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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...
boyish old irish cottage
  02/18/19
Never once laughed at Andy Capp Never laughed at Family C...
Aromatic fat ankles
  02/18/19
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Racy temple round eye
  02/18/19
Right. But Family Circus was just a little one-panel thing....
boyish old irish cottage
  02/18/19
Family Circus is for old women with the easiest "kids s...
Razzle-dazzle Disrespectful Love Of Her Life Stag Film
  02/18/19
Yeah, it wasn't even really supposed to be funny I think.
boyish old irish cottage
  02/18/19
well it’s clearly no peanuts or c&h. otoh, it was ...
flirting cracking point trump supporter
  02/18/19
Maybe I just was't old enough to get it. Hagar was kind of...
boyish old irish cottage
  02/18/19
rate foxtrot as an hbo original series.
flirting cracking point trump supporter
  02/18/19
most of those old comics were no good
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/18/19
rick o'shay was decent...as was that one with the phantom--s...
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/18/19
Far Side was 180 as shit
mustard institution
  02/19/19
maybe the best ever
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/19/19
why is it the two best comics of all time ended with the art...
charismatic tattoo principal's office
  02/19/19
alley oop was good
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/18/19
Never read Alley Oop --wasn't it a dramatic comic. I never r...
stimulating mewling headpube
  02/19/19
eh, sort of in between drama and adventure...social commenta...
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/19/19
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith was ok
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/18/19
WTF, I never ever heard of those
boyish old irish cottage
  02/18/19
about an old hillbilly man who lived in a shack up in the hi...
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/18/19
B.C. was good
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/18/19
Dick Tracy was ok
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/18/19
I liked Mister Boffo and of course the Far Side.
boyish old irish cottage
  02/18/19
Gasoline Alley --boring
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/18/19
Mary Worth--boring & worthless
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/18/19
Little Orphan Annie--mundane
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/18/19
Marmaduke--total bore
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/18/19
the phantom was pretty good...they had an asian cook whose b...
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/18/19
Prince Valiant was decent...so-so
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/18/19
is that the one where he comes home drunk and beats his wife
henna heady whorehouse cuckoldry
  02/18/19
it doesn't quite go there, but close
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/18/19
yes, which is why you have to be mid thirties to understand ...
learning disabled fragrant brethren
  02/19/19
[Flo] stands on the front step and shouts: “Me ‘...
learning disabled fragrant brethren
  02/19/19
Its good working class brit humor
Translucent Theater Stage Giraffe
  02/18/19
1. Dilbert *huge gap* 2. Zits 3. Hagar the Horrible ...
haunting theater tank
  02/19/19
(scott adams’ mom)
flirting cracking point trump supporter
  02/19/19
If you doubt that Dilbert isn't the best comic in history, y...
haunting theater tank
  02/19/19
i’m just kidding. love dilbert. my favorite one was wh...
flirting cracking point trump supporter
  02/19/19
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspaper_comic_strips
walnut thriller field boiling water
  02/19/19
Herman was 180
pontificating marvelous pit skinny woman
  02/19/19
anyone else old enough to remember bloom county?
charismatic tattoo principal's office
  02/19/19
*Crunch*
fantasy-prone dopamine national
  02/19/19
I liked Ask Shagg
fishy irate tanning salon becky
  02/19/19
Sherman’s Lagoon or GTFO
Vivacious Hyperactive Locale Multi-billionaire
  02/19/19
Read this article and I bet your views will change http:...
tan curious school voyeur
  02/19/19
ty, this is the kind of scholarship I was looking for
boyish old irish cottage
  02/19/19
Jaysus! That is a dissertation not an article
stimulating mewling headpube
  02/19/19
let me sum up the entire strip for you: Andy likes to go out...
aggressive knife
  02/19/19
his hot fries are pretty damn good
transparent theatre stain
  02/19/19
...
stimulating mewling headpube
  02/19/19
Equally good but very different from Chester's Hot Fries. ...
fantasy-prone dopamine national
  02/19/19
i never realized until now that andy capp was british, but t...
chestnut violent water buffalo hospital
  02/19/19
I didn't realize until years later that his name was a pun o...
boyish old irish cottage
  02/19/19
I never realized this until I read this post
learning disabled fragrant brethren
  02/19/19
Great Hot Fries
glittery slippery cruise ship
  02/19/19
...
Vengeful turdskin
  02/19/19
ran here
flickering nighttime office
  02/19/19


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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:20 PM
Author: boyish old irish cottage

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: Aromatic fat ankles

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: Racy temple round eye



(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: boyish old irish cottage

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: Razzle-dazzle Disrespectful Love Of Her Life Stag Film

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: boyish old irish cottage

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: flirting cracking point trump supporter

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: boyish old irish cottage

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: flirting cracking point trump supporter

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: mustard institution

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: charismatic tattoo principal's office

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: stimulating mewling headpube

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: boyish old irish cottage

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: boyish old irish cottage

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: henna heady whorehouse cuckoldry

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: learning disabled fragrant brethren

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: learning disabled fragrant brethren

[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: Translucent Theater Stage Giraffe

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: haunting theater tank

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: flirting cracking point trump supporter

(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: haunting theater tank

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: flirting cracking point trump supporter

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: walnut thriller field boiling water

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: pontificating marvelous pit skinny woman

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: charismatic tattoo principal's office

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: fantasy-prone dopamine national

*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: fishy irate tanning salon 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: Vivacious Hyperactive Locale Multi-billionaire

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: tan curious school voyeur

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: boyish old irish cottage

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: stimulating mewling headpube

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: aggressive knife

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: transparent theatre stain

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: stimulating mewling headpube



(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: fantasy-prone dopamine national

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: chestnut violent water buffalo hospital

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: boyish old irish cottage

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: learning disabled fragrant brethren

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: glittery slippery cruise ship

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: Vengeful turdskin



(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: flickering nighttime office

ran here

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