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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...
Spectacular tanning salon
  02/18/19
Never once laughed at Andy Capp Never laughed at Family C...
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  02/18/19
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charismatic foreskin
  02/18/19
Right. But Family Circus was just a little one-panel thing....
Spectacular tanning salon
  02/18/19
Family Circus is for old women with the easiest "kids s...
deranged chapel travel guidebook
  02/18/19
Yeah, it wasn't even really supposed to be funny I think.
Spectacular tanning salon
  02/18/19
well it’s clearly no peanuts or c&h. otoh, it was ...
lake business firm
  02/18/19
Maybe I just was't old enough to get it. Hagar was kind of...
Spectacular tanning salon
  02/18/19
rate foxtrot as an hbo original series.
lake business firm
  02/18/19
most of those old comics were no good
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  02/18/19
rick o'shay was decent...as was that one with the phantom--s...
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/18/19
Far Side was 180 as shit
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  02/19/19
maybe the best ever
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/19/19
why is it the two best comics of all time ended with the art...
Pungent roast beef potus
  02/19/19
alley oop was good
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/18/19
Never read Alley Oop --wasn't it a dramatic comic. I never r...
Haunting stage water buffalo
  02/19/19
eh, sort of in between drama and adventure...social commenta...
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/19/19
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith was ok
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/18/19
WTF, I never ever heard of those
Spectacular tanning salon
  02/18/19
about an old hillbilly man who lived in a shack up in the hi...
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/18/19
B.C. was good
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/18/19
Dick Tracy was ok
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/18/19
I liked Mister Boffo and of course the Far Side.
Spectacular tanning salon
  02/18/19
Gasoline Alley --boring
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/18/19
Mary Worth--boring & worthless
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/18/19
Little Orphan Annie--mundane
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/18/19
Marmaduke--total bore
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/18/19
the phantom was pretty good...they had an asian cook whose b...
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/18/19
Prince Valiant was decent...so-so
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/18/19
is that the one where he comes home drunk and beats his wife
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  02/18/19
it doesn't quite go there, but close
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/18/19
yes, which is why you have to be mid thirties to understand ...
nubile idea he suggested masturbator
  02/19/19
[Flo] stands on the front step and shouts: “Me ‘...
nubile idea he suggested masturbator
  02/19/19
Its good working class brit humor
Arrogant vigorous associate
  02/18/19
1. Dilbert *huge gap* 2. Zits 3. Hagar the Horrible ...
Sepia Heady Jap Becky
  02/19/19
(scott adams’ mom)
lake business firm
  02/19/19
If you doubt that Dilbert isn't the best comic in history, y...
Sepia Heady Jap Becky
  02/19/19
i’m just kidding. love dilbert. my favorite one was wh...
lake business firm
  02/19/19
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspaper_comic_strips
Excitant mewling cuckold
  02/19/19
Herman was 180
concupiscible clown
  02/19/19
anyone else old enough to remember bloom county?
Pungent roast beef potus
  02/19/19
*Crunch*
wine rough-skinned institution messiness
  02/19/19
I liked Ask Shagg
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  02/19/19
Sherman’s Lagoon or GTFO
idiotic cruise ship
  02/19/19
Read this article and I bet your views will change http:...
filthy stag film
  02/19/19
ty, this is the kind of scholarship I was looking for
Spectacular tanning salon
  02/19/19
Jaysus! That is a dissertation not an article
Haunting stage water buffalo
  02/19/19
let me sum up the entire strip for you: Andy likes to go out...
big state double fault
  02/19/19
his hot fries are pretty damn good
orchid free-loading background story pocket flask
  02/19/19
...
Haunting stage water buffalo
  02/19/19
Equally good but very different from Chester's Hot Fries. ...
wine rough-skinned institution messiness
  02/19/19
i never realized until now that andy capp was british, but t...
unhinged stage nowag
  02/19/19
I didn't realize until years later that his name was a pun o...
Spectacular tanning salon
  02/19/19
I never realized this until I read this post
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  02/19/19
Great Hot Fries
Sick Coiffed Station Juggernaut
  02/19/19
...
mauve painfully honest filthpig
  02/19/19
ran here
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  02/19/19


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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:20 PM
Author: Spectacular tanning salon

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: Appetizing shrine degenerate

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: charismatic foreskin



(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: Spectacular tanning salon

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: deranged chapel travel guidebook

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: Spectacular tanning salon

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: lake business firm

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: Spectacular tanning salon

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: lake business firm

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: Canary bisexual stead

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: Pungent roast beef potus

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: Haunting stage 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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: Spectacular tanning salon

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: Spectacular tanning salon

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: Cheese-eating dog poop boistinker

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: nubile idea he suggested masturbator

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: nubile idea he suggested masturbator

[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: Arrogant vigorous associate

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: Sepia Heady Jap Becky

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: lake business firm

(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: Sepia Heady Jap Becky

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: lake business firm

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: Excitant mewling cuckold

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: concupiscible clown

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: Pungent roast beef potus

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: wine rough-skinned institution messiness

*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: topaz lay factory reset button

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: idiotic cruise ship

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: filthy stag film

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: Spectacular tanning salon

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: Haunting stage 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: big state double fault

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: orchid free-loading background story pocket flask

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: Haunting stage 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: wine rough-skinned institution messiness

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: unhinged stage nowag

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: Spectacular tanning salon

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: nubile idea he suggested masturbator

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: Sick Coiffed Station Juggernaut

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: mauve painfully honest filthpig



(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: deep vibrant temple volcanic crater

ran here

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