Luann This is my favorite strip of all time. At first glance it just seems like a goofy teen comic, but this strip is so realistic with regards to the embarrasments and humiliations and challenges of being a young female. It’s a really good ensemble strip too, because all of the satellite characters really add depth to this strip. And not everything is funny and giggly, this strip has dealt with a lot of really difficult issues such as homosexuality, cancer, birth control and death. Sometimes a strip like Luann makes it easier for young folks (or even middle aged folks such as myself) deal with the hard subjects. And I love that this is an ongoing series (kind of like my other old favorite that has gone away For Better or Worse by Lynn Johnson) so you are always wondering what is going to happen next with this character or that character. For instance, Luann’s brother Brad, started out as a bratty, lazy, dirty young boy, but he’s become a caring, loyal firefighter and he got the girl, despite his initial nerdiness. And Luann’s 2 best friends, Delta and Bernice are amazing, strong female role models for teenaged girls. And her parents are the best. Kind of like the parents in Zits, super loving, kind of nerdy, but always doing the best they can for their kids. And it’s funny!
Zits This teenage kid reminds me of my male cousins when they were younger. He’s a good kid, but he can be sarcastic and ridiculously creative and his parents are long suffering suburbanites that I can relate to.
Bizarro wacky/psychedelic drawings with totally out there stream of consciousness themes.
The Knight Life best/funniest drawings ever! Great strip that lightly deals with the effects of racism and just every day life, that’s common to all of us.
Foxtrot The youngest kid, Jason reminds me so much of Sheldon Cooper from the TV show The Big Bang Theory, that it worth it just for him, alone.
