked...

http://www.newsfromme.com/images4/princevaliant.jpg

why have an epic 4 cells at a time? Just put it all in a book if you ask me.
Because you can't make a 70+ year career out of just one book.
The part about Prince Valiant that always got me was how much the hero looks like Emo Phillips (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ab6LWXeNDA).

Because you can't make a 70+ year career out of just one book.
The part about Prince Valiant that always got me was how much the hero looks like Emo Phillips (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ab6LWXeNDA).

That is eerie how much valiant looks like emo phillips....

I wouldn't say 'worst ever' because, well, I've read college papers...but this one is bad to the point of almost being impressive just for the ability to knock a one note joke out for so long:
http://www.joshreads.com/images/0407/lockhorns040723.gif

His hot fries rocked but his comics did not...

http://www.auspacmedia.com.au/images/features/defaults/30.jpg

http://dingo.sbs.arizona.edu/~hharley/IMAGES/Blog/FamilyCircusEggcorn.jpg

This pretty much sums up Family Circus. It's a strip that capitalize on the fact that people think children are cute, and the stupid, inane things that they say are cute. These people need to be gassed. Honestly, the only way Billy could redeem himself at this point if he starts doing strips where he shows that the squeaky clean image of this family is just a front, that behind the image is a broken down dysfunctional family. After all, you can't spell Dysfunctional without fun!

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c331/bethysphere/garfield1.gif

Now Garfield USED to be funny, Hell it still has some gem. However, about 99% of what Jim cranks out nowanddays is crap, he recycles the same tired joke. We get it, Garfield is fat, Jon is an all purpose nerd, and Odie is the stupidest dog ever (he must be a Boston Terrier). The only thing that actually revived this strip was the fact that Jon is now dating the Vet Liz.


I must (http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/) disagree (http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/).

I must (http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/) disagree (http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/).

First link didn't get a smirk out of me, it was trying too hard.

Second link, I love it!

First link didn't get a smirk out of me, it was trying too hard.

Second link, I love it!

How can a randomized comic try too hard?

First link didn't get a smirk out of me, it was trying too hard.

Second link, I love it!

Actually, being random, it technically is not trying at all, yet still yields hilarity.

Jim Davis actually said he enjoys G-G, so props to him for being a good sport.

How can a randomized comic try too hard?

It's Randomized, really?

It's Randomized, really?

fr srs.

fr srs.

No wonder I didn't find it funny.

Maybe it depends on your opinion of Nietzsche? http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=80&q=244

Maybe it depends on your opinion of Nietzsche? http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/perm.php?c=80&q=244

Say whatever you will about the man, but his mustache was the stuff of legends.

http://dfc.furr.org/

Now this is funny. :D

I'll raise you B.C.
proof:http://comics.com/bc/

I'm sorry, Wilgrove, but this thread is like going to the bar and having your friend say, "Oh my god, this drink tasts AWFUL! Here, taste it!"
Uh, if it tastes awful, why would I want to taste it?

So, here's a comic I love! Are we having fun yet? (http://www.zippythepinhead.com/) :p

How about all of the comics in newspapers, period?

How about all of the comics in newspapers, period?

I dunno, I like Get Fuzzy, mainly because I know that some Siamese cats do act like that.

Red Meat.

I'll raise you B.C.
proof:http://comics.com/bc/

Yeah. Back in the 60s/70s it was actually funny. They should just call it "C." now.

My vote would be for living proof that conservatives can't be funny. Mallard Fillmore (http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/mallard/aboutMaina.php) isn't just not the conservative version of either Doonesbury or Non Sequitur, it's just plain not funny. Being a left-leaner, I understand that me and folks left of me are ripe targets for satire. But this carping duck doesn't even try. It just presents a stereotype and basically says "aren't they stupid?"

On the other side is The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee (http://www.edisonlee.net/), which is Mallard Fillmore on the liberal side. It's as if the creators of these two strips just decided that "clever" needn't apply.

Red Meat.

:mad:

WHAT!!???

Red Meat is terrific.

Clearly the worst comic strip ever made is Family Circus.

..and I shall raise you....


Yarr, ya'll walk th'plank, ya'll dance from th'mast fer dissing Dilbert, ya gaol leftover!

How about all of the comics in newspapers, period?

Does your paper not carry Mr. Boffo?
http://www.mrboffo.com/mbarchives/archstrips/20051021mb.gif

There was one in "Salon" there for a while - 'Kansas O Flaherty' or something. Absolutely, utterly, diabolically shite. I thought it was just me, then I started reading the comments.

How about all of the comics in newspapers, period?
There are exceptions. (http://pbfcomics.com/?comic=random)

I'm surprised no one nominated Cathy yet.

XCXD.com or whatever it's called.

XCXD.com or whatever it's called.

I thought xkcd is actually funny.

I'm surprised no one nominated Cathy yet.

Because it sucks so bad I can't even bother remembering the name of it.

I thought xkcd is actually funny.

The people who find xkcd unfunny are the people too stupid to understand it. Yes, this is a common criticism, but in this case, it also happens to be true.

I thought xkcd is actually funny.

No. Not at all.

The people who find xkcd unfunny are the people too stupid to understand it. Yes, this is a common criticism, but in this case, it also happens to be true.

Where was the need to call me stupid? I don't find it funny, so what? You can fuck off.

Where was the need to call me stupid? I don't find it funny, so what? You can fuck off.

I wasn't directing that at you specifically. Lighten up.

You can fuck off.
Fortunately, you've done us the job right there of writing yourself off when it comes to a sense of humour, and curiously enough making your contribution a useful guide to what people might enjoy. Are there any other comics you really hate?

Ever wish King Of The Hill was a comic strip?

Ever wish King Of The Hill was a comic strip?

I don't know if it would fit the medium. Great show for sure but I don't know if a comic would work.

I thought xkcd is actually funny.
You would.
I enjoy it sometimes, but the guy writing is such a huge dork.

I'm stupefied that nobody has mentioned Fred Basset. Almost hilariously unfunny.

Because this thread is painful, I submit the BEST comic strip ever made:

http://www.smomashup.com/images/calvinball.jpg

I wasn't directing that at you specifically.

You clearly were, seeing as you said "in this case it also happens to be true."

You clearly were, seeing as you said "in this case it also happens to be true."

Except I meant "in the case of xkcd this happens to be true."

Because this thread is painful, I submit the BEST comic strip ever made:

http://www.smomashup.com/images/calvinball.jpg

Best comic ever!

There was a comic strip in the Liverpool Echo about a street football team. It was called the "Back Entry Diddlers". It ran for years without anyone noticing the double entendre.

The people who find xkcd unfunny are the people too stupid to understand it. Yes, this is a common criticism, but in this case, it also happens to be true.

The content doesn't matter when the construction is bad.

The worst comic strip in papers in Momma, for the record.

I love terrible comic strips now, because they make my favorite blog (joshreads.com) so very very funny. :D

I love terrible comic strips now, because they make my favorite blog (joshreads.com) so very very funny. :D

lol, that is funny.

You would.
I enjoy it sometimes, but the guy writing is such a huge dork.

That's part of its charm. When it's funny, I enjoy reading it because it makes me laugh. When it's not funny, I can revel in the fact that I have better social skills than someone on the Internet.

I love terrible comic strips now, because they make my favorite blog (joshreads.com) so very very funny. :D

This is hilarious. It reminds me of Agony Booth, where there are very lengthy discussions of awful movies. Thirteen pages dedicated to Eragon, with probably more work put in than the producers of that film.

hm...worst comic ever...For Better or for Worse...I understand it's like THE staple of comics, but...it's just not funny. I read it for a year I still had no clue what was going on...

Yarr, ya'll walk th'plank, ya'll dance from th'mast fer dissing Dilbert, ya gaol leftover!

sorry, but dilbert sucks.

Because this thread is painful, I submit the BEST comic strip ever made:

http://www.smomashup.com/images/calvinball.jpg

:hail::hail:

The people who find xkcd unfunny are the people too stupid to understand it. Yes, this is a common criticism, but in this case, it also happens to be true.

Gee, I can't imagine why someone would react like this:

Where was the need to call me stupid? I don't find it funny, so what? You can fuck off.

I know I would.

I wasn't directing that at you specifically. Lighten up.

Look back at the bolded part. "THE PEOPLE WHO FIND XKCD UNFUNNY ARE THE PEOPLE TOO STUPID TO UNDERSTAND IT" -- No Names Left had clearly expressed that he found the strip unfunny.

How exactly was he NOT supposed to take your remark personally? He finds it unfunny, therefore you called him too stupid to understand it. You didn't even bother to put a minor disclaimer up, like "in my opinion". The fault here is yours.

Hi and Louis

The fault here is yours.

Nope.

As a side note, I don't understand how people can find Calvin and Hobbes anything other than dire.

Nope.

As a side note, I don't understand how people can find Calvin and Hobbes anything other than dire.

Gee, I could say something along the lines of "The people who find Calvin and Hobbes unfunny are the people too stupid to understand it. Yes, this is a common criticism, but in this case, it also happens to be true," couldn't I?

*snip*

Intangelon, I feel it is my civic duty to inform you that only a mere 20 seconds after reading the very first post by Mindsets I realized he would never ever take responsibility for anything he says or does here on NSG, and I wonder about real life. Its a lost cause.

Gee, I could say something along the lines of "The people who find Calvin and Hobbes unfunny are the people too stupid to understand it. Yes, this is a common criticism, but in this case, it also happens to be true," couldn't I?

Yeah, you could, but I'd simply laugh at you. Calvin and Hobbes isn't anything special.

Yeah, you could, but I'd simply laugh at you. Calvin and Hobbes isn't anything special.

You must just not understand it.

You must just not understand it.

Perhaps. It's overly sentimental, cheesy. Doesn't appeal to my nature.

Yes, news paper comics suck. But the blame should not be put squarely on the "artist". Bill Watterson once got loads of mail berating him for suggesting Calvin would store phlegm in a Thermos. The news paper audience doesn't like "edgy", they like white-bread, watered-down pop culture references.

sorry, but dilbert sucks.

From this statement alone, I can tell you've never worked in an office. Dilbert was funny to me as a child, but pulling a brief stint in an office made it about 5,000% funnier.

Perhaps. It's overly sentimental, cheesy. Doesn't appeal to my nature.
Calvin and Hobbes is quite clever, on the other hand, you can't beat xkcd (http://www.xkcd.com/162/) for sentimental cheese (and that's just one nauseating, diabetes-inducing example).

Calvin and Hobbes is quite clever, on the other hand, you can't beat xkcd (http://www.xkcd.com/162/) for sentimental cheese (and that's just one nauseating, diabetes-inducing example).

I love xkcd. Even their disclaimer is awesome.

Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).

Calvin and Hobbes is quite clever, on the other hand, you can't beat xkcd (http://www.xkcd.com/162/) for sentimental cheese (and that's just one nauseating, diabetes-inducing example).

That strip is sentimental shit, but at least it's funny. Show me a funny Calvin and Hobbes strip and I'll change my mind.

I'm starting to be disgusted with the lastest VG cats. it seems to take a turn towards the disgusting.

That strip is sentimental shit, but at least it's funny. Show me a funny Calvin and Hobbes strip and I'll change my mind.

http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/123050/2111751/2129289/2129371/11_1195.jpg

http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/123050/2111751/2129289/2129371/11_1195.jpg

Why is this funny? There's nothing funny about kids playing. There's nothing funny about kids, really.

Why is this funny? There's nothing funny about kids playing. There's nothing funny about kids, really.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/keynote.png

As opposed to weight loss jokes? What is this, Cathy?

<snip>
As opposed to weight loss jokes? What is this, Cathy?

LOL

See, it's funny because Apple is known for trying to provide the smallest, lightest, thinnest, cutest pieces of hardware, Such as the IPod mini. See? Anyone? Anyone?

Why is this funny? There's nothing funny about kids playing. There's nothing funny about kids, really.

I guess you didn't notice the T. Rex had on avator goggles.

There really is no accounting for taste.:p

That strip is sentimental shit, but at least it's funny. Show me a funny Calvin and Hobbes strip and I'll change my mind.
Whatever I post, you'll just say it isn't funny and try to claim a victory. So, I'll just cut through the crap by saying, "Bill Waterson never once made a lolcat or Rick Astley reference."
Argument won; Fiddlebottoms 1, Mindset 0. Let's get on with the rest of our lives.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/keynote.png

As opposed to weight loss jokes? What is this, Cathy?

Wait, you actually think there's a joke in that Calvin and Hobbes strip? Man, you're worse than I thought. Regardless, yes, weight loss jokes are hilarious. Fatties deserve to be made fun of.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/keynote.png

As opposed to weight loss jokes? What is this, Cathy?
I'd say that is an example of good xkcd. A working, nontelegraphed punchline with no references to idiotic internet memes, no disgusting sentimentalism, no appeals to "randomness," no ego-wanking about how great the hard sciences are, a minimum of dorkiness.
Also, it doesn't start with "my hobby is..." That was funny once or twice, but got old real fast.

Wait, you actually think there's a joke in that Calvin and Hobbes strip? Man, you're worse than I thought. Regardless, yes, weight loss jokes are hilarious. Fatties deserve to be made fun of.
Did you not even read the box? It is a joke (being made by stick figures) about how someone's medical condition has made them too thin. There are no fat people in sight.

B^U!

http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/

And also, Dominic Deagan is equally horrid.

http://www.dominic-deegan.com/

Why is this funny? There's nothing funny about kids playing. There's nothing funny about kids, really.

Hobbes is not a kid. He is an adult. An adult stuffed tiger man.

That strip is sentimental shit, but at least it's funny. Show me a funny Calvin and Hobbes strip and I'll change my mind.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I present exhibit A:
http://progressiveboink.com/jon/images/calvinhobbes/jon6.GIF

And Exhibit B:
http://progressiveboink.com/nick/images/calvinandhobbes/CH940127.JPG

There's nothing funny about kids, really.

You haven't met very many kids, have you?

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I present exhibit A:
http://progressiveboink.com/jon/images/calvinhobbes/jon6.GIF

And Exhibit B:
http://progressiveboink.com/nick/images/calvinandhobbes/CH940127.JPG

Neither of these amuse me. They come across as attempting to be witty, but failing. I really don't get why people enjoy this crap.

Self edited to avoid flaming

Elftor :D

It's so bad it's good :D :D :D

www.elftor.com

Too bad the comics are discontinued and even more bad is that the site doesn't load here at the moment :(

Neither of these amuse me. They come across as attempting to be witty, but failing. I really don't get why people enjoy this crap.

And I don't understand how anyone can enjoy pretentious wankery like xkcd. So there you go. You established the "you're too stupid to get it" precedent, I'm just extending it.

LOL

See, it's funny because Apple is known for trying to provide the smallest, lightest, thinnest, cutest pieces of hardware, Such as the IPod mini. See? Anyone? Anyone?

I still don't get it ... I'm too stupid to understand it, I suppose.

Nope.

As a side note, I don't understand how people can find Calvin and Hobbes anything other than dire.

Wow. "Nope." You've expressed all the intellectual honesty and cabability of a walnut. You were one of those kids who'd say words like "shit" just to savor the gasps of adults, weren't you?

I'd suggest something like putting your affected cynicism and oh-so edgy disdain for what others like to better use, but I fear I'd be wasting my time.

Intangelon, I feel it is my civic duty to inform you that only a mere 20 seconds after reading the very first post by Mindsets I realized he would never ever take responsibility for anything he says or does here on NSG, and I wonder about real life. Its a lost cause.

It would seem that I was right.

Perhaps. It's overly sentimental, cheesy. Doesn't appeal to my nature.

And now I know I am.

See that second post of yours I've quoted there? Yeah, that's how you should have replied. It doesn't appeal to YOU. Accusing others of being stupid because they don't get it is pretentious horseshit, and you know it. It's how people make themselves feel better about liking really obscure, "post-avant-garde" stuff. But hey, you go on ahead. I will ask that you avoid the flames, though. I didn't submit your "stupid" comment out of benefit of the doubt.

And before you fire up your Sarcasmotron and jab me with some wildly clever piece of near-flame tripe, save your fingers. After this post, you're iggied.

Lolling.

And I don't understand how anyone can enjoy pretentious wankery like xkcd. So there you go. You established the "you're too stupid to get it" precedent, I'm just extending it.

I find it hilarious how Munroe thinks mathematics is a science and doesn't realize that it kills any credibility he has regarding science.

From this statement alone, I can tell you've never worked in an office. Dilbert was funny to me as a child, but pulling a brief stint in an office made it about 5,000% funnier.

You are most likely right, if I had worked in an office I would find the humor amusing, but I haven't, so I still stand by my decision.

I find it hilarious how Munroe thinks mathematics is a science and doesn't realize that it kills any credibility he has regarding science.Because it's only science if it's empirical science?


Ah damn; now I got pulled into this doomed thread. *starts running*

another nominee for worst strip ever is...


http://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/guisewite_cathy/guisewite_cathy_1991.jpg

Because it's only science if it's empirical science?


Ah damn; now I got pulled into this doomed thread. *starts running*

It's only science if it's falsifiable and makes predictions. Maths is a system of tautologies. It's logic, not science.

Bad comic strips? Zippy the Pinhead it's just weird and aggressively unfunny. Also, Doonesbury. It's not funny either. It's never been funny.

Good comic strips? I liked 'The Boondocks', despite being on the exact opposite end of the political spectrum from the author. Mostly because, usually, it was funny. Especially the bit he did about Grandad and the neighbor guy going to see 'Brokeback Mtn.' because they wanted to see a 'manly' movie. Also, there's an Internet comic called 'Day by Day' that's pretty good. And by 'pretty good' I mean of course, 'I like it.'

I can revel in the fact that I have better social skills than someone on the Internet.

Like that award is hard to come by. Oh, wait a minute, it's not 'bad social skills' it's 'Asperger's' or whatever the hell is the latest way of saying 'I shouldn't be held responsible for my actions.'

http://www.cracked.com/article_15667_5-most-unintentionally-hilarious-comic-strips.html

These comics are the worst.

It's only science if it's falsifiable and makes predictions. Maths is a system of tautologies. It's logic, not science.
Don't be dense. The Riemann hypothesis, Goldbach's conjecture, P VS NP, the relationship of the Mersenne primes; all capture theoretically falsifiable mathematical predictions that mathematicians are seeking answers for. Mathematics is not just logic, but also the science of logic, and perhaps as a non-empirical science the most valid science of all.