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Monday, March 10
Gonna evaluate the comic strips in The Straits Times and The New Paper. Hafta pratice reviewing just in case.
Stone Soup **
Drawings are not exactly fantastic and isn't exactly funny either. Real disappointing choice to replace Pickles, which was hilarious.
Garfield ***
Jim Davis seems to have lost his zest for the Garfield comic strip. Maybe he's running out of ideas...or maybe he's plain lazy. Garfield most of these days involve just Garfield and Jon sitting at the table being sarcastic with the occassional cameo appearance by Odie or a rat/spider. Really has lost it's magic over the years.
Get Fuzzy ****
Rather interesting cartoon, possibly the most engaging comic strip currently in all the newspapers as it has an aimless yet interesting storyline. Interesting chracters like a cat with an attitude problem make it interesting. Drawings are also excellent and pleasant to the eye. Only downside is that the newspaper doesn't publish it in colour.
Baby Blues ****
Another interesting comic strip. Revolves around a British family with all the problems associated with taking care of children expressed humourously. Really brings back childhood memories.
Foxtrot ****
Somewhat similar to Baby Blues, with the characters slightly older, but nonetheless funny and engaging. In a similar fashion to Baby Blues, Foxtrot expresses the problems associated with teengaers in a funny way. Totally different from Cathy, which it replaced, and arguably a better comic strip, though not as established, than Cathy.
Wiley's Non Sequitur/Bizarro/Warped ***
Can be real hilarious if you understand what they are poking fun at. However, if you are stumped by what the strip is trying to joke about on several occasions, it is perhaps wiser you do not read these at all.
Dilbert ****
One of the more famous and funnier comic strips in the world. An excellent storyline about a havoc company, where the employees and bosses are bordering on hilariously insane. Understanding it is a vital key to discovering it's comic potential. Readers age range from 12 and above.
Calvin and Hobbes ***
Like Garfield, the funny level of the comic strip has also seemed to wane slightly. The art is still there, but the jokes are getting harder to understand and unrealistic. Calvin is only a small boy and not potrayed as a genius and you wouldn't expect him to use big words
like procrastination, which are becoming increasingly common these days. Still has some humour in it though.
The Concrete Jungle FAIL
Possibly one of the worst comics I've ever seen. I don't think it even merits mentioning. Colin Goh must be a guy who laughs at everything and is a very bad storyteller. The art is rather basic, and I have not even laughed at the comic strip even once before. An utterly uninteresting storyline about 'the legend of Tumasix' has only transformed it into an eyesore and mood spoiler. Please, The New Paper, REMOVE THIS STRIP! It's garbage. Singaporeans have a much better sense of humour.
And yeah, I was suffering from PMS yesterday...menstruation can be real annoying...you can't have intercourse during that period...and for strangers - I'm a Mr.. Pretty annoying this PMS thingy...I feel like The Hot Chick....
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