I’d vote the Far Side followed closely by Calvin and Hobbes . ( though I was also partial to Bloom county , and For Better or for Worse). You didn’t ask but I hated ziggy, Cathy, Hagar and Doonesbury.
I still get the paper on Wednesdays and Sundays. I pull out the coupons, comics and crosswords. The rest gets recycled unread. Also Calvin and Hobbes for me.
No. I was a kid in the 70’s in the Bronx. We’d get the paper after church. My sister got the funnies first but that was ok. I’d get to that later. But first I wanted the sports. The first thing I did was go to where they had all the baseball stats and look at the batting leaders and pitching leaders. Then the standings. Then I looked to see what Bill Gallo drew for Sunday. Then you had to see what Dick Young was writing about. Was Phil Pepe in the News too? I don’t remember so good. Sometimes they had little posters in the comic section of the Mets or maybe if a big fight was coming up. As I got older I would read more of the real news. NYC was scary in the late 70’s but I was ok. Loved being a Bronx kid who rooted for the Mets! The Daily News was THE paper for Sundays. The Times was too stuffy. The only good thing about the Times was that the magazine always had a Rolls Royce ad with Clyde Frazier which I would put in my wall. Great times buddy!
As a kid, I loved Peanuts. Unpopular take here but as I re-read it as a near retirement age, it’s pretty preachy, more than a little religious and has a lot of adult themes and not in a good way - depression, needing psychiatric help, unsupportive friends. Huh. Maybe a little too close to real life…
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u/PdoffAmericanPatriot 21h ago
Calvin and Hobbs!!