We used to call the comics "funnies". They're not funny anymore...
By dragon54u
@dragon54u (31633)
United States
September 28, 2008 9:28am CST
Am I the only one or are the funny papers not funny anymore? Sure, you have things like Dennis the Menace and Peanuts (Charlie Brown) but even those have taken a more serious tone. The only one that's consistently funny is The Family Circus and even that has a serious tone about half the time.
I wish comics were funny again. 
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@airl1527 (355)
• China
30 Sep 08
En, my friend, i agree with you. I wish comics were funny again, too. In fact, it is not a very easy thing because we see many comic films and hear many comic dialogures. Now the composers of comics don't have so many good or interesting ideas to satisfy our stardard which has been set up very high.
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@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
28 Sep 08
The Family Circus is consistently funny and has been for for 48 years. Bill Keane has something special, if he could bottle and sell it he'd be a multi-billionaire!
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@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
28 Sep 08
This is the time when we need smiles and laughter!! Too many of the comic strips are political, though, it seems we can't escape from reality anymore. Even a lot of the tv shows are reality based.
@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
28 Sep 08
Horoscopes are very funny! Mine is usually so way off the mark that it's actually amusing. I like Dear Abby, I read her after the couple of comic strips I look at.
@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
28 Sep 08
This, at a time when we need laughter. I guess we have to make our own funnies in our heads, or laugh at the absurdity of our lives. 
@mentalward (14690)
• United States
28 Sep 08
Yep, I remember the 'funnies'. I loved Sundays because we got 2 papers delivered that day and each had different 'funnies'. My sister and I would sprawl out on the floor and read them. And they WERE funny!
It does seem that, these days, there has to be a moral lesson in everything, even comics. That's sad. Comics are supposed to be funny! If you look up the word 'comic' it will back up that fact.
That's why I rarely read comics anymore. If I want 'funny', I'll turn on the TV and watch a sitcom like Friends or Seinfeld. THEY are funny with no moral lessons. Sometimes you just want funny!
@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
28 Sep 08
I never really "got" Seinfeld but then I came in late. I'd watch it when I worked the graveyard shift. It was funny in a way and I enjoyed the fact that it was about nothing. It wasn't a big favorite with me, though. I never watched Friends although I hear it was a great show.
When I was little I'd read Terry and the Pirates and The Phantom, I loved the adventures. Also, Prince Valiant. But when I subscribed to the paper last year, the Prince was pretty boring to me. Peanuts is the same old, same old and politics has crept into everything.
Well, there's plenty left to laugh about, just not in the funny papers!
Peanuts is the same old, same old and politics has crept into everything.
Well, there's plenty left to laugh about, just not in the funny papers!