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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...
razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel
  02/18/19
Never once laughed at Andy Capp Never laughed at Family C...
adventurous snowy mediation preventive strike
  02/18/19
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Stimulating Effete Center Striped Hyena
  02/18/19
Right. But Family Circus was just a little one-panel thing....
razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel
  02/18/19
Family Circus is for old women with the easiest "kids s...
Odious Chest-beating Shrine
  02/18/19
Yeah, it wasn't even really supposed to be funny I think.
razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel
  02/18/19
well it’s clearly no peanuts or c&h. otoh, it was ...
vigorous old irish cottage
  02/18/19
Maybe I just was't old enough to get it. Hagar was kind of...
razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel
  02/18/19
rate foxtrot as an hbo original series.
vigorous old irish cottage
  02/18/19
most of those old comics were no good
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/18/19
rick o'shay was decent...as was that one with the phantom--s...
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/18/19
Far Side was 180 as shit
Boyish Queen Of The Night
  02/19/19
maybe the best ever
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/19/19
why is it the two best comics of all time ended with the art...
naked haunting son of senegal
  02/19/19
alley oop was good
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/18/19
Never read Alley Oop --wasn't it a dramatic comic. I never r...
smoky forum
  02/19/19
eh, sort of in between drama and adventure...social commenta...
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/19/19
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith was ok
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/18/19
WTF, I never ever heard of those
razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel
  02/18/19
about an old hillbilly man who lived in a shack up in the hi...
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/18/19
B.C. was good
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/18/19
Dick Tracy was ok
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/18/19
I liked Mister Boffo and of course the Far Side.
razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel
  02/18/19
Gasoline Alley --boring
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/18/19
Mary Worth--boring & worthless
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/18/19
Little Orphan Annie--mundane
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/18/19
Marmaduke--total bore
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/18/19
the phantom was pretty good...they had an asian cook whose b...
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/18/19
Prince Valiant was decent...so-so
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/18/19
is that the one where he comes home drunk and beats his wife
Chrome filthpig
  02/18/19
it doesn't quite go there, but close
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/18/19
yes, which is why you have to be mid thirties to understand ...
mahogany slap-happy pit
  02/19/19
[Flo] stands on the front step and shouts: “Me ‘...
mahogany slap-happy pit
  02/19/19
Its good working class brit humor
awkward area ladyboy
  02/18/19
1. Dilbert *huge gap* 2. Zits 3. Hagar the Horrible ...
swashbuckling dilemma hissy fit
  02/19/19
(scott adams’ mom)
vigorous old irish cottage
  02/19/19
If you doubt that Dilbert isn't the best comic in history, y...
swashbuckling dilemma hissy fit
  02/19/19
i’m just kidding. love dilbert. my favorite one was wh...
vigorous old irish cottage
  02/19/19
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspaper_comic_strips
sepia seedy lettuce lay
  02/19/19
Herman was 180
Peach Hell Immigrant
  02/19/19
anyone else old enough to remember bloom county?
naked haunting son of senegal
  02/19/19
*Crunch*
Histrionic soggy stage
  02/19/19
I liked Ask Shagg
vermilion field
  02/19/19
Sherman’s Lagoon or GTFO
Grizzly Frisky Trust Fund Principal's Office
  02/19/19
Read this article and I bet your views will change http:...
splenetic fighting kitchen famous landscape painting
  02/19/19
ty, this is the kind of scholarship I was looking for
razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel
  02/19/19
Jaysus! That is a dissertation not an article
smoky forum
  02/19/19
let me sum up the entire strip for you: Andy likes to go out...
Exciting Stage
  02/19/19
his hot fries are pretty damn good
Spectacular reading party institution
  02/19/19
...
smoky forum
  02/19/19
Equally good but very different from Chester's Hot Fries. ...
Histrionic soggy stage
  02/19/19
i never realized until now that andy capp was british, but t...
Nudist Address
  02/19/19
I didn't realize until years later that his name was a pun o...
razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel
  02/19/19
I never realized this until I read this post
mahogany slap-happy pit
  02/19/19
Great Hot Fries
rusted background story
  02/19/19
...
angry plaza
  02/19/19
ran here
Hot volcanic crater
  02/19/19


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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:20 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel

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: adventurous snowy mediation preventive strike

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: Stimulating Effete Center Striped Hyena



(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: razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel

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: Odious Chest-beating Shrine

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: razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel

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: vigorous old irish cottage

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: razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel

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: vigorous old irish cottage

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: Boyish Queen Of The Night

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: naked haunting son of senegal

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: smoky forum

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: Chrome filthpig

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: mahogany slap-happy pit

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: mahogany slap-happy pit

[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: awkward area ladyboy

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: swashbuckling dilemma hissy fit

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: vigorous old irish cottage

(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: swashbuckling dilemma hissy fit

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: vigorous old irish cottage

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: sepia seedy lettuce lay

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: Peach Hell Immigrant

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: naked haunting son of senegal

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: Histrionic soggy stage

*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: vermilion field

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: Grizzly Frisky Trust Fund Principal's Office

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: splenetic fighting kitchen famous landscape painting

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: razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel

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: smoky forum

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: Exciting Stage

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: Spectacular reading party institution

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: smoky forum



(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: Histrionic soggy stage

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: Nudist Address

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: razzle-dazzle dog poop chapel

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: mahogany slap-happy pit

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: rusted background story

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: angry plaza



(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: Hot volcanic crater

ran here

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