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Comic Strips We Love to Read

Posted on February 3, 2010 by admin

Did you know that it’s estimated that if newspapers stay in their current format that they will all go out of business by 2048?  If we lose newspapers we will lose the original comics that are in the newspaper.  However, comics are making the switch to the web so you can read your news online and your comics too.  It’s just a bit harder to cut out your favorite strip and pin it up on the wall in your office.  Check out these Top 10 Comic Strips still in print today.

1. Peanuts is still one of the most popular comic strips of all time.  While Charles Schultz has passed away his comic strips live on in syndication.  I don’t think we’ll ever get enough of Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
2. Dilbert remains one of the most published comic strips appearing in over 2000 newspapers worldwide.  Scott Adams created Dilbert and was first published in more than twenty years ago in April of 1989.  This office based comic strip hits home with many white-collar workers who can feel Dilbert’s pain.
3. Garfield the fat cat was created by Jim Davis and has been running in papers since 1978.  This comic strip about a spoiled cat (Garfield) and the faithful dog (Odie) is syndicated in almost 2600 newspapers world-wide and holds the Guinness record for being the most widely syndicated comic strip.
4. For Better or For Worse is one of those comics that might not sound familiar, but as soon as you see it you would recognize it.  This strip has been in publication since 1979 and was created by Lynn Johnson.  This largely autobiographical strip is set in Canada and tells a story about the Patterson family.
5. Blondie is an oldie, but a goodie.  Blondie was first published in 1930!  The original artist was Chic Young who passed away in 1973, but control of the comic passed to his son Dean Young who has enlisted the help of many other artists over the years to keep the strip fresh.
6. Doonesbury comes in as our first political comic strip.  No one is off limits in this strip including the president.  The characters differ more than other comic strips as well, but this strip has remained popular since it’s origination in 1968.
7. Calvin and Hobbes has been around since 1985 and in its hay day was syndicated in over 2400 newspapers.  Few newspapers still carry this comic, but I wanted to include it because as of Dec. 2009 the United States Post Office has announced that there will be a Calvin and Hobbes postage stamp coming out in July 2010.
8. Dennis the Menace will celebrate its 60^th anniversary in March 2010.  Hank Ketcham created this strip.  Ketcham no longer draws the comic, but his former assistants have carried on in his stead.  Dennis the Menace stories became so popular that they went on to become animated series, TV shows and films.
9. Marmaduke justly named for the Great Dane who is the main character in this strip.  The Winslow family goes through their share of trials and tribulations with their very large dog Marmaduke.  This comic was created in 1954 by Brad Anderson and is still drawn by him today.  Marmaduke finally makes his Hollywood debut in theaters June 2010.
10. Mother Goose and Grimm features Grimm who is a bull terrier, Attila the cat and the goose that they refer to as mom.  Storylines utilize real life people, Greek mythology and other fictional characters.  This comic went on to be a cartoon in 1991, which featured animation talent from Stephen Hillenburg, who went on to create Sponge Bob Square Pants.

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