Comments on: WE WANT GOOD COMICS! http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/we_want_good_comics/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:28:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tiger http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/we_want_good_comics/comment-page-1/#comment-3877 Tiger Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=2719#comment-3877 Amen to Berkeley Breathed and Bill Watterson, two of my favorites. Calvin's imagination was one of my daily staples and who knows the last time I saw a good drawing of a portly penguin in a fruit covered hat carrying an umbrella. And I have it on good authority that <i>Steve Dallas</i> was modeled on me. I still do not recall when Berkeley watched me through a crack in the blinds as I paraded around the house unshaven, clad only in my dingy BVDs, a cigarette dangling from my lips holding a glass full of <i>the hair of the dog</i> attempting to focus my bloodshot eyes. Amen to Berkeley Breathed and Bill Watterson, two of my favorites. Calvin's imagination was one of my daily staples and who knows the last time I saw a good drawing of a portly penguin in a fruit covered hat carrying an umbrella. And I have it on good authority that Steve Dallas was modeled on me. I still do not recall when Berkeley watched me through a crack in the blinds as I paraded around the house unshaven, clad only in my dingy BVDs, a cigarette dangling from my lips holding a glass full of the hair of the dog attempting to focus my bloodshot eyes.

]]> By: Steven http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/we_want_good_comics/comment-page-1/#comment-3878 Steven Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=2719#comment-3878 Foxtrot and Get Fuzzy can stay as well. Foxtrot and Get Fuzzy can stay as well.

]]> By: bryan http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/we_want_good_comics/comment-page-1/#comment-3879 bryan Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=2719#comment-3879 Who's still running Pogo? Who's still running Pogo?

]]> By: MediaReview http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/we_want_good_comics/comment-page-1/#comment-3880 MediaReview Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=2719#comment-3880 <strong>800-pound gorilla?</strong> I find this snippet interesting: No such luck with Garry Trudeau, the creator of "Doonesbury." Trudeau is an 800-pound gorilla in the comics world, a fellow who can do pretty much what he wants. From ChiTrib "public editor" Don Wycliff's... 800-pound gorilla?
I find this snippet interesting: No such luck with Garry Trudeau, the creator of "Doonesbury." Trudeau is an 800-pound gorilla in the comics world, a fellow who can do pretty much what he wants. From ChiTrib "public editor" Don Wycliff's...

]]> By: Jen Speaks http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/we_want_good_comics/comment-page-1/#comment-3881 Jen Speaks Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=2719#comment-3881 <strong>Serious Funny Business!</strong> OTB posts about the sad state of the Comics section these days. I don't get the newspaper, so I haven't read the comics in years, although I noticed a few weeks ago at my parents that the section has some stuff that I've never seen before and no longer... --- Serious Funny Business!
OTB posts about the sad state of the Comics section these days. I don't get the newspaper, so I haven't read the comics in years, although I noticed a few weeks ago at my parents that the section has some stuff that I've never seen before and no longer...

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