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The Comics Reporter'sTop Newspaper Comics of the 21st Century

I'm a big fan of Tom Sprugeon and the site, but he's got some glaring omissions from his list below. I guess I should be proud that Universal/Uclick had 7 of 25 on the list, but there are too many missing for me to savor it.

Newspaper Comics
* Cul-De-Sac, Richard Thompson
*Doonesbury, Garry Trudeau
* Dykes to Watch Out For, Alison Bechdel
* Ernie Pook's Comeek, Lynda Barry
* Fair Game, Stephanie Piro
* Fleep, Jason Shiga, East Asian Week
* Franklin Fibbs, Hollis Brown, Wes Hargis
* Life in Hell, Matt Groening
* Lio, Mark Tatulli
* Maakies, Tony Millionaire
* Mike Luckovich's Editorial Cartoons, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
* Monkeyhouse, Pat Byrnes, LATS
* Mutts, Patrick McDonnell
* Opus, Berke Breathed
*Pat Oliphant's Editorial Cartoons, syndicated
* Pearls Before Swine, Stephan Pastis
* Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles, Neil Swaab
* Rocky, Martin Kellerman
* Speed Bump, Dave Coverly
* Steve Bell cartoons in the Guardian
* The Boondocks, Aaron McGruder
* The Pain: When Will It End?, Tim Kreider
* Tom The Dancing Bug, Ruben Bolling
*Tom Toles' Editorial Cartoons, Washington Post
* Zippy, Bill Griffith
* Zombies Take Toronto, Chester Brown, NOW

The Comics Reporter Picks the Best Newspaper Comics of the 21st Century

Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Reporter has picked 25 comics for his best newspaper comics of the 21st century list, and seven of them are GoComics exclusives:

Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson
Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau
Lio by Mark Tatulli
Pat Oliphant's editorial cartoons
The Boondocks by Aaron McGrudar
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling
Tom Toles' editorial cartoons

Three more from the list are also available on GoComics:

Mike Luckovich's editorial cartoons
Opus by Berke Breathed
Speed Bump by Dave Coverly

Check out the full list here.

Lio Look-Alikes Keep Pouring in!

Thanks to Dillon G. and his dad, Mike, and mom, Diane.

-JG

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Thanks to JB for the link. -JG

Gimme an "L" for "LIO - LOOK-ALIKE!"

Thanks to Emmy and Nicole G. The clock is ticking ... get your entry in!

-JG

Zach Galifianakis brother

Sweet, Sweet Humor -- Cake Wrecks Book lands 9.4.09

I just saw the advance of this book and I haven't laughed so much since I saw Julia Roberts in "Sleeping With the Enemy."

It comes out next week. Pre-order here.  

-JG

 

Toddler Stampede!

www.gocomics.com/culdesac

-JG

Birth of Some Newspapers Comics Decisions too

GoComics Heat Map

I thought this was cool. It's a GoComics page that uses a heat map to measure where users are going on the page. The results from feature to feature are almost identical. As the digital world envelopes us all, analytics provide amazing raw data into Web site design, advertising effectiveness, feature interest and much much much more.

-JG