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leftyladyfrommo

(18,815 posts)
Mon Sep 24, 2012, 10:45 AM Sep 2012

Cul de sac cartoon is no more

I just hate to see this wonderful cartoon go. The cartoonist is ill and just cannot continue.

The little characters in this strip were so wonderful. And so was the whole family. Petey and Alice and their parents - and all the other children in Miss Bliiss's preschool.

Hopefully they will put out a book with all of the cartoons.

Thank you Richard Thompson for a wonderful cartoon that I looked forward to every morning.

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Cul de sac cartoon is no more (Original Post) leftyladyfrommo Sep 2012 OP
. struggle4progress Sep 2012 #1
I'm going to miss it sharp_stick Sep 2012 #2
I haven't gotten that one in a very long time, but yes, it was good. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #3
We must have the same sense of humor. leftyladyfrommo Sep 2012 #4
Arlo and Janis, Brewster Rocket, Strange Brew, Rubes, Monty, Non-sequitur, yeah, some good ones. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #5
We don't get most of those comics here. leftyladyfrommo Sep 2012 #6
Go to news.yahoo.com -> Entertainment -> Comics. HopeHoops Sep 2012 #7
 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
3. I haven't gotten that one in a very long time, but yes, it was good.
Mon Sep 24, 2012, 12:50 PM
Sep 2012

I was really sad when Calvin & Hobbes ended. Same with Bloom County and For Better or For Worse, although both are in re-run mode. April was born at home three weeks before our first daughter was born at home. I can't say I was sad to see Cathy go - rather redundant theme. The Far Side is another loss, but Close to Home, Rubes, Flying McCoys, and Strange Brew sort of fill in that gap.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,815 posts)
4. We must have the same sense of humor.
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 10:23 AM
Sep 2012

Those were all my favorites, too.

I also love Pigs Before Swine (Love ti, Love it)
Zits
Baby Blues
Stone Soup

I get a paper every morning mainly to see the comics. News is too depressing.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
5. Arlo and Janis, Brewster Rocket, Strange Brew, Rubes, Monty, Non-sequitur, yeah, some good ones.
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 11:25 AM
Sep 2012

I think my favorite of all is Funky Winkerbean. He's a minor character now, but the strip lives on. For that matter, Barney Google rarely appears in Snuffy's strip anymore (but did make a week-long cameo a few months back). I prefer the strips that allow the characters to age. Beetle's still funny, but nobody gets any older. Same with Hi & Lois. Jeremy in Zits is just an older Calvin (which has been alluded to on a number of occasions).

Oh, and today's Pearls Before Swine was REALLY disturbing.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,815 posts)
6. We don't get most of those comics here.
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 10:23 AM
Sep 2012

I never thought of Zits is just an older Calvin.

The one I just don't get is Zippy the Pinhead. I read it every day and every day I don't get it. I don't think I'm up enough on pop culture - or something.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
7. Go to news.yahoo.com -> Entertainment -> Comics.
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 11:05 AM
Sep 2012

Zippy takes a special frame of mind. So does Too Much Coffee Man.

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