Title: Funniest 2000AD strips
Post by: paulvonscott on 13 May, 2002, 09:27:13 PM
Post by: paulvonscott on 13 May, 2002, 09:27:13 PM
Well, I am planning a poll of 2000AD's funniest strips, so I need ten strips. Feel free to discuss away.
DR & Quinch is an obvious, but they don't have to be obviously humour based strips. Dredd is often very funny.
Any ideas?
DR & Quinch is an obvious, but they don't have to be obviously humour based strips. Dredd is often very funny.
Any ideas?
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...
Post by: Oddboy on 13 May, 2002, 09:43:01 PM
Post by: Oddboy on 13 May, 2002, 09:43:01 PM
Are we allowed Megazine stories?
I liked The Straightjacket Fits (although no one else seemed to.)
Check out Dreddlines in Meg 1.16 (Bolland draws the Brit Cit Babes on the front cover) for my embarrassing letter proving how much I liked the story.
Nathan Milner
AKA Oddboy.
I liked The Straightjacket Fits (although no one else seemed to.)
Check out Dreddlines in Meg 1.16 (Bolland draws the Brit Cit Babes on the front cover) for my embarrassing letter proving how much I liked the story.
Nathan Milner
AKA Oddboy.
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...
Post by: Art on 13 May, 2002, 09:47:17 PM
Post by: Art on 13 May, 2002, 09:47:17 PM
I sense I may be in a minority, but I thought Big Dave was funny as hell.
Other than that, hmm...
My funniest overall moment would have to be either the bit in Freaks where the central character tries to explain to the aliens how to make an atom bomb (Well, you take a bomb and fill it up with atoms, and then it grows into a mushroom) or the bit in Hewligans Haircutr where they inexplicably arrive in Stevenage New Town. You have to have been to Stevenage to find that funny though. Think East Germany only less fun.
Other than that, hmm...
My funniest overall moment would have to be either the bit in Freaks where the central character tries to explain to the aliens how to make an atom bomb (Well, you take a bomb and fill it up with atoms, and then it grows into a mushroom) or the bit in Hewligans Haircutr where they inexplicably arrive in Stevenage New Town. You have to have been to Stevenage to find that funny though. Think East Germany only less fun.
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips......
Post by: JTurner on 13 May, 2002, 10:04:10 PM
Post by: JTurner on 13 May, 2002, 10:04:10 PM
Dante's consistantly funny, often the contrast with violence makes the humour very refreshing. Nemesis also had some lovely black humour in it.
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips.........
Post by: DavidXBrunt on 13 May, 2002, 10:35:50 PM
Post by: DavidXBrunt on 13 May, 2002, 10:35:50 PM
Well I guess this depends on the difference between a funny strip and a witty script. Zenith was often laugh out loud funny but wasn't a humour strip. And the strip that made me laugh the most was a Nemesis...
From 2000 A.D. it's probably between D.R. & Quinch, & Big Dave. From the Megazine it's Soul Sisters, StraightJacket Fits, Mrs. Gunderson, and, Middenface McNulty.
From 2000 A.D. it's probably between D.R. & Quinch, & Big Dave. From the Megazine it's Soul Sisters, StraightJacket Fits, Mrs. Gunderson, and, Middenface McNulty.
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: ukdane on 13 May, 2002, 11:01:34 PM
Post by: ukdane on 13 May, 2002, 11:01:34 PM
Sin/Dex tries to be funny (and sometimes is!).
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: Leigh S on 13 May, 2002, 11:09:04 PM
Post by: Leigh S on 13 May, 2002, 11:09:04 PM
Is Robohunter a comedy strip? I'd say so...
And obviously Ace Garp
And obviously Ace Garp
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: Wood on 13 May, 2002, 11:44:21 PM
Post by: Wood on 13 May, 2002, 11:44:21 PM
See, while I loved Big Dave, DR and Quinch, and Hewligan's haircut (my own #1), I always found Ace Trucking... well... pretty lame actually.
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: Leigh S on 14 May, 2002, 12:06:04 AM
Post by: Leigh S on 14 May, 2002, 12:06:04 AM
Aaah, but seeing how I loved Ace Trucking, i always found Big Dave and HH lame...
The humour in a story like "Last Lug to Abbo Dabbo" is ten times more inventive, surreal and engaging than the "alternative new wave" of comedy that swept later progs IMO.
The humour in a story like "Last Lug to Abbo Dabbo" is ten times more inventive, surreal and engaging than the "alternative new wave" of comedy that swept later progs IMO.
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: 2000AD Online on 14 May, 2002, 12:57:11 AM
Post by: 2000AD Online on 14 May, 2002, 12:57:11 AM
Are Howard's glasses for real?
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...
Post by: W. R. Logan on 14 May, 2002, 12:57:42 AM
Post by: W. R. Logan on 14 May, 2002, 12:57:42 AM
>Well, I am planning a poll of 2000AD's funniest strips, so I need ten strips. Feel free to discuss away.
>
>DR & Quinch is an obvious, but they don't have to be obviously humour based strips. Dredd is often very funny.
>
>Any ideas?
Captain Klep & Dash Decent, well I liked them.
La Placa Rifa,
W. R. Logan.
>
>DR & Quinch is an obvious, but they don't have to be obviously humour based strips. Dredd is often very funny.
>
>Any ideas?
Captain Klep & Dash Decent, well I liked them.
La Placa Rifa,
W. R. Logan.
Link: Class Of '79
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...
Post by: plastikman on 14 May, 2002, 02:20:05 AM
Post by: plastikman on 14 May, 2002, 02:20:05 AM
the only time I've ever laughed out loud reading 2000 was a judge dredd, one off (?) a while back -about a racing driver - the "yeah ride my gear stick baby" tickled my fancy.
Oh well I guess people wil rmember it or they wont :)
plastikmall
Oh well I guess people wil rmember it or they wont :)
plastikmall
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: Wood on 14 May, 2002, 05:16:37 AM
Post by: Wood on 14 May, 2002, 05:16:37 AM
"Are Howard's glasses for real?"
Wuh? What??
Wuh? What??
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips......
Post by: Mudcrab on 14 May, 2002, 03:35:02 PM
Post by: Mudcrab on 14 May, 2002, 03:35:02 PM
I think I found Captain Klep funny at the time, but I loved Dash Decent, it was superb. Brilliant artwork by Kevin O'Neill, who always managed more visual jokes per page than anyone else!
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips.........
Post by: Oddboy on 14 May, 2002, 04:21:27 PM
Post by: Oddboy on 14 May, 2002, 04:21:27 PM
How about Swifty's Return (and probably his first outing but I haven't read it).
And Hap Hazard.
And Hap Hazard.
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips.........
Post by: unclebacon on 14 May, 2002, 04:22:44 PM
Post by: unclebacon on 14 May, 2002, 04:22:44 PM
Big Dave, of course. I thought the Balls Brothers was great as well ('Just like Birthing a steer!'), and the Armoured Gideon story arc with Bill Savage in it. In Fact, most strips in 2000AD have been very funny at one time or another.
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: Wood on 14 May, 2002, 05:12:28 PM
Post by: Wood on 14 May, 2002, 05:12:28 PM
Swifty's return is actually a lot funnier than Sooner or Later, which goes for whimsical, thoughtful and surreal (and is still one of my favourites).
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: paulvonscott on 14 May, 2002, 05:29:51 PM
Post by: paulvonscott on 14 May, 2002, 05:29:51 PM
Okay, so I have decided to go for largely humour based strips, rater than ones that are just sometimes funny. Here is the preview...
Which of the following strips made you chuckle the most?
Balls Brothers
Big Dave
D.R. & Quinch
Ace Garp
RoboHunter
Captain Klep
Dash Decent
Ro-Busters
Sooner or Later/ Swifty's Return
Hap Hazard
Anything that should or shouldn't be on there?
Which of the following strips made you chuckle the most?
Balls Brothers
Big Dave
D.R. & Quinch
Ace Garp
RoboHunter
Captain Klep
Dash Decent
Ro-Busters
Sooner or Later/ Swifty's Return
Hap Hazard
Anything that should or shouldn't be on there?
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: Wood on 14 May, 2002, 05:52:46 PM
Post by: Wood on 14 May, 2002, 05:52:46 PM
Hewligan's Haircut rather than Ro-Busters. I felt that the humour was more incidental there, and it was much more than just a humour strip - the Charlie story, for example.
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: paulvonscott on 14 May, 2002, 06:04:41 PM
Post by: paulvonscott on 14 May, 2002, 06:04:41 PM
Yeah, quite right Wood. I got rid of Sin Dex, Nik Dante and Judge Dredd for the same reason. I would keep Robohunter becasue that was always very humorous.
Which of the following strips made you chuckle the most?
Balls Brothers
Big Dave
D.R. & Quinch
Ace Garp
RoboHunter
Captain Klep
Dash Decent
Hewligan's Haircut
Sooner or Later/ Swifty's Return
Hap Hazard
That's not a bad selection is it? I'm tempted to add bec and Kawl in so we can have something new, but that means losing something. Wot you reckon?
Which of the following strips made you chuckle the most?
Balls Brothers
Big Dave
D.R. & Quinch
Ace Garp
RoboHunter
Captain Klep
Dash Decent
Hewligan's Haircut
Sooner or Later/ Swifty's Return
Hap Hazard
That's not a bad selection is it? I'm tempted to add bec and Kawl in so we can have something new, but that means losing something. Wot you reckon?
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: Wood on 14 May, 2002, 07:12:25 PM
Post by: Wood on 14 May, 2002, 07:12:25 PM
Too soon to tell for Bec and Kawl. Stick with what you've got, I think.
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: Oddboy on 14 May, 2002, 07:19:27 PM
Post by: Oddboy on 14 May, 2002, 07:19:27 PM
Can you make it a "click on more than one option" type poll? I wouldn't like to choose between some of those.
Title: knickers!
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 15 May, 2002, 03:45:43 AM
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 15 May, 2002, 03:45:43 AM
>and it was much more than just a humour strip - the Charlie story, for example.
that aside, i'd like to thank the megazine reprints for reminding me how genuinely laughing out loud funny pat mills used to be! there's always been a fair bit in 2000ad & the megazine which raises a smile, but at the moment the only thing that makes me actaully physically laugh is robbie morrison's work on dante.
big ups to hewligan's (i remember the doctor's ears in the first parting having merolling around on the floor & sobbing for breath for quite some time upon my first reading!) & big dave (incisively funny stuff) from me too.
plus i must make emphatic mention of bonjo from beyond the stars, an early kevin o'neill classic, because quite frankly i'm surprised that none of the other longstanding squaxx de thingos have.
i've wet my knickers!
steven l'enfant terrible
that aside, i'd like to thank the megazine reprints for reminding me how genuinely laughing out loud funny pat mills used to be! there's always been a fair bit in 2000ad & the megazine which raises a smile, but at the moment the only thing that makes me actaully physically laugh is robbie morrison's work on dante.
big ups to hewligan's (i remember the doctor's ears in the first parting having merolling around on the floor & sobbing for breath for quite some time upon my first reading!) & big dave (incisively funny stuff) from me too.
plus i must make emphatic mention of bonjo from beyond the stars, an early kevin o'neill classic, because quite frankly i'm surprised that none of the other longstanding squaxx de thingos have.
i've wet my knickers!
steven l'enfant terrible
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: DavidXBrunt on 15 May, 2002, 04:07:56 AM
Post by: DavidXBrunt on 15 May, 2002, 04:07:56 AM
Wot no Straightjacket Fits? Drongo was robbed!
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: roystead on 15 May, 2002, 07:59:55 PM
Post by: roystead on 15 May, 2002, 07:59:55 PM
"Judge Dredd: The Hottie House Siege" had me laughing out loud, while Mrs Gunderson's occasional appearances (so far - I'm up to prog 1014 in my reading at the moment) are always amusing.
But for all-time lengthy series with laughs, it would have to be the Megazine classic, "Return of the Taxidermist", surely?
Cheers,
Roy
But for all-time lengthy series with laughs, it would have to be the Megazine classic, "Return of the Taxidermist", surely?
Cheers,
Roy
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: stodge on 15 May, 2002, 08:30:05 PM
Post by: stodge on 15 May, 2002, 08:30:05 PM
i'd have to agree with the return of the taxidermist. i am currently reading through my recent purchases of all the megazines and i have just got to the return of the taxidermist storyline. after all the other dross in earlier issues (don't even get me started on the artwork) it was a refreshing change to see Ian Gibson producing a stylish rendition of the scriptwriters (sorry can't remember his name) story. the subtle jokes throughout the story are really cheering me up after reading the likes of soul sisters and other crap (the reason i left 2000ad in the first place).....whinge over, back to the fun...
Title: Re: Funniest 2000AD strips...........
Post by: Rambo on 18 May, 2002, 03:52:13 PM
Post by: Rambo on 18 May, 2002, 03:52:13 PM
Wot no Bradley??!!??