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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...
Irradiated abusive halford site
  02/18/19
Never once laughed at Andy Capp Never laughed at Family C...
Cobalt internet-worthy sound barrier
  02/18/19
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Lime bisexual church building private investor
  02/18/19
Right. But Family Circus was just a little one-panel thing....
Irradiated abusive halford site
  02/18/19
Family Circus is for old women with the easiest "kids s...
cheese-eating bearded travel guidebook parlour
  02/18/19
Yeah, it wasn't even really supposed to be funny I think.
Irradiated abusive halford site
  02/18/19
well it’s clearly no peanuts or c&h. otoh, it was ...
nighttime massive property multi-billionaire
  02/18/19
Maybe I just was't old enough to get it. Hagar was kind of...
Irradiated abusive halford site
  02/18/19
rate foxtrot as an hbo original series.
nighttime massive property multi-billionaire
  02/18/19
most of those old comics were no good
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/18/19
rick o'shay was decent...as was that one with the phantom--s...
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/18/19
Far Side was 180 as shit
charismatic blood rage pozpig
  02/19/19
maybe the best ever
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/19/19
why is it the two best comics of all time ended with the art...
violent reading party
  02/19/19
alley oop was good
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/18/19
Never read Alley Oop --wasn't it a dramatic comic. I never r...
impertinent swashbuckling office water buffalo
  02/19/19
eh, sort of in between drama and adventure...social commenta...
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/19/19
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith was ok
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/18/19
WTF, I never ever heard of those
Irradiated abusive halford site
  02/18/19
about an old hillbilly man who lived in a shack up in the hi...
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/18/19
B.C. was good
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/18/19
Dick Tracy was ok
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/18/19
I liked Mister Boffo and of course the Far Side.
Irradiated abusive halford site
  02/18/19
Gasoline Alley --boring
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/18/19
Mary Worth--boring & worthless
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/18/19
Little Orphan Annie--mundane
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/18/19
Marmaduke--total bore
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/18/19
the phantom was pretty good...they had an asian cook whose b...
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/18/19
Prince Valiant was decent...so-so
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/18/19
is that the one where he comes home drunk and beats his wife
Trip dilemma
  02/18/19
it doesn't quite go there, but close
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/18/19
yes, which is why you have to be mid thirties to understand ...
Flirting cruise ship regret
  02/19/19
[Flo] stands on the front step and shouts: “Me ‘...
Flirting cruise ship regret
  02/19/19
Its good working class brit humor
glassy talented community account
  02/18/19
1. Dilbert *huge gap* 2. Zits 3. Hagar the Horrible ...
racy sticky sanctuary
  02/19/19
(scott adams’ mom)
nighttime massive property multi-billionaire
  02/19/19
If you doubt that Dilbert isn't the best comic in history, y...
racy sticky sanctuary
  02/19/19
i’m just kidding. love dilbert. my favorite one was wh...
nighttime massive property multi-billionaire
  02/19/19
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspaper_comic_strips
Disrespectful Hominid Market
  02/19/19
Herman was 180
duck-like appetizing volcanic crater
  02/19/19
anyone else old enough to remember bloom county?
violent reading party
  02/19/19
*Crunch*
ultramarine beady-eyed pistol
  02/19/19
I liked Ask Shagg
Chocolate cracking jap
  02/19/19
Sherman’s Lagoon or GTFO
jade locale
  02/19/19
Read this article and I bet your views will change http:...
Lilac plaza
  02/19/19
ty, this is the kind of scholarship I was looking for
Irradiated abusive halford site
  02/19/19
Jaysus! That is a dissertation not an article
impertinent swashbuckling office water buffalo
  02/19/19
let me sum up the entire strip for you: Andy likes to go out...
topaz stirring toaster jewess
  02/19/19
his hot fries are pretty damn good
Nofapping Sienna Ape
  02/19/19
...
impertinent swashbuckling office water buffalo
  02/19/19
Equally good but very different from Chester's Hot Fries. ...
ultramarine beady-eyed pistol
  02/19/19
i never realized until now that andy capp was british, but t...
Drab razzle-dazzle sweet tailpipe rehab
  02/19/19
I didn't realize until years later that his name was a pun o...
Irradiated abusive halford site
  02/19/19
I never realized this until I read this post
Flirting cruise ship regret
  02/19/19
Great Hot Fries
Hateful razzle station
  02/19/19
...
boyish plum chapel mad cow disease
  02/19/19
ran here
angry partner
  02/19/19


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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:20 PM
Author: Irradiated abusive halford site

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: Cobalt internet-worthy sound barrier

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: Lime bisexual church building private investor



(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: Irradiated abusive halford site

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: cheese-eating bearded travel guidebook parlour

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: Irradiated abusive halford site

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: nighttime massive property multi-billionaire

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: Irradiated abusive halford site

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: nighttime massive property multi-billionaire

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: charismatic blood rage pozpig

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: violent reading party

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: impertinent swashbuckling office water buffalo

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: Irradiated abusive halford site

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: Irradiated abusive halford site

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: Trip dilemma

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: Flirting cruise ship regret

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: Flirting cruise ship regret

[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: glassy talented community account

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: racy sticky sanctuary

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: nighttime massive property multi-billionaire

(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: racy sticky sanctuary

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: nighttime massive property multi-billionaire

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: Disrespectful Hominid Market

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: duck-like appetizing volcanic crater

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: violent reading party

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: ultramarine beady-eyed pistol

*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: Chocolate cracking jap

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: jade locale

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: Lilac plaza

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: Irradiated abusive halford site

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: impertinent swashbuckling office water buffalo

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: topaz stirring toaster jewess

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: Nofapping Sienna Ape

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: impertinent swashbuckling office water buffalo



(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: ultramarine beady-eyed pistol

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: Drab razzle-dazzle sweet tailpipe rehab

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: Irradiated abusive halford site

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: Flirting cruise ship regret

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: Hateful razzle station

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: boyish plum chapel mad cow disease



(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: angry partner

ran here

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