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.
Spurgeon has a liking for only dark and poorly drawn comics...which hardly makes him a person to evaluate the best of the comics. I checked out the entire list and saw few worth reading.
Posted by: cossian | September 12, 2009 at 09:56 AM
I would have to second the opinion of cossian. I was singularly unimpressed with his list. Aside from a very few strips, quality does not seem to be Spurgeon's main criteria.
Posted by: RC | September 12, 2009 at 09:42 PM
of the ones I knew I agree with. Nobody knows the industry liek Spurgeon.
Posted by: Tommy Nine Toes | September 14, 2009 at 11:35 AM
Why is it the "experts" (like Spurgeon) of any given genre have list that are so totally obscure?
Their opinions of things which have mass appeal are usually negative, and they consider the common reader to be uneducated or just plain ignorant.
Oh well...I guess that's why I don't usually read these types of lists. I just thought this one had a chance of being better.
There are many giants of the comics realm which were completely ignored.
Posted by: Stuperfan | September 15, 2009 at 09:37 PM
I think it's pretty spot on. Who is missing? Get Fuzzy maybe?
He added Ink Pen, NonSequitur and Pooch Cafe to his list later that weeek.
Posted by: InkPenFan | September 17, 2009 at 05:06 PM
No Calvin and Hobbes....terrible
Posted by: Dave E. | September 24, 2009 at 08:08 AM
I agree with Cossian, nine toes & RC. Tom just lacks ability. I just visited this spot for the first time. I won't be back. Its
a waate of time for me. There are much better places to go for
comic lists. Robert.
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