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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...
multi-colored chad
  02/18/19
Never once laughed at Andy Capp Never laughed at Family C...
Smoky 180 trailer park juggernaut
  02/18/19
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fear-inspiring coiffed tanning salon
  02/18/19
Right. But Family Circus was just a little one-panel thing....
multi-colored chad
  02/18/19
Family Circus is for old women with the easiest "kids s...
beady-eyed thirsty degenerate community account
  02/18/19
Yeah, it wasn't even really supposed to be funny I think.
multi-colored chad
  02/18/19
well it’s clearly no peanuts or c&h. otoh, it was ...
Cordovan feces
  02/18/19
Maybe I just was't old enough to get it. Hagar was kind of...
multi-colored chad
  02/18/19
rate foxtrot as an hbo original series.
Cordovan feces
  02/18/19
most of those old comics were no good
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/18/19
rick o'shay was decent...as was that one with the phantom--s...
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/18/19
Far Side was 180 as shit
Zippy Soggy Keepsake Machete
  02/19/19
maybe the best ever
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/19/19
why is it the two best comics of all time ended with the art...
twinkling razzle-dazzle center
  02/19/19
alley oop was good
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/18/19
Never read Alley Oop --wasn't it a dramatic comic. I never r...
slippery red yarmulke business firm
  02/19/19
eh, sort of in between drama and adventure...social commenta...
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/19/19
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith was ok
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/18/19
WTF, I never ever heard of those
multi-colored chad
  02/18/19
about an old hillbilly man who lived in a shack up in the hi...
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/18/19
B.C. was good
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/18/19
Dick Tracy was ok
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/18/19
I liked Mister Boffo and of course the Far Side.
multi-colored chad
  02/18/19
Gasoline Alley --boring
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/18/19
Mary Worth--boring & worthless
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/18/19
Little Orphan Annie--mundane
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/18/19
Marmaduke--total bore
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/18/19
the phantom was pretty good...they had an asian cook whose b...
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/18/19
Prince Valiant was decent...so-so
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/18/19
is that the one where he comes home drunk and beats his wife
misanthropic arousing cuckoldry institution
  02/18/19
it doesn't quite go there, but close
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/18/19
yes, which is why you have to be mid thirties to understand ...
slimy space
  02/19/19
[Flo] stands on the front step and shouts: “Me ‘...
slimy space
  02/19/19
Its good working class brit humor
wild ivory locus
  02/18/19
1. Dilbert *huge gap* 2. Zits 3. Hagar the Horrible ...
angry bearded principal's office
  02/19/19
(scott adams’ mom)
Cordovan feces
  02/19/19
If you doubt that Dilbert isn't the best comic in history, y...
angry bearded principal's office
  02/19/19
i’m just kidding. love dilbert. my favorite one was wh...
Cordovan feces
  02/19/19
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspaper_comic_strips
Balding honey-headed hell incel
  02/19/19
Herman was 180
Odious address
  02/19/19
anyone else old enough to remember bloom county?
twinkling razzle-dazzle center
  02/19/19
*Crunch*
orange church stain
  02/19/19
I liked Ask Shagg
Ocher mischievous elastic band hospital
  02/19/19
Sherman’s Lagoon or GTFO
crawly scourge upon the earth
  02/19/19
Read this article and I bet your views will change http:...
Charismatic orchestra pit travel guidebook
  02/19/19
ty, this is the kind of scholarship I was looking for
multi-colored chad
  02/19/19
Jaysus! That is a dissertation not an article
slippery red yarmulke business firm
  02/19/19
let me sum up the entire strip for you: Andy likes to go out...
Chest-beating Flirting National
  02/19/19
his hot fries are pretty damn good
Twisted rehab immigrant
  02/19/19
...
slippery red yarmulke business firm
  02/19/19
Equally good but very different from Chester's Hot Fries. ...
orange church stain
  02/19/19
i never realized until now that andy capp was british, but t...
embarrassed to the bone lay kitty
  02/19/19
I didn't realize until years later that his name was a pun o...
multi-colored chad
  02/19/19
I never realized this until I read this post
slimy space
  02/19/19
Great Hot Fries
Mildly autistic forum queen of the night
  02/19/19
...
french brilliant university
  02/19/19
ran here
indigo filthpig
  02/19/19


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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:20 PM
Author: multi-colored chad

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: Smoky 180 trailer park juggernaut

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: fear-inspiring coiffed tanning salon



(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: multi-colored chad

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: beady-eyed thirsty degenerate community account

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: multi-colored chad

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: Cordovan feces

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: multi-colored chad

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: Cordovan feces

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: Zippy Soggy Keepsake Machete

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: twinkling razzle-dazzle center

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: slippery red yarmulke business firm

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: multi-colored chad

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: multi-colored chad

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: misanthropic arousing cuckoldry institution

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: slimy space

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: slimy space

[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: wild ivory locus

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: angry bearded 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: Cordovan feces

(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: angry bearded 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: Cordovan feces

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: Balding honey-headed hell incel

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: Odious address

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: twinkling razzle-dazzle center

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: orange church stain

*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: Ocher mischievous elastic band hospital

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: crawly scourge upon the earth

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: Charismatic orchestra pit travel guidebook

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: multi-colored chad

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: slippery red yarmulke business firm

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: Chest-beating Flirting National

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: Twisted rehab immigrant

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: slippery red yarmulke business firm



(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: orange church stain

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: embarrassed to the bone lay kitty

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: multi-colored chad

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: slimy space

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: Mildly autistic forum queen of the night

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: french brilliant university



(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: indigo filthpig

ran here

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