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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...
Overrated Library
  02/18/19
Never once laughed at Andy Capp Never laughed at Family C...
Motley angry native
  02/18/19
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very tactful stirring dysfunction stain
  02/18/19
Right. But Family Circus was just a little one-panel thing....
Overrated Library
  02/18/19
Family Circus is for old women with the easiest "kids s...
clear bespoke milk persian
  02/18/19
Yeah, it wasn't even really supposed to be funny I think.
Overrated Library
  02/18/19
well it’s clearly no peanuts or c&h. otoh, it was ...
translucent house-broken faggot firefighter
  02/18/19
Maybe I just was't old enough to get it. Hagar was kind of...
Overrated Library
  02/18/19
rate foxtrot as an hbo original series.
translucent house-broken faggot firefighter
  02/18/19
most of those old comics were no good
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/18/19
rick o'shay was decent...as was that one with the phantom--s...
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/18/19
Far Side was 180 as shit
ocher cumskin party of the first part
  02/19/19
maybe the best ever
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/19/19
why is it the two best comics of all time ended with the art...
Gold mood organic girlfriend
  02/19/19
alley oop was good
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/18/19
Never read Alley Oop --wasn't it a dramatic comic. I never r...
big-titted heady queen of the night
  02/19/19
eh, sort of in between drama and adventure...social commenta...
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/19/19
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith was ok
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/18/19
WTF, I never ever heard of those
Overrated Library
  02/18/19
about an old hillbilly man who lived in a shack up in the hi...
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/18/19
B.C. was good
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/18/19
Dick Tracy was ok
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/18/19
I liked Mister Boffo and of course the Far Side.
Overrated Library
  02/18/19
Gasoline Alley --boring
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/18/19
Mary Worth--boring & worthless
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/18/19
Little Orphan Annie--mundane
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/18/19
Marmaduke--total bore
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/18/19
the phantom was pretty good...they had an asian cook whose b...
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/18/19
Prince Valiant was decent...so-so
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/18/19
is that the one where he comes home drunk and beats his wife
Pale cruel-hearted station
  02/18/19
it doesn't quite go there, but close
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/18/19
yes, which is why you have to be mid thirties to understand ...
gaped ticket booth haunted graveyard
  02/19/19
[Flo] stands on the front step and shouts: “Me ‘...
gaped ticket booth haunted graveyard
  02/19/19
Its good working class brit humor
pink yapping point jewess
  02/18/19
1. Dilbert *huge gap* 2. Zits 3. Hagar the Horrible ...
Zombie-like cuckoldry double fault
  02/19/19
(scott adams’ mom)
translucent house-broken faggot firefighter
  02/19/19
If you doubt that Dilbert isn't the best comic in history, y...
Zombie-like cuckoldry double fault
  02/19/19
i’m just kidding. love dilbert. my favorite one was wh...
translucent house-broken faggot firefighter
  02/19/19
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_newspaper_comic_strips
Floppy hyperventilating forum
  02/19/19
Herman was 180
burgundy soul-stirring messiness sound barrier
  02/19/19
anyone else old enough to remember bloom county?
Gold mood organic girlfriend
  02/19/19
*Crunch*
self-absorbed khaki rigor legend
  02/19/19
I liked Ask Shagg
wild national voyeur
  02/19/19
Sherman’s Lagoon or GTFO
Cream Base Mental Disorder
  02/19/19
Read this article and I bet your views will change http:...
racy institution
  02/19/19
ty, this is the kind of scholarship I was looking for
Overrated Library
  02/19/19
Jaysus! That is a dissertation not an article
big-titted heady queen of the night
  02/19/19
let me sum up the entire strip for you: Andy likes to go out...
maniacal adventurous tanning salon selfie
  02/19/19
his hot fries are pretty damn good
Exciting space
  02/19/19
...
big-titted heady queen of the night
  02/19/19
Equally good but very different from Chester's Hot Fries. ...
self-absorbed khaki rigor legend
  02/19/19
i never realized until now that andy capp was british, but t...
misanthropic puppy factory reset button
  02/19/19
I didn't realize until years later that his name was a pun o...
Overrated Library
  02/19/19
I never realized this until I read this post
gaped ticket booth haunted graveyard
  02/19/19
Great Hot Fries
passionate peach theatre keepsake machete
  02/19/19
...
Green Misunderstood Hospital
  02/19/19
ran here
dashing potus
  02/19/19


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Date: February 18th, 2019 11:20 PM
Author: Overrated Library

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: Motley angry native

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: very tactful stirring dysfunction stain



(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: Overrated Library

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: clear bespoke milk persian

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: Overrated Library

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: translucent house-broken faggot firefighter

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: Overrated Library

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: translucent house-broken faggot firefighter

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: ocher cumskin party of the first part

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: Gold mood organic girlfriend

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: big-titted heady queen of the night

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: Overrated Library

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: Overrated Library

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: Pale cruel-hearted station

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: gaped ticket booth haunted graveyard

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: gaped ticket booth haunted graveyard

[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: pink yapping point jewess

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: Zombie-like cuckoldry double fault

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: translucent house-broken faggot firefighter

(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: Zombie-like cuckoldry double fault

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: translucent house-broken faggot firefighter

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: Floppy hyperventilating forum

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: burgundy soul-stirring messiness sound barrier

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: Gold mood organic girlfriend

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: self-absorbed khaki rigor legend

*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: wild national voyeur

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: Cream Base Mental Disorder

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: racy institution

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: Overrated Library

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: big-titted heady queen of the night

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: maniacal adventurous tanning salon selfie

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: Exciting space

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: big-titted heady queen of the night



(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: self-absorbed khaki rigor legend

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: misanthropic puppy factory reset button

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: Overrated Library

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: gaped ticket booth haunted graveyard

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: passionate peach theatre keepsake machete

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: Green Misunderstood Hospital



(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: dashing potus

ran here

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