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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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

Berkeley Breathed's Pulitzer-winning American comic strip featuring penguin Opus, which satirized politics and culture t...

1980S Political Satire Animal Newspaper Strip

8.7 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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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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Non Sequitur

Wiley Miller's American comic strip known for its offbeat, single-panel humor and satirical look at society, launched in...

Satire Humor 1992 Newspaper Strip

6.7 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

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Garfield

Jim Davis's American comic strip about a lazy, lasagna-loving cat, launched in 1978, which became one of the most widely...

Humor 1970S Cat Newspaper Strip

6.1 Fair

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Funky Winkerbean

Tom Batiuk's American comic strip that evolved from a high school gag strip into a serious drama dealing with real-world...

Drama 1970S Teen Newspaper Strip

5.8 Mediocre

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Hagar the Horrible

Dik Browne's American comic strip about a comical Viking warrior, which debuted in 1973 and quickly achieved massive glo...

Humor 1970S Viking Newspaper Strip

4.9 Poor

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Cathy

Cathy Guisewite's American comic strip humorously exploring the life and anxieties of a modern woman, syndicated from 19...

Humor 1970S Women Newspaper Strip

4.4 Poor

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Ziggy

Tom Wilson's American single-panel comic featuring a small, pantless character dealing with everyday absurdities, debuti...

Humor 1970S Wilson Newspaper Strip

3.5 Poor