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Never really "got" Andy Capp or understood why it was treated as top-tier comic

It was on the front page of my paper's Sunday comics section...
comical menage sneaky criminal
  02/18/19
Never once laughed at Andy Capp Never laughed at Family C...
trip weed whacker prole
  02/18/19
...
apoplectic mood church building
  02/18/19
Right. But Family Circus was just a little one-panel thing....
comical menage sneaky criminal
  02/18/19
Family Circus is for old women with the easiest "kids s...
costumed locale brethren
  02/18/19
Yeah, it wasn't even really supposed to be funny I think.
comical menage sneaky criminal
  02/18/19
well it’s clearly no peanuts or c&h. otoh, it was ...
exciting azn
  02/18/19
Maybe I just was't old enough to get it. Hagar was kind of...
comical menage sneaky criminal
  02/18/19
rate foxtrot as an hbo original series.
exciting azn
  02/18/19
most of those old comics were no good
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/18/19
rick o'shay was decent...as was that one with the phantom--s...
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/18/19
Far Side was 180 as shit
beady-eyed haunted graveyard travel guidebook
  02/19/19
maybe the best ever
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/19/19
why is it the two best comics of all time ended with the art...
talking headpube
  02/19/19
alley oop was good
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/18/19
Never read Alley Oop --wasn't it a dramatic comic. I never r...
bipolar stimulating sandwich boiling water
  02/19/19
eh, sort of in between drama and adventure...social commenta...
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/19/19
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith was ok
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/18/19
WTF, I never ever heard of those
comical menage sneaky criminal
  02/18/19
about an old hillbilly man who lived in a shack up in the hi...
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/18/19
B.C. was good
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/18/19
Dick Tracy was ok
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/18/19
I liked Mister Boffo and of course the Far Side.
comical menage sneaky criminal
  02/18/19
Gasoline Alley --boring
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/18/19
Mary Worth--boring & worthless
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/18/19
Little Orphan Annie--mundane
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/18/19
Marmaduke--total bore
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/18/19
the phantom was pretty good...they had an asian cook whose b...
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/18/19
Prince Valiant was decent...so-so
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/18/19
is that the one where he comes home drunk and beats his wife
sienna domesticated property stain
  02/18/19
it doesn't quite go there, but close
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/18/19
yes, which is why you have to be mid thirties to understand ...
wonderful pearly stage hominid
  02/19/19
[Flo] stands on the front step and shouts: “Me ‘...
wonderful pearly stage hominid
  02/19/19
Its good working class brit humor
Heady Honey-headed Theater Stage Wagecucks
  02/18/19
1. Dilbert *huge gap* 2. Zits 3. Hagar the Horrible ...
khaki know-it-all principal's office
  02/19/19
(scott adams’ mom)
exciting azn
  02/19/19
If you doubt that Dilbert isn't the best comic in history, y...
khaki know-it-all principal's office
  02/19/19
i’m just kidding. love dilbert. my favorite one was wh...
exciting azn
  02/19/19
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspaper_comic_strips
violent metal corner trust fund
  02/19/19
Herman was 180
filthy irradiated public bath newt
  02/19/19
anyone else old enough to remember bloom county?
talking headpube
  02/19/19
*Crunch*
rough-skinned sticky address indirect expression
  02/19/19
I liked Ask Shagg
exhilarant multi-billionaire becky
  02/19/19
Sherman’s Lagoon or GTFO
aggressive heaven
  02/19/19
Read this article and I bet your views will change http:...
Frisky Fuchsia Rigpig
  02/19/19
ty, this is the kind of scholarship I was looking for
comical menage sneaky criminal
  02/19/19
Jaysus! That is a dissertation not an article
bipolar stimulating sandwich boiling water
  02/19/19
let me sum up the entire strip for you: Andy likes to go out...
vivacious theatre
  02/19/19
his hot fries are pretty damn good
Fracture in the Maidenhead
  02/19/19
...
bipolar stimulating sandwich boiling water
  02/19/19
Equally good but very different from Chester's Hot Fries. ...
rough-skinned sticky address indirect expression
  02/19/19
i never realized until now that andy capp was british, but t...
Cerebral Coiffed Death Wish
  02/19/19
I didn't realize until years later that his name was a pun o...
comical menage sneaky criminal
  02/19/19
I never realized this until I read this post
wonderful pearly stage hominid
  02/19/19
Great Hot Fries
Chartreuse forum friendly grandma
  02/19/19
...
rose startling nursing home
  02/19/19
ran here
harsh fragrant den
  02/19/19


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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:20 PM
Author: comical menage sneaky criminal

It was on the front page of my paper's Sunday comics section, right under Peanuts, and later Calvin and Hobbes. It sucked, as far as I could tell (as a young child).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805952)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:21 PM
Author: trip weed whacker prole

Never once laughed at Andy Capp

Never laughed at Family Circus, never really “got” that one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805960)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:22 PM
Author: apoplectic mood church building



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805962)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:23 PM
Author: comical menage sneaky criminal

Right. But Family Circus was just a little one-panel thing. Andy Capp got top billing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805973)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:24 PM
Author: costumed locale brethren

Family Circus is for old women with the easiest "kids say the darndest thing" schtick ever. I don't think its good or impressive, but there is a certain amount of genius in the scam.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805983)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:25 PM
Author: comical menage sneaky criminal

Yeah, it wasn't even really supposed to be funny I think.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805989)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:22 PM
Author: exciting azn

well it’s clearly no peanuts or c&h. otoh, it was much better than cathy or marmaduke. it was right in line with hagar the horrible and blondie.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805967)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:24 PM
Author: comical menage sneaky criminal

Maybe I just was't old enough to get it.

Hagar was kind of funny sometimes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805978)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:27 PM
Author: exciting azn

rate foxtrot as an hbo original series.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805997)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:23 PM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

most of those old comics were no good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805976)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:27 PM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

rick o'shay was decent...as was that one with the phantom--steve canyon...

but brenda starr was not much good...

neither was Dondi...and what about that little girl with the black frizzy hair...nancy, was that her name?

Dagwood Bumstead was marginal...his sandwiches were the only good thing about it...sarge and beetle bailey was also stupid...

dennis the menace was annoying...and the tv show was worse..

l'il abner was ok...



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37805998)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:23 AM
Author: beady-eyed haunted graveyard travel guidebook

Far Side was 180 as shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806282)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:28 AM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

maybe the best ever

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806294)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 8:54 AM
Author: talking headpube

why is it the two best comics of all time ended with the artist retiring early?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806941)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:39 PM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

alley oop was good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806071)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:32 AM
Author: bipolar stimulating sandwich boiling water

Never read Alley Oop --wasn't it a dramatic comic. I never read that shit (Dondi, The Phantom, Prince Valiant, etc.)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807378)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 11:50 AM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

eh, sort of in between drama and adventure...social commentary/parody, a lot of it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807799)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:41 PM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith was ok

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806085)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:46 PM
Author: comical menage sneaky criminal

WTF, I never ever heard of those

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806114)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:52 PM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

about an old hillbilly man who lived in a shack up in the hills

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806151)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:44 PM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

B.C. was good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806102)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:46 PM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

Dick Tracy was ok

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806113)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:47 PM
Author: comical menage sneaky criminal

I liked Mister Boffo and of course the Far Side.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806122)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:48 PM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

Gasoline Alley --boring

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806125)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:50 PM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

Mary Worth--boring & worthless

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806139)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:51 PM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

Little Orphan Annie--mundane

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806145)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:53 PM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

Marmaduke--total bore

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806153)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:57 PM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

the phantom was pretty good...they had an asian cook whose button kept popping off his shirt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806170)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:59 PM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

Prince Valiant was decent...so-so

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806181)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:54 PM
Author: sienna domesticated property stain

is that the one where he comes home drunk and beats his wife

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806160)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:58 PM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

it doesn't quite go there, but close

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806177)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:13 AM
Author: wonderful pearly stage hominid

yes, which is why you have to be mid thirties to understand its genius

I'm pretty sure his wife knowcking him on the head with a rolling pin was the punch line of a good 50% of these

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807273)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:20 AM
Author: wonderful pearly stage hominid

[Flo] stands on the front step and shouts: “Me ‘usband knocks me about!!” Andy responds with an announcement of his own: “Don’t believe a word she says! – She’s punch drunk!!”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807319)



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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:57 PM
Author: Heady Honey-headed Theater Stage Wagecucks

Its good working class brit humor

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806171)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:03 AM
Author: khaki know-it-all principal's office

1. Dilbert

*huge gap*

2. Zits

3. Hagar the Horrible

4. Blondie

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806199)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:05 AM
Author: exciting azn

(scott adams’ mom)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806208)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:06 AM
Author: khaki know-it-all principal's office

If you doubt that Dilbert isn't the best comic in history, you haven't read the other shitty ones.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806215)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:13 AM
Author: exciting azn

i’m just kidding. love dilbert. my favorite one was when the boss was shown to be incompetent. classic! reminded me of my boss!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806245)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:08 AM
Author: violent metal corner trust fund

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspaper_comic_strips

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806228)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:12 AM
Author: filthy irradiated public bath newt

Herman was 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806241)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 8:55 AM
Author: talking headpube

anyone else old enough to remember bloom county?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37806944)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 9:15 AM
Author: rough-skinned sticky address indirect expression

*Crunch*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807006)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 9:17 AM
Author: exhilarant multi-billionaire becky

I liked Ask Shagg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807009)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 9:23 AM
Author: aggressive heaven

Sherman’s Lagoon or GTFO

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807026)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:00 AM
Author: Frisky Fuchsia Rigpig

Read this article and I bet your views will change

http://www.planetslade.com/andy-capp-reg-smythe-v3.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807193)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:11 AM
Author: comical menage sneaky criminal

ty, this is the kind of scholarship I was looking for

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807259)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:35 AM
Author: bipolar stimulating sandwich boiling water

Jaysus! That is a dissertation not an article

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807389)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:10 AM
Author: vivacious theatre

let me sum up the entire strip for you: Andy likes to go out for beers with his mates and play some pool, darts, etc. His wife doesn't like it and drags him home.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807253)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:28 AM
Author: Fracture in the Maidenhead

his hot fries are pretty damn good

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807361)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 10:33 AM
Author: bipolar stimulating sandwich boiling water



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807384)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 1:03 PM
Author: rough-skinned sticky address indirect expression

Equally good but very different from Chester's Hot Fries.

Sometimes I mix em up together in a bowl!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37808260)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:08 PM
Author: Cerebral Coiffed Death Wish

i never realized until now that andy capp was british, but then again i haven't read one since i was probably 8

nor did i really get the "andy capp" play on words

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807932)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:09 PM
Author: comical menage sneaky criminal

I didn't realize until years later that his name was a pun on "Handicap"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807942)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:17 PM
Author: wonderful pearly stage hominid

I never realized this until I read this post

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807984)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 12:20 PM
Author: Chartreuse forum friendly grandma

Great Hot Fries

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37807994)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 1:04 PM
Author: rose startling nursing home



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37808263)



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Date: February 19th, 2019 1:15 PM
Author: harsh fragrant den

ran here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4204650&forum_id=2#37808323)