Lazy Edition (Apr. 21)

Worst:
Jim Davis' writers obviously ran out of ideas. It's not cool when you reference your own strip in a joke.

Runners-up: Argyle Sweater, Baby Blues, Blondie, Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!, Dennis the Menace, Family Circus, Frank and Ernest, Mother Goose and Grimm, Non Sequiter, Pickles, Red and Rover, Rhymes with Orange, Sally Forth, Speed Bump

Best:
Not a really strong day. Imagining the sound effects was kind of fun.

Runners-up: Pearls Before Swine, Single and Looking

Is Cul de Sac the Second Best Strip in the Post? Edition (Apr. 20)

Worst:
Sigh.

Runners-up: Argyle Sweater, Baldo, Blondie, Foxtrot, Garfield, Prickly City, Zits

Best:
The characters and writing of Cul de Sac compare favorably to any other strip. Alice and Petey are never dull. I think the Post should add Cul de Sac to its every day line-up.

Runners-up: Agnes, Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!, Dilbert, Frazz, Get Fuzzy, Mutts, Opus, Sherman's Lagoon, Single and Looking

Historical Innacuracy Edition (Apr. 9)

Worst:
What really bothered me about this joke is that Native Americans were usually either hunter/gatherers or farmers, so they didn't have a pay day. Even if they did, it's a really bad pun.

Runners-up: Beetle Bailey, Blondie, Close to Home, Daddy's Home, Family Circus, For Better or For Worse, Frank and Ernest, Garfield, Hagar the Horrible, Red and Rover, Rhymes with Orange, Zits

Best:
I have thoroughly enjoyed the Darby Conley's rendering of old comic scripts. Conley uses language as well as any artist in the paper.

Runners-up: Agnes, Dennis the Menace, Pearls Before Swine, Piranha Club, Pooch Cafe

Torturous Edition (Apr. 6)

Worst:
I think this might be the worst strip so far this year. All it is is horrible puns of celebrity names combined with bad art.

Runners-up: Blondie, Daddy's Home, Garfield, Zits

Best:
When the characters are good, the jokes flow naturally. Love the visual of Bucky with the ice cream carton.

Runners-up: Agnes, Beetle Bailey, Candorville, Cul de Sac, Foxtrot, Frazz, Hagar the Horrible, Lio, Mutts, Pearls Before Swine, Single and Looking, Speed Bump

Poop Joke Edition (Apr. 5)

Worst:
This dog and cat combo really annoy me. The dog is meant to be stupid and the cat cranky and cynical, but it's poorly done. There are a lot of more interesting anthropomorphic animals in the comics.

Runners-up: Hagar the Horrible, Mother Goose and Grimm, On the Fastrack, Prickly City

Best:
Yes, it's a poop joke, but it's a funny poop joke.

Runners-up: Agnes, Big Nate, Daddy's Home, Dilbert, Frazz, Lio, Pearls Before Swine, Pooch Cafe, Zits

Clever? Edition (Apr. 2)

Worst:
We've seen this joke a million times before.

Runners-up: Beetle Bailey, Brevity, Daddy's Home, For Better or For Worse, Frank and Ernest, Garfield, Hagar the Horrible, Mother Goose and Grimm, Rhymes with Orange, Zits

Best:

Runners-up: Big Nate, Dilbert, Frazz, Lio