swap_horiz Bloom County Alternatives

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Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes is a beloved newspaper comic created by Bill Watterson. The strip follows the imaginative friendship b...

Adventure Classic 1980S Newspaper Strip

9.6 Brilliant

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Krazy Kat

George Herriman’s Krazy Kat is a classic American newspaper comic strip running from 1913 to 1927. The work showcases su...

Classic Surreal 1913 Newspaper Strip

9.4 Excellent

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Little Nemo in Slumberland

Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland is a celebrated early American comic strip first published in 1905. The series...

Classic Dream Mccay 1905

9.3 Excellent

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The Far Side

The Far Side is a long-running comic strip created by Gary Larson. Known for its distinctive single-panel format and sur...

1980S Surreal Newspaper Strip Larson

9.2 Excellent

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Peanuts

Peanuts is a daily comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz beginning in 1950. It centers on the everyday lives of Charl...

Classic Family 1950S Newspaper Strip

9.0 Excellent

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Pogo

Pogo is a classic newspaper comic strip created by Walt Kelly. Running from 1948 to 1975, it depicts the lives of Possum...

Classic Political Satire Kelly Newspaper Strip

8.9 Great

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Thimble Theatre (Popeye)

E.C. Segar's American comic strip, originally launched in 1919, which introduced the iconic, spinach-eating sailor Popey...

Classic 1919 Newspaper Strip Segar

8.7 Great

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Li'l Abner

Al Capp's American comic strip set in the fictional town of Dogpatch, which satirized American society and culture from...

Satire Southern 1934 Newspaper Strip

8.3 Great

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Doonesbury

Garry Trudeau's Pulitzer Prize-winning American comic strip renowned for its political satire, which began newspaper syn...

Satire Political 1970S Newspaper Strip

7.8 Good

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Mutts

Patrick McDonnell's American comic strip centered on a dog and a cat, launched in 1994 and praised for its animal welfar...

Dog Cat 1994 Animal Newspaper Strip

7.8 Good

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Gasoline Alley

Frank King's American comic strip, launched in 1918, highly notable for being one of the first strips where its characte...

Classic Family King 1918

7.8 Good

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Little Orphan Annie

Harold Gray's classic American comic strip following a plucky orphan, which debuted in 1924 and inspired a famous long-r...

Adventure Classic Gray 1924

7.6 Good

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Pearls Before Swine

Stephan Pastis's American comic strip known for its dark humor and cynical characters, which began newspaper syndication...

2000S Dark Humor Animal Newspaper Strip

7.4 Good

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Lio

Lio is an American comic strip launched by Mark Tatulli in 2006, notable for its dark, surreal, and pantomime-heavy humo...

Wordless 2006 Dark Humor Newspaper Strip

7.3 Good

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Opus

Berkeley Breathed's American Sunday comic strip, launched in 2003 as a sequel to Bloom County, focusing on the beloved p...

Humor Penguin 2003 Newspaper Strip

7.2 Good

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Zits

Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman's American comic strip detailing the daily life of a teenager named Jeremy Duncan, launched...

Family 1990S Teen Newspaper Strip

7.1 Good

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Bringing Up Father (Maggie and Jiggs)

Bringing Up Father is a classic American newspaper comic strip created by George McManus in 1913, famous for its comedic...

Classic Immigrant 1913 Newspaper Strip

7.0 Good

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Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers is a seminal American science fiction comic strip originating in 1929, created by Philip Francis Nowlan and...

Sci Fi Classic Newspaper Strip 1929

7.0 Good

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Get Fuzzy

Darby Conley's American comic strip revolving around the dynamic between a single man, a dim dog, and an evil cat, debut...

Humor 1999 Animal Newspaper Strip

6.9 Fair

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Dilbert

Scott Adams's American comic strip satirizing corporate culture and office life, launched in 1989 and achieving massive...

Satire Workplace 1980S Adams

6.3 Fair