Pathos (Feb. 23)

Worst: Not really a bad strip, but there really weren't any on Saturday. Of course it's certainly not a good strip.

Runners-up: Beetle Bailey, Blondie, Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!, Curtis (Curtis has basically been repeating the same strip all week), Family Circus, Hagar the Horrible, Mother Goose and Grimm, Rhymes with Orange

Best:

Perhaps the best character driven strip in the papers today. Cory Thomas has done a great job creating characters who are likeable. It's really easy to empathize with Cory in this strip, because we all want him to get the girl.

Runners-up: Frazz, Garfield, Sherman's Lagoon

Comics of the Day

Worst: A wonderfully enlightened comic strip. I guess they could be laughing at Mr. Mitchell's choice of apron, but still.

Runners-up: Family Circus, Hagar the Horrible, Mother Goose and Grimm, Rhymes with Orange

Best: Cats with guns are awesome.

Runners-up: Beetle Bailey, Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!, Dilbert, Pooch Cafe, Zits

Comics of the Day

Worst: The biggest problem with this strip is that comics are rarely funny. Most get mileage from being cute. Some mine the truths of life to elicit smiles. Most are not funny, and I laugh at a comic once every couple of weeks. The set-up is awkward too, especially the fourth panel.

Runners-up: Blondie, Candorville, Dilbert, Family Circus, Garfield, Hagar the Horrible

Best:
If I ever find an eyeball in my smoothie, I am definitely making a wish.

Runners-up: Agnes, Cul de Sac, Doonesbury, For Better or For Worse, Lio, Pearls Before Swine, Prickly City, Sherman's Lagoon