I don't think at any point of my life i have ever so much as chuckled or been almost amused at any of the comics I have read in the newspaper.

here's an idea, let the following comedians do comics:

Jim Norton .. about a lonely kid in the Red Light District
Dave Attell .. an alcoholic father who is terrible to his family
Patrice O'Neal ..the Black Phillip strip.. a womanizer
Artie Lange .. twin brothers, drug-addled, run a daycare
Robert Schimmel .. nurses hotline volunteer
Louis Black .. lobbyist

feel free to add your own

St_Francis_P: Laugh all you like, but Family Circle got kind of edgy at times:

Yeah, there's the parody versions, Dysfunctional FC, all that.

However, the actual original comics TOO were far funnier and less saccharine than currently, when the strip debuted.

Here's one from the 60's:



/hot link like a ballpark dog

I'd read the paper if they carried the Singing Shark.

Lorelle: ??

I think he meant Family Circus.

If I recall correctly, the strip used to be called "The Family Circle" but was later changed to "The Family Circus".

/not submitter.

Garfield is better without Garfield.

Link (new window)

Only the resurection of Far Side could save them now .

Family Circus is a comic strip.
Family Circle is a magazine.

FTFA: "the hilarious Fusco Brothers. . .and Baby Blues"

Article fails.

And how is Non Sequitur politically correct?

I will grant the article's author that comics lately have sucked. Seems to have been going downhill since syndicates tried to replace the Far Side with dozens of unfunny, weird-because-the-Far-Side-was-a-little-eccentric wannabe clones.

Here's the image more close up:

/disagrees with the premise of the article

to be completely honest, the comics have been the only reason i have picked up a newspaper in the last 7 years.


so yeah, there is something to that.

RY28: Only the resurrection of Far Side could save them now .

And Calvin and Hobbes...

Disagrees.

/There is it. Bottom right hand corner, just waiting to suck.

Fano: Dr.Knockboots: I don't think at any point of my life i have ever so much as chuckled or been almost amused at any of the comics I have read in the newspaper.

here's an idea, let the following comedians do comics:

Jim Norton .. about a lonely kid in the Red Light District
Dave Attell .. an alcoholic father who is terrible to his family
Patrice O'Neal ..the Black Phillip strip.. a womanizer
Artie Lange .. twin brothers, drug-addled, run a daycare
Robert Schimmel .. nurses hotline volunteer
Louis Black .. lobbyist

feel free to add your own

Too young for Far Side or calvin & hobbes?

Oh snap.. you are right..
how the hell did I forget Far Side.. ugh.
okay, that was the only one that made me laugh.. Calvin and Hobbes, nope.

34.

Run ads on the front page like The LA Times. It's doing wonders for them and everybody loves it.

I quit reading comics when Gary Larson retired.

//Far side forever!

Bring back Mary Worth!

I actually submitted something similar to this a week ago. I read Edge city a couple of times on sfgate. That has to be the least funny comic strip ever:

edge city

Another comic strip papers refuse to pick up:

PVPonline (new window)

I think can think of a certain dynamic duo.



/can't believe Watterson created Calvin and Hobbes just to entertain his wife.

There are some hilarious comics that major newspapers don't or won't carry:

Perry Bible Fellowship
Red Meat
Get Your War On
Bigfoot
Dinosaur Comics
xkcd

I know some of these are weekly format comics, and some are web-only, but that shouldn't be a barrier to introducing them to the newspaper format. Just adding those six comics above would hugely improve the comics section and there are plenty of other artists out there that would serve as well.

The problem with news comics is that the majority of them are 30+ year old strips, which hardly qualifies as "news".

Also,
Real Life comics (new window)


Funny enough, most of the stuff in that comic series didn't happen.

The article should be immediately discounted for calling "For Better or for Worse" funny.

/Let's see Boondocks come off hiatus.

deadsanta: There are some hilarious comics that major newspapers don't or won't carry:

Perry Bible Fellowship
Red Meat
Get Your War On
Bigfoot
Dinosaur Comics
xkcd

I know some of these are weekly format comics, and some are web-only, but that shouldn't be a barrier to introducing them to the newspaper format. Just adding those six comics above would hugely improve the comics section and there are plenty of other artists out there that would serve as well.

The problem with news comics is that the majority of them are 30+ year old strips, which hardly qualifies as "news".

Could you post any example strips or links to the comics?

i work in newspaper, so im really blah blah blah...

seriously, though i think the funny-ness of comics folow the arc of For Better, For Worse. At one point, the story-line seemed to be about the lighter side of a family growing up in the eightees, and then the trials and tribulations of the children becoming adults.

As time goes on, it becomes less funny and more somber. The kids endure hardships, the dog dies... (Of course, during this same time, the author's marriage was falling apart and eventually ended, as did the comic strip....)

Cynical on Easter this year? Maybe. More realistic than we were in the naive eightees? Probably...

Always work friendly, Sheldon (new window)

I was introduced to Basic Instructions (new window) in another FARK FC hate thread. IMHO one of the best webcomics out there.

"Eighties". Hope you're not the copy editor.

deadsanta: There are some hilarious comics that major newspapers don't or won't carry:

Perry Bible Fellowship
Red Meat
Get Your War On
Bigfoot
Dinosaur Comics
xkcd

Don't forget:
Daisy Owl
Cyanide and Happiness

asdf

Always punny, hilarious and odd - Oddfish (new window)

asks for Ziggy

xombie_a_go_go: I was introduced to Basic Instructions (new window) in another FARK FC hate thread. IMHO one of the best webcomics out there.

Excellent, I just added this one to my favorites. Thanks for the info.

McBotulism... how does Dolly arrive at 71 cents when clearly there are only 5 pennies present?

Came for the Calvin & Hobbes. Leaving satisfied! :-D