Garfield - Jon to Garfield, ”When I was 10 I thought girls were weird. But now that I am older I know their weird.”
Shoe – Shoe to bartender, “I meet my fifth wife during a terrible tragedy.” Bartender, “Which tragedy?” Shoe, “My fourth marriage.”
Adam@Home Son - ”How did someone as nice as mom marry you?” Father, “She was attracted to my good looks & intelligance.” Son, “No, really, Dad.” Father, “I won her in a card game from a Leprechaun.” Son, “Much more belivable.”
Mother Goose & Grimm – Male puppet to Female puppet. ”I don’t believe in religion, but I do believe in a higher power.”
Close to Home - Group of doctors and nurses are crawling around the floor in hospital operating room. Doctor, “How the heck could we lose a $14,000 pacemaker.”
It’s All About You – Girl introduces friend to her boyfriend, “You remember Ben right?” Boyfriend draws a blank. Girlfriend, “He came to my birhtday party.” Boyfriend draws a blank. Girlfriend, “He posted photos of it on his blog.” Boyfriend, “Oh Ben! I never forget a blog.”
Graffiti – “Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.”
Flo & Friends – Flo to friend, “So you married three times Winnie, and yet you only have one daughter.” Winnie, “Yeah. Apparently I don’t mate well in captivity.”
Which of the above do you think is the funniest?
Do you read any newspaper, or online, comic strips?
Who is your favorite comic book character?
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July 15, 2009 at 2:39 am
lovewillbringustogether
They brought a smile to my dial
I thought Adam and Son the funniest, personally. Like the slight personal sarcasm and the response. A good joke needs a good ’straight’ man.
I read newspaper comics, love the Simpson’s on TV and the Movie, and think Ice Age 1 and 2 are two of the best movies ever made (besides Happy Feet!)
My Favourite Cartoon character of the moment is Hobbes – and his straight man Calvin is not bad either.
Previous favourites have included the Wizard of Id, Crock and an English group called The Perisher’s. Garfield was far funnier when he very first came on the scene and was not drawn quite as ‘cute’ and lovable.
Sadly, Australia does not have many good homegrown comic characters.
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July 15, 2009 at 6:07 pm
edfromct
Calvin & Hobbes is one of the all-time best comic strip. I am sure you enjoyed the way they played games, making up the rules as they went along.
I found the web site maintained by the family of the late creator of the Perisher’s,
A link to some sample strips from the site:
http://www.theauthenticperishers.co.uk/mainmenu/stripsforsales.htm
Do you remember the lyrics to Boot’s song?
http://www.theauthenticperishers.co.uk/mainmenu/songofboot.htm
From the Song of Boot
My name is Boot
Old Boot is me
and I’m a dog
spelt dee-oh-gee
I rollick along
Just singing a song
( well it’s more of a wuff )
but that’s good enough
Chorus
Because I’m Boot
a root’ly toot
and a growl and a wuff
and all that stuff
Yes I’m Boot
raz-a-ma-tazz
and a grumph and whumph
and all that jazz.
July 15, 2009 at 10:50 am
Debs
LOL….thanks for the smiles Ed….hope ur having a smiley day yourself!
July 15, 2009 at 6:13 pm
edfromct
Happy to hear I am bringing smiles to your face. We can’t ever smile too much. Even if they lock us up in the funny farm.
My days have been all smiles since I retired, although I am now working part time to pay off a plumbing bill. Now that brings a smile to my plumbers face.
July 15, 2009 at 10:56 am
Michelle
I laughed at all of ‘em! I think “Graffiti” got the biggest laugh, just cause we have lots of fishermen in our family.
“Flo and Friends”…hahahaha!
I don’t read comics. My husband reads them to me. Probably “Peanuts” and “Family Circus” were my favorites growing up.
I have a family full of comedians.
July 15, 2009 at 6:23 pm
edfromct
Michelle, with a house full of comedians you don’t need the comics for a good laugh.
Family Circus is one of the comics I read everyday. I had not realized it was created back in 1960, well before your time, but not mine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_Circus
A link to the offical Family Circus site, http://www.familycircus.com/
July 18, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Rain
I liked Shoe:) Sad, but funny:)
I don’t often read cartoons but occassionally I see what Zapiro is up to. He is a South African cartoonist who generally comments on the political situation in SA with his (sometimes hilarious) drawings.
http://www.mg.co.za/zapiro/all
July 19, 2009 at 3:12 pm
edfromct
Thanks for the link Rain. Madiba, Nelson Mandela, is an inspiration to us all.
I found the official Zapiro site:
http://www.zapiro.com/scripts/Zapiro/hfclient.isa?A=Zapiro_Live&AE1
Are you thinking about attending the “Defending the Jester’s Space” debate at Stellenbosch University on July 23rd?
“Controversial award-winning cartoonist Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro) will be joined by fellow Cape Town cartoonists Brandan Reynolds (Business Day, The Weekender, Rapport, Weekend Argus), Jeremy Nell (The Times) and Stacey Stent (Noseweek), in a public debate on press freedom and the limits of editorial cartooning in South Africa, to be held at the Visual Arts Department of Stellenbosch University on 23 July 2009.”
Jonathan Shapiro’s Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Shapiro
“In 2003, Zapiro made headlines when members of the Faith and Politics Institute, an American organisation, lodged complaints against three of the cartoons at an exhibition for visiting American congressional representatives as well as members of the institute. The cartoons in question depicted former American president Bill Clinton and US policies of “trade and not aid”, and President George W. Bush with a raised middle finger in a comment on American unilateralism and Bush’s stance on the World Summit on Sustainable Development.”
I think he got it right with Clinton and Bush. Any political cartoonist who does provoke controversy, and complaints, is not doing his job.