Of course, the funniest comic strip was (sadly isn't anymore) Calvin and Hobbes.
...and if you disagree with me Eric, I'll get into my "Tony" personna......y'knowattimean? Fuggeddaboutdid.....
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Of course, the funniest comic strip was (sadly isn't anymore) Calvin and Hobbes.
...and if you disagree with me Eric, I'll get into my "Tony" personna......y'knowattimean? Fuggeddaboutdid.....
membranophone = a percussion instrument that makes sound with a stretched membrane, like a drum. i thought it sounded cool.
Hey, this isn't about what's best - it's about what I like!
Eric, I'm not surprised you like Garfield better than Bloom County. You're 17. Bloom County's humor is very topical (and dated), whereas Garfield is not. I too love Garfield, but it's always the same thing: Garfield hates mondays, Garfield eats lasagna, Garfield sleeps. Garfield kicks Odie, Odie licks Garfield. Odie licks Jon. Jon takes Garfield to the vet. Jon tries to get a date. Jon gets turned down by Liz, the vet, for the umpteenth time. And yes, there's Nermal and Irma and Arlene (a cat with a gap between her teeth?) It just gets old after a while. Remind me to ask you about this when you're 29.
Calvin, on the other hand, was never just a comic strip. It was probably the most level headed thing to be on a newspaper, and it's timeless. If Bill Watterson had licensed Calvin's image to Burger King and Tyco, his image would be much more trivialized. I respect him a lot for that and it irks me to see Calvin's image being used for those awful peeing stickers.
Anyway, to me, Bloom County (my BC) has elements of those two, plus Doonesbury. Just my thought. Maybe we should start a comic strip thread.
Will C.
Eric, I'm not surprised you like Garfield better than Bloom County. You're 17. Bloom County's humor is very topical (and dated), whereas Garfield is not. I too love Garfield, but it's always the same thing: Garfield hates mondays, Garfield eats lasagna, Garfield sleeps. Garfield kicks Odie, Odie licks Garfield. Odie licks Jon. Jon takes Garfield to the vet. Jon tries to get a date. Jon gets turned down by Liz, the vet, for the umpteenth time. And yes, there's Nermal and Irma and Arlene (a cat with a gap between her teeth?) It just gets old after a while. Remind me to ask you about this when you're 29.
Calvin, on the other hand, was never just a comic strip. It was probably the most level headed thing to be on a newspaper, and it's timeless. If Bill Watterson had licensed Calvin's image to Burger King and Tyco, his image would be much more trivialized. I respect him a lot for that and it irks me to see Calvin's image being used for those awful peeing stickers.
Anyway, to me, Bloom County (my BC) has elements of those two, plus Doonesbury. Just my thought. Maybe we should start a comic strip thread.
Will C.
Calvin & Hobbes was the only comic strip that ever brought tears to my eyes. Watterson is a master.
Big Wheel, I hear you about those stickers-total trash.
Big Wheel, I hear you about those stickers-total trash.
Originally posted by Big Wheel
Calvin, on the other hand, was never just a comic strip. It was probably the most level headed thing to be on a newspaper, and it's timeless. If Bill Watterson had licensed Calvin's image to Burger King and Tyco, his image would be much more trivialized. I respect him a lot for that and it irks me to see Calvin's image being used for those awful peeing stickers.
Will C.
Big Wheel, I couldn't have said it better myself. After Calvin & Hobbes disappeared from the Sunday comics, I never read the funnies again. That's no lie!!! For some strange reason, it was the only comic strip that ever made any sense to me!
Since bassdude was already taken by Carl, I put my last name onto it to get BassDudeJake, which I use as e-mail, and AIM.
There is no way I can disagree with you. Calvin and Hobbes is THE funniest cartoon I have ever read. Too bad it was never in my comics. BUT, I do have ever single book he put out in America, plus two from Germany. I have Auf dem Sprung, and Calvin und Hobbes, der Grossen auf Grossen. Both are very funny, if you read German.
Rock on
Eric
Rock on
Eric
My first name's John. Thats a little common in the town where I'm from, so people started calling me Johnny C to differentiate between me and the other Johns they know. I had an old friend that taught me about blues music who tagged me Rocking Johnny C. So glue all that together and you get Rockinjc.
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I was signing up for AIM and everything kept getting rejected, I started punching in random zeros and o's and it didn't get rejected. Now I have a unpronouncible, unrememberable handle that seems to annoy people. I could change it, but why?
Hambone kinda sounds like a porno...anyway...Bassphreakz is the screenname I use most. In the dictionary it says it is pronounced - Base-frEks - I would have left the z off, but someone already took bassphreak. Also, my other SN I use occasionally "theantilog" is a math term "the anti function of log". In trig class we learned about it and it made me laugh.
My name......Well, I like to hunt, and my birthdate is May of 1985, hence the name, hunter585.
I definitely agree that Calvin and Hobbes is the best comic ever. However, next to Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield is best, followed closely by Zits. Maybe Garfield does always do the same things, but it's just....I dunno..Its just Garfield for pete's sake!!!
I definitely agree that Calvin and Hobbes is the best comic ever. However, next to Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield is best, followed closely by Zits. Maybe Garfield does always do the same things, but it's just....I dunno..Its just Garfield for pete's sake!!!
I normally use Über Sheep for all my online needs, but in the old boards special characters weren't allowed, and I was too lazy to come up with something new. 
Originally posted by Player
I though Loxley was a town or somethingWasn't it Robin of Loxley?
In fact, Loxley was the name of the Castle which King Richard the 1st gave Robin Hood after having beat the crap out of the Sheriff of Nottingham and his men...
I guess it came out a bit wrong when I said it was his sirname...
~Loxley~ (I'm a guy
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Well, my username, it's just my first name. I'm Dutch, hence the (maybe) strange name. It's kinda like George, which is derived from Gregorius, which looks a bit more like my name. Like, kinda & stuff.
Marco Pantani (Italien cyclist) is called Il Pirata, meaning The Pirate. I just thought the name sounded cool so I kind of stole it. Yay for me.
