<< Yesterday, xwsmithx said: “I love Calvin & Hobbes and Peanuts, but I find it a sad commentary on the state of comics today that those two are ranked #1 and #5 in readership on this site.” >>Hi xwsmithxOne current strip that ranks right up there with Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes would be Mutts, by Patrick McDonnell. Mutts is not on this site, but I would highly recommend it to the GoComics administrators as a future addition.Here is what Charles Schulz said about Patrick McDonnell and Mutts, in 1996:
“What’s the highest compliment I can pay Patrick McDonnell? He keeps coming up with ideas I wish I had thought of myself. A perfect example would be the strip where Earl [the dog] and Mooch, the cat, are looking at a flock of birds and Mooch says, ‘Hey, I know that guy.’“To me, Mutts is exactly what a comic strip should be. It is always fun to look at, and the two main characters are wonderfully innocent. Patrick has created a little world that exists within itself. Everyone in Mutts, from the little pet fish to the butcher behind his counter, is funny. Earl, of course, holds it all together and as always it is the way he is drawn that makes him so good. It’s hard to believe that after 100 years of comics, Patrick could come up with a new and perfect little dog. I like everything about Mutts.”— Charles M. Schulz, 1996
<< Yesterday, xwsmithx said: “I love Calvin & Hobbes and Peanuts, but I find it a sad commentary on the state of comics today that those two are ranked #1 and #5 in readership on this site.” >>Hi xwsmithxOne current strip that ranks right up there with Peanuts and Calvin and Hobbes would be Mutts, by Patrick McDonnell. Mutts is not on this site, but I would highly recommend it to the GoComics administrators as a future addition.Here is what Charles Schulz said about Patrick McDonnell and Mutts, in 1996:
“What’s the highest compliment I can pay Patrick McDonnell? He keeps coming up with ideas I wish I had thought of myself. A perfect example would be the strip where Earl [the dog] and Mooch, the cat, are looking at a flock of birds and Mooch says, ‘Hey, I know that guy.’“To me, Mutts is exactly what a comic strip should be. It is always fun to look at, and the two main characters are wonderfully innocent. Patrick has created a little world that exists within itself. Everyone in Mutts, from the little pet fish to the butcher behind his counter, is funny. Earl, of course, holds it all together and as always it is the way he is drawn that makes him so good. It’s hard to believe that after 100 years of comics, Patrick could come up with a new and perfect little dog. I like everything about Mutts.”— Charles M. Schulz, 1996