Comments on: 200 Bad Comics

200 Bad Comics

Prospero — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:44:10 -0800

200 Bad Comics.

By: slimepuppy

slimepuppy — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:47:35 -0800

I... I think some of them are pretty good, actually.

By: Drexen

Drexen — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:48:41 -0800

They are fantastically excellent. Here is where it all went down.

By: nuclear_soup

nuclear_soup — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:49:13 -0800

I love it

By: spoobnooble

spoobnooble — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:49:50 -0800

Better than Garfield. Not that that's much of a compliment, but still...

By: meh

meh — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:49:57 -0800

Lazy cat won't wake up.

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:53:34 -0800

Those are not bad at all compared to the crap that most people think of when you mention comics. You want to see 200 bad comics, just collect your local paper's comics page for a couple of weeks. *figured about 40 people would express this exact same sentiment, but as I am here early I will just go ahead and be the first to say it* On preview: Damn you spoobnooble!

By: Mock Turtle

Mock Turtle — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:54:56 -0800

I laughed. The off-kilter, sort-of-not-funny thing reminds me of White Ninja Comics. Sometimes inscrutable; sometimes so bad I can't help laughing.

By: DU

DU — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:57:36 -0800

It's like Jim's Journal, only funny.

By: DU

DU — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:00:08 -0800

"RIP Too Much Tacos" That's my epitaph, right there.

By: Justinian

Justinian — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:03:31 -0800

It's like Perry Bible Fellowship only not nearly as good.

By: ORthey

ORthey — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:06:09 -0800

No, it's like Perry Bible Fellowship but also very different and resulting from a challenge to draw bad comics.

By: kingfisher, his musclebound cat

kingfisher, his musclebound cat — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:11:06 -0800

I expected Larry the Cable Guy and 199 other comedians.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:12:46 -0800

Ha! This is fantastic.

By: signal

signal — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:15:25 -0800

Beautiful.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:15:36 -0800

Jim's Journal is actually one of the funniest comics ever, but you have to read about twenty of them in a row to see that. (And these comics are great, too.)

By: damn dirty ape

damn dirty ape — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:16:50 -0800

It all goes downhill pretty quickly after number 50. It goes from faux-bad to actually bad. That said, these are worth checking out: 21 24 25 42 46.

By: silby

silby — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:18:06 -0800

♥

minimalism

By: DU

DU — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:20:14 -0800

No, my wife has a couple Jim's Journals books so I've read more than 20 in a row. In fact, I'd say it works like this: Reading < 5: Not funny Reading >5 but <20: Funny Reading >20: OK, I get it. Now be funny for reals.

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:23:03 -0800

Jim Davis was obviously the guest author of number 9.

By: ninebelow

ninebelow — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:25:12 -0800

Do not feed the bear to a shark These are great! Its like a less offensive Dear Me (which appears to have died, alas.)

By: ORthey

ORthey — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:25:43 -0800

damn dirty ape, I agreed at first, but I found they picked up again and some of the later ones are just as great.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:30:46 -0800

Compared to 200 randomly-selected strips of "B.C.," "Momma" or "Marmaduke," this collection will provide more laughs. I enjoyed it.

By: ND¢

ND¢ — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:39:42 -0800

1 down 39 to go FoB. Also this is a glimpse inside my tortured soul. Tortured with thoughts of awesomeness.

By: teleskiving

teleskiving — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:49:16 -0800

This is great. 85 made me laugh out loud.

By: Clay201

Clay201 — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:52:11 -0800

#22 is good enough to be printed on t-shirts and sold at the mall.

By: NationalKato

NationalKato — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:59:09 -0800

Your cancer is gone. Thank you tacos! Good stuff.

By: ItsaMario

ItsaMario — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 07:59:39 -0800

I cant believe no one has mentioned Explosm yet!! heh

By: malthas

malthas — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:04:53 -0800

I actually really like these in the same way I like the aforementioned White Ninja Comics: they're both so hilariously absurd/disturbing/nonsensical that I can't help but love them. This is one of my favorites. I don't know why. It makes me bust out laughing. Maybe it's the way the bunny indicates that he was hit by lightning...

By: malthas

malthas — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:05:25 -0800

Oh, yeah. Forgot to say "Thanks, Prospero!"

By: rusty

rusty — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:07:13 -0800

MetaFilter: What did I tell you about sass?

By: Dr-Baa

Dr-Baa — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:11:20 -0800

"I slept with your wife" is the new "Christ, what an asshole."

By: genefinder

genefinder — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:26:35 -0800

I agree with many of you, that I got more laughs from these than I have gotten in a year of Sundays from the regular comics pages. Nice. Thanks Prospero.

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:27:08 -0800

Seriously, you're praising a guy for failing? Because he failed his mission, you know. On an epic scale. Where oh where is the MetaFilter Snark Brigade when you need it? I'm favoriting this anyway.

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:31:09 -0800

Some of these have me practically peeing with laughter. Thank you!

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:32:56 -0800

This page made me cry with laughter.

By: Avenger

Avenger — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:33:40 -0800

"Grandpa, why are you mean?" "All my friends are dead and I'm lonely. Now shut up, stupid."

By: Avenger

Avenger — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:36:04 -0800

"watermelon? I wish they made beermelon. ha ha." "yeah but you're an alcoholic." "true"

By: sveskemus

sveskemus — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:36:30 -0800

These comics are not as advertised. I laughed at several of them.

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:42:26 -0800

130

By: ORthey

ORthey — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:57:58 -0800

The last panel of #11, for some reason, makes me laugh every single time. Man.

By: blucevalo

blucevalo — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:01:59 -0800

I'd rather see any of these on the funnies page than Cathy, Family Circus, 9 Chickweed Lane, Sally Forth, etc., etc., etc.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:07:26 -0800

When I clicked the link, I expected to see a list of anime-themed webcomics, which have been scientifically proven to be the worst comics ever created. Yes, even that one that you really like. It's okay. Really. I mean, I like White Ninja, so who am I to throw stones?

By: lekvar

lekvar — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:12:02 -0800

Reminds me of the Bad Art Collection, except that the BAC was actually bad. 200 Bad Comics are actually good.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:29:28 -0800

These are brilliant.

By: quin

quin — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:35:18 -0800

Reminds me of the Bad Art Collection, except that the BAC was actually bad. 200 Bad Comics are actually good. Well, you can't fault Jhonen V. for misleading you. I mean, it's right there in the title... also: I slept with your wife.

By: davejay

davejay — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:50:15 -0800

I came in to say "couldn't you have at least linked to one good one?" but read the link first, and sure enough, lots of them made me giggle. Thanks for the link!

By: davejay

davejay — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:56:29 -0800

Yummy! kapow!

By: Hubajube

Hubajube — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:09:40 -0800

Better than Garfield. Not that that's much of a compliment, but still... There's the joke.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:12:25 -0800

Excellent.

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:02:27 -0800

This was awesome. Thank you. Explosm is cool too.

By: ormondsacker

ormondsacker — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:06:49 -0800

It's like Jim's Journal, only funny. Okay, that's not gonna fly. I could argue that Jim's Journal, by authorial intent or not, blows past anti-humor and into a still, white-light meditation on the atomic structure of a post-adolescent life. Or I could go after DU's kneecaps with this aluminum bat while yelling "FUNNY!". [eyes bat]

By: newfers

newfers — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:15:08 -0800

"It's like Jim's Journal, only funny." I beg to differ! Jim's Journal is genius! In fact, I named my cat after Jim's cat in the strip, Mr.Peterson!

By: 40 Watt

40 Watt — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:25:57 -0800

Dammit dammit dammit. I was saving up, just about to post this. Oh well...Nedroid's regular comics are just as pants-wettingly funny as these bunch... and he's a MeFite, too!

By: Dome-O-Rama

Dome-O-Rama — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:39:06 -0800

#30 made me laugh out loud. The rest are incredibly dry, but in a good way!

By: lekvar

lekvar — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:24:03 -0800

quin, my point was that the BAC lived up to its reputation, while 200 Bad Comics fails to suck.

By: JHarris

JHarris — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:49:25 -0800

I like how the art gets steadily better as they go along. The first ones are messy, the last ones look nicely stylized.

By: LeeJay

LeeJay — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 18:37:20 -0800

These are fantastic and hilarious! Thanks for the post.

By: Many bubbles

Many bubbles — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:27:43 -0800

He stole forty cakes from his friends. That's as many as four tens. And that's terrible.