When I was a kid, I looked forward to reading the comics in the paper each day (in color on Sundays). I developed a love for a few strips that Im sure you’ll recognize.
Charles Schulz’s Peanuts were some of the best comics around. They weren’t risqué and the kids didn’t rely on video games for fun. I loved going to the buy/sell/trade book store and finding a new Snoopy book. I also loved their holiday specials on TV.
Another favorite was Jim Davis’ Garfield comics. Who wouldn’t love a lazy cat who hates Mondays and picks on the dog in the house? Garfield was kind of a jerk, but in the 80s and 90s, that was still okay for kids to see. I’m not an early morning person, but I was up every Saturday to watch Garfield and Friends with my dad. Part of the Garfield universe was US Acres. I loved Orson the pig and Wade the duck.
Anyone who grew up in the 80s and 90s knew who Gary Larson was. His comic, The Far Side warped the senses of humor of an entire generation. Thank you, Mr. Larson!!
My other great love was Calvin and Hobbes.
Sometimes you just gotta love a kid who’s too smart for his own good, and the mischief he and his imaginary tiger get up to.
I’m a grown up now, with kids of my own, and I certainly see where the inspiration for Calvin must have come from!
I still own all of my old Garfield books and at least one Far Side collection. I’m pretty sure I have a Calvin and Hobbes collection too. I showed them to my girls, they just weren’t excited like I wanted them to be. Oh well, I’ll save them to re-read myself and then with my grandchildren.
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