Good grief.

roygerdodger wrote :
"Peanuts", "Garfield", "Foxtrot", and "The Family Circus" are a few of my favorites.

I had forgotten about Foxtrot. Haven't seen that one is quite some time, but I always got a kick out of it when I did have the chance to read it.

Heathcliff's a pretty fun comic strip too.

Speaking of Heathcliff...

http://www.gocomics.com/heathcliff/2014/05/05#.U2oocyjWnIU

@thecrow174: That's great! I'm rooting for Garfield though.

Top Tier:
Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, Bloom County/Outland, Non Sequitur

Peanuts Tier:
Peanuts

Middle Tier:
Jump Start, Mutts, Beetle Bailey, Rose is Rose, Frazz

Lower Tier:
Luann, For Better or For Worse, Fred Bassett, B.C.

Utter Garbage:
Marvin, Garfield, B.C., Broom Hilda

I do enjoy The Far Side. I have a few books of Far Side comic strips laying around somewhere in the house.

I like how the characters in Foxtrot keep up with the times.

thecrow174 wrote :

Vaporman87 wrote :

thecrow174 wrote :


What was the name of the town the Peanuts gang lived in? That was never revealed.

The name of town was Wah,wah,wah.

I don't think the town is called Daisy Hill. I believe that's outside of the Peanuts' hometown. -end quote

Correct.  Snoopy came from the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm. 

The town was never specified.  I'm sure Schulz wanted to keep it open-ended and universally identifiable.  However, he did occasionally reference his own childhood:

Schulz was born in Minneapolis, and his family moved to St. Paul when he was four years old, first living at 1680 James Avenue and then moving to 473 Macalester Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota. There are hints in the early strips that the setting for Peanuts is Schulz's boyhood home, near North James Avenue, Minneapolis; in one early strip, Schroeder mentions his address as "1770 James St.", and in another Lucy shows Charlie Brown a trophy she has just won, with the words "Outstanding Fussbudget of Hennepin County" on it (Hennepin County consists primarily of Minneapolis and its suburbs). In You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown, Lucy receives a phone call from someone "looking for Harold in St. Paul".

In the strip for March 23, 1984, Peppermint Patty loses her homework to a gust of wind and mentions that her English theme was last seen on Selby Avenue and her history paper is flying over Highland Park; both are locations in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Interesting references.