Paper Comics - Books, The Funnies, Novels, NO MANGA

Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:33 pm

Well, discuss the general population of Comics. Except Manga, because Manga is not comics nor novel, its sin.

One of my personal favorite comics is MARMADUKE.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:39 pm

^ Manga is good you fool

It turned Pokemon from complete fail into best win

Also as far as newspaper comics go, my favorites are Pearls Before Swine, Sherman's Lagoon, The Duplex, and The Flying McCoys. I really liked Big Top, but that ended a while ago.

Homerun Starrer · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:15 pm

A few of my favorites:

Pearls Before Swine
Get Fuzzy
Sherman's Lagoon
Monty
Calvin and Hobbes
The Far Side
Foxtrot
Bloom County

The Noid · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:25 pm

I don't read the newspaper comics anymore. I do occasionally steal one of my dad's Calvin and Hobbes or Far side books for a while.

Also, graphic novels are pretty cool. I've only read Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns, but those were pretty dang awesome.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:38 pm

My favorite "retired" comics are definitely Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, and Bloom County.

ramrod · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:14 pm

Calvin and Hobbes and The Far Side should be on everyone's favorites list. No exceptions.

16_BIT_MARIO1 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:33 pm

I just read a bunch of my dad's old Legion of Super Heroes comics from 1989, including the Great Darkness Saga. 3,000,000,000 evil Supermen is automatically EPIC!

StrongRad · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 9:38 pm

ramrod wrote:

Calvin and Hobbes and The Far Side should be on everyone's favorites list. No exceptions.

He is right.
Anyone who does not appreciate these comics shall be beaten senselessly with both The Revenge of the Babysat and The Curse of Madame C.

Mr. Sparkle · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:29 pm

I read Superman: Red Son a while ago. The concept alone is awesome, they didn't even need to make it a comic book.

AbuGrape45 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:31 pm

Foxtrot is the best comic.

Mr. Sparkle · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:35 pm

What's a newspaper?

I Choose You Cheatachu · **Posted:** Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:44 pm

My Favorite Newspaper Comics Are:

Garfield
Pearls Before Swine
Calvin and Hobbes
The Far Side
Get Fuzzy

SnowyFox · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:01 am

Acekirby wrote:

It turned Pokemon from complete fail into best win

Start running.

Anyway, Calvin and Hobbes, as is pretty much universally known, is the greatest syndicated comic ever made. I liked Garfield a lot when I was younger, dumbness aside, and still like it a bit, though mostly because of nostalgia. Foxtrot, however, is probably my favorite current comic; I can relate to a lot of it, and it's just overall clever. Honorable mention goes to Pearls Before Swine. Dumb from time to time, but just as often they'll make a strip far above their usual quality, too.

Beyond the Grave · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:06 am

Boondocks
Calvin and Hobbes
The Far Side
The Amazing Spider-Man
Get Fuzzy
Hellsing
Trigun

Real Raamis · **Joined:** Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:46 am **Posts:** 528

Manga makes Yu-Gi-Oh! totally bad***. I don't read it though or any manga.

There's comics of the Boondocks? Must see...

Acekirby · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:10 am

SnowyFox wrote:

Acekirby wrote:

It turned Pokemon from complete fail into best win

Start running.

You're saying the Pokemon anime is good?

I pity you.

Unless you mean the video games, but that would be a stupid point to argue because anyone can see they are good.

Lunar Jesty · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:12 am

Didn't the Pokemon manga come before the anime, though? I don't know; I'm not enough of a nerd to look at timelines of the pokemon series.

Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:15 am

Lunar Jesty wrote:

Didn't the Pokemon manga come before the anime, though? I don't know; I'm not enough of a nerd to look at timelines of the pokemon series.

I'm not sure, but I think in the Pokemon Manga, Misty is some big breasted babe that Ash swoons over.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:22 am

Ash isn't even in the real, good manga (Pokemon Special or whatever it's called)

The main character is a guy named Red. He goes on many an epic adventure and Team Rocket are great villains.

EDIT: Wikipedia Page

16_BIT_MARIO1 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:31 am

Oh yeah, It's Superman was very awesome, though I was annoyed that...

spoiler-ish thing wrote:

Willi Berg never turned into Jimmy Olsen.

Oh, and Calvin and Hobbes is timeless. I'm always kinda sad reading the last comic... "It's a magical world, Hobbes. Let's go exploring!"

Dark Grapefruit · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:56 am

Only good comics my newspaper gets: Sherman's Lagoon, Get Fuzzy, Pooch Café on Sundays
You should deifinitely read some Pooch Café.
And some Lio.

Capt. Ido Nos · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:06 pm

Real Raamis wrote:

There's comics of the Boondocks? Must see...

Uh, Boondocks was originally comics, like in the newspappers, I think.

Homerun Starrer · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:17 pm

Real Raamis wrote:

There's comics of the Boondocks? Must see...

hurp de derkle durp de derp

Choc-o-Lardiac Arrest · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:00 pm

Homerun Starrer wrote:

Real Raamis wrote:

There's comics of the Boondocks? Must see...

hurp de derkle durp de derp

DAMN YOU! I just spent the last 30 minutes or so looking through the whole Boondocks history, even going through the parallels to real life events.

just a username · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:40 pm

Any Scott Pilgrim fans? Who knew something so mundane could be so awesome! (Though it is set in a video game world and there is a bit of fighting...)

Setsumi-san · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:40 pm

I've recently become a big Pearls Before Swine fan. The crocs crack me up:"Hulloooo, Zeeba Neighba!" I also love Calvin and Hobbes and Garfield.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:14 pm

"Eatazeeb" was the best story arc ever.

Positron · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:10 pm

Dark Grapefruit wrote:

Only good comics my newspaper gets: Sherman's Lagoon, Get Fuzzy, Pooch Café on Sundays

Only good comics my newspaper gets:

Seriously, they manage to fill 1.5 pages up with crap. But I do have a bunch of Far Side books, which is awesome.

Word Up · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 8:45 pm

ramrod wrote:

Calvin and Hobbes and The Far Side should be on everyone's favorites list. No exceptions.

The Far Side is hit or miss for me.
Calvin and Hobbes always wins.
And I used to read Boondocks! Then I watched the TV show and I was like "Where did this come from?"

Susan · **Posted:** Mon Jul 07, 2008 9:03 pm

Dark Grapefruit wrote:

You should deifinitely read some Pooch Café.

I second this. Seriously a good comic.

Also: Spider Man India, I need to find more of these, I only have the first one.

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