Ah….Sunday. A day of rest, relaxation, and a fat newspaper. I like the comics, but not the Sunday comics, because they typically don’t follow the weekly storyline. Why? Because some papers only run certain strips during the week, and others on the weekend, and most comic strip artists thought it would be too confusing for readers if they only got to enjoy 1 day of the story. So we all suffer on Sunday.
During the week, my favorite comics to read are For Better or For Worse, Zits, and Pearls Before Swine. My vote for useless space goes to Family Circus (does anyone laugh at that??). I still mourn the loss of Calvin and Hobbes. Bill Watterson was a genius. My husband and I still quote lines from favorite Calvin strips to each other, and my kids, who never even READ the strip, know a few – like this one:
What are your favorites in the funny pages?
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I love Calvin and Hobbes too and hope my son will be as creative as Calvin is. I think.
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The sunday comics page has been on the decline for many many years and it was one of the factors that contributed to Bill Waterson’s retirement. I think he could have gone on to produce decades of strips, as Charles Schlutz did with Peanuts if only we were still living in the golden age of comics.
I HIGHLY recommend the complete Calvin and Hobbes. Sure you can see them all for free on the internet but I’ve found that having them in front of me in print really brings back good memories of hanging out on the couch on a sunday morning with the comics open (back when they were good.)
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