Doonesbury, Bloom County were both really thought out and amazing.
Calvin & Hobbes really captured childhood & imagination.
The Far Side was bizarre (I’ll give you that) but also extremely funny (if you got the joke).
For better & worse, Andy Capp & the lockhorns were previews into adulthood marriage for young minds (young people now would call it boomer humor and indoctrination).
Basically there were some good old staples (peanuts, etc) And some absolute garbage (Nancy, family circle)), but man, you can’t say there has been nothing but junk since 1963.
Doonesbury, Bloom County were both really thought out and amazing. Calvin & Hobbes really captured childhood & imagination. The Far Side was bizarre (I’ll give you that) but also extremely funny (if you got the joke). For better & worse, Andy Capp & the lockhorns were previews into adulthood marriage for young minds (young people now would call it boomer humor and indoctrination).
Basically there were some good old staples (peanuts, etc) And some absolute garbage (Nancy, family circle)), but man, you can’t say there has been nothing but junk since 1963.
I didn’t say it was all junk, but nine out of ten was so banal and crap as to be offensive.
“ Doonesbury, Bloom County were both really thought out and amazing. Calvin & Hobbes really captured childhood & imagination. The Far Side…”
I have visited parts of the US where none of those were featured in the local rags because they were probably considered too whacky.
I get you…so much fodder to get to the gems!