Comics Page
Direct Links to Many Newspaper Comics.
The following comic strips are a collection of newspaper comics (and some web comics in strip format) that are widely distributed (or ones that I follow or else are worthy of note); this is not meant to be an exhaustive list. The comics are linked to the following sources: [CC]: Comics.com; [GC]: UClick:GoComics; [Cr]: Creators Syndicate; [YC]: Yahoo! News Comics; [HC]: Houston Chronicle; [TS]: Toronto Star (a Comics Kingdom site); [SP]: Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The strips are listed alphabetically, not including articles (such as “the” or “la”).
Notes: [1]: A comic I think is particularly good and is worth a look. [2]: The strip is retired and in reruns. [3]: Sunday only, or weekly. [4]: The Chronicle and the Creators Syndicate have the current strip; others are reruns. [5]: The Sunday strip is new, but the dailies are reruns. [6]: This strip was retired on June 13, 2010.
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- Annie [6]
- Apartment 3G
- Archie
- Arctic Circle
- Arlo & Janis [1]
- Baby Blues
- Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
- Beetle Bailey
- Better Half
- Blondie
- The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee
- Cafe Con Leche
- Calvin and Hobbes [2]
- Candorville [1]
- Crankshaft
- Crock
- Curtis
- Dennis The Menace
- Diamond Lil
- Dustin
- Family Circus
- Flash Gordon [2, 3]
- Funky Winkerbean
- Grin and Bear It
- Hägar The Horrible
- Hazel [2]
- Henry [2]
- Hi and Lois
- Judge Parker
- The Katzenjammer Kids [3]
- The Lockhorns
- Mallard Fillmore
- Mandrake The Magician
- Mark Trail
- Marvin
- Mary Worth
- Moose & Molly
- Mother Goose and Grimm
- Mr. Boffo [1]
- Mythtickle
- Oh, Brother!
- On the Fast Track
- Pardon My Planet
- The Phantom
- Pibgorn
- The Piranha Club
- Popeye [5]
- Prince Valiant [3]
- Raising Duncan [2]
- Retail
- Rex Morgan, M.D.
- Rug Rats
- Safe Havens
- Sally Forth
- Sam and Silo
- Six Chix
- Slylock Fox
- Tiger [2]
- Todd The Dinosaur
- Tom the Dancing Bug [1, 3]
- Willie 'n' Ethel [1]
- Yenny
- Zippy The Pinhead
- Zits
The Toronto Star Comics Page
The form below selects the comic for the current day.
Houston Chronicle Color Comics
The form below selects the comic for the current day.
See also my Comics Kingdom Viewer page for a flexible way to read strips hosted by the Comics Kingdom.
Sites to read comic strips
Aggregators
- Comics.com, the United Media Groups comics page: An excellent collection of about 100 strips, including some some republished “classic” strips.
- UClick: GoComics Comics Strips Page: Over 150 strips, including the only authorized archive of Calvin and Hobbes. Some of my favorites are here.
- Yahoo! News Comics: More than 100 comics. This site seems quicker and more reliable than the comics.com or gocomics.com sites.
Syndicates
- King Features: Over 50 strips, including many "classics," but only one week of comics are shown per month (unless you are subscribed to their DailyInk service).
- Creators Syndicate Comics: Many of these also appear on the United Media Group page.
- Tribune Media Services comics page: Runs one week of strips.
- United Features Syndicate comics page: Runs the last few days, but not the current day's strip.
- Washington Post Writer's Group
Newspapers
- The Houston Chronicle Comics Page: More than 100 strips. This site has a very clean and fast interface, as well as a “build your own page” feature.
- The Toronto Star Comics Page: Comics supplied by the Comics Kingdom.
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Comics & Games Page: More than 80 strips, many with Sunday strips, and other games and puzzles.
- Washington Post Comics Page: Requires registration.
- Torstar Syndication Services Print Content: More than 60 comics.
Other
- Rip Haywire, by Dan Thomson: This website also hosts two classic strips by Milton Caniff: Steve Canyon and Male Call.
- The Darkgate Comics Slurper: Read hundreds of comics strips and web comics.
- The Comic Strip Archive: Links to hundreds of comics strips (from the Houston Chronicle and other sources), going back years, in many cases. Also has news or blog entries.
- Comics Kingdom Viewer: My own web based interface to read strips hosted by the Comics Kingdom.
Sites about comic strips
- The Comics Curmudgeon (formerly “Josh Reads the Comics So You Won't Have To”): Josh Fruhlinger's funny and snarky comic strip blog. A lively discussion board is also hosted on this site.
- Don Markstein's Toonopedia: A vast encyclopedia of cartoons from all types of media.
- The Daily Cartoonist: News about the cartoon industry.
- A Nickel's Worth: Cartoonist Scott Nickel interviews other cartoonists using a “Twenty Questions” format.
- David Wasting Paper: Interviews with cartoonists.
- CIDU: Comics I Don't Understand. Try to figure out what the artist was thinking.
- Comic Strip of the Day: Mike Peterson explains what is funny or interesting in the comic pages.
Blogs about specific comic strips
- The Foobiverse!s Journal: Binky Betsy's LiveJournal FBOFW community
- Howards Bunt's Blog: Detailed and insightful analysis of FBOFW.
- Foob of Destiny: Sort of an alternate-reality FBOFW fanfic.
- The Lovely Ladies of Apartment 3-G.
- Mary Worth and Me.
Comic strips on usenet
People interested in the "funny pages" meet on the usenet group rec.arts.comics.strips to discuss favorite (or not-so-favorite) comic strips. Read this group with your newsreader, if you have access to a news client, or from Google groups, if you don't, or check the group's FAQ.