swap_horiz Doonesbury 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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Thimble Theatre

Thimble Theatre is a classic American comic strip created in 1924. It features the humorous interactions between Popeye...

Classic Humor Newspaper Strip Segar

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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Bloom County

Bloom County is a daily newspaper comic created by Berkeley Breathed. The strip gained prominence in the 1980s through i...

1980S Political Satire Animal Newspaper Strip

8.7 Great

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Thimble Theatre (Popeye)

Thimble Theatre, created by E.C. Segar, is a classic newspaper comic strip first appearing in 1919. It features Papa Pot...

Classic 1919 Newspaper Strip Segar

8.7 Great

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Li'l Abner

Li'l Abner is an American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Al Capp that ran from 1934 to 1977. Set in the fic...

Satire Southern 1934 Newspaper Strip

8.3 Great

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Mutts

Mutts is a daily comic strip created by Patrick McDonnell that debuted in 1994. The strip centers on a dog named Earl an...

Dog Cat 1994 Animal Newspaper Strip

7.8 Good

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Gasoline Alley

Gasoline Alley is an American newspaper comic strip created by Frank King that first debuted on November 24, 1918. Initi...

Classic Family King 1918

7.8 Good

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Little Orphan Annie

Little Orphan Annie was an American newspaper comic strip created by Harold Gray and first published in 1924. It follows...

Adventure Classic Gray 1924

7.6 Good

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Non Sequitur

Non Sequitur is an American newspaper comic strip created by Wiley Miller, who signs the strip as Wiley. It began on Feb...

Satire Humor 1992 Newspaper Strip

6.7 Fair

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Dilbert

Dilbert is an American comic strip created by Scott Adams that focuses on the absurdities of office work and corporate m...

Satire Workplace 1980S Adams

6.3 Fair

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Garfield

Garfield is an American newspaper comic strip created by Jim Davis and first published in 1978. It centers on Garfield,...

Humor 1970S Cat Newspaper Strip

6.1 Fair

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Funky Winkerbean

Funky Winkerbean is an American newspaper comic strip created by Tom Batiuk. It began in 1972 as a gag strip about high-...

Drama 1970S Teen Newspaper Strip

5.8 Mediocre

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Hagar the Horrible

Hagar the Horrible is an American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Dik Browne and first published in 1973. It...

Humor 1970S Viking Newspaper Strip

4.9 Poor

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Cathy

Cathy is an American daily gag comic strip created and drawn by Cathy Guisewite. It debuted through Universal Press Synd...

Humor 1970S Women Newspaper Strip

4.4 Poor

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Ziggy

Ziggy is an American single-panel comic created by cartoonist Tom Wilson, first appearing in newspapers in 1969 and synd...

Humor 1970S Wilson Newspaper Strip

3.5 Poor