joev wrote >>
@michael
It doesn't bother me that people like unfunny comics - my intent is really just to see why people like comics that aren't funny. Seems like I run across a ton of them without looking for them specifically. Something must be motivating their presence.
Some of us just enjoy graphic storytelling. There's one I liked a lot: http://www.rice-boy.com/see/
He has a new one updating, and I've liked that a lot as well. There's really no gags in any of it, but some pretty decent art and a solid story with interesting characters that develop as the story progresses.
I've also read and reread Jason Lutes - Berlin: Book 1 and Book 2, and have no problem recommending this to friends. It covers Berlin from the late 20s to the early 30s and the events leading to the fall of the Weimar Republic told from the point of view of about 10 different characters. While it it has moments of humor, there is plenty of tragedy as one would expect. I can also recommend "Jar of Fools" by the same author.
My possible favorite all time is the series Love and Rockets. It's actually two different series of long form stories written by brothers Jamie and Gilbert Hernandez. Jamie's stories about "Hoppers" (a fictional version of his hometown of Oxnard, CA) and then later LA, center on a group of young Chicano women and their friends starting in the early days of the punk scene and continuing on to present day. Gilbert's stories center on the fictional Latin American town of Palomar and span over 60 years in the lives of the people of the town and covers revolutions, gang warfare, lost and found loves and a bunch of other stuff in a well written package with good art. Both series are very good and get rereads from me all the time.
The funny stuff I get from Cat and Girl (esoteric at times but usually gets a laugh from me), The aforementioned XKCD and GYWO, Jerkcity (nsfw) and other places when I have the urge. I also read my reprint Krazy Kat volumes.
As for Doonesbury? It has its moments. I used to read it a lot more than I do now, but I've kinda fell off reading it. When I got a newspaper (long long ago) I used to read it daily.. Why? Well, it kinda fills the same niche as the Daily Show, except I don't have to sit in front of the TV for 30 minutes to get to the point. I also have a soft spot for Doonesbury, because it was how I learned about the secret bombing of Cambodia.
Talcott wrote >>
Also, while we're on the topic, how has no one mentioned The Comics Curmudgeon yet?
Because it reminds me how horrible newspaper comics have become. If I hated myself that much, I'd pick up the dispatch comics page.
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