If you’re like me and you had a daily newspaper delivered to your house every day, you’re old. hahahahaha. Kiddng! Yes, you’re probably still old, but you’re likely, also to have fond memories of the comic section of your daily paper., plus the (gasp!) large format color section on Sundays. The following is an unranked list of 5 of my favorites – excluding ‘Peanuts’, because ‘Peanuts’ is everybody’s favorite.

• Tumbleweeds – Tom K. Ryan
  “The Western comic”. Yes! Somewhat dated and problematic nowadays, the adventures of the town residents of Grimy Gulch, the nearby Native American Poohawk tribe, and the soldiers of the US Army outpost Fort Ridiculous, was heavy on recurring gags, focused heavily on cowboy Tumbleweeds and diminutive Native American Lotsa Luck, who communicated primarily via scibbled notes, along with side characters including hulking warrior Bucolic Buffalo, husband-hunting Hildegard Hamhocker, and Col. G. Armageddon Fluster, commander of the 6 7/8 calvary.

• Doonesbury – Gary Trudeau
  The classic social commentary, politics, college humor comic makes everybody’s lists. I’m no exception. a combination of political satire and college hijinks, the comic grew to become one of the most celebrated strips of all time. My fave characters include Mike, B.D., Duke and Mark.

• Shoe – Jeff MacNelly
  A comic about a newspaper run by birds in sneakers. Seriously. Like ‘Doonesbury’, MacNelley poked fun at society and various political issues of the day. Old bird (literally) Professor Fishhawk was a favorite, although I admit his nephew Skyler became somewhat grating.

• Gordo – Gustavo “Gus” Arriola
  As a kid growing up in the San Francisco Bay area I was surrounded by Spanish/Mexican culture. Gordo, steeped in Mexican culture fit perfectly into this mix. Even as a kid I appreciated Arriol’a drawing style and brush work. His art flowed so beautifully, and his animals felt as real as my own family’s cats.

• Star Hawks – Ron Goulart & Gil Kane
  An epic sci-fi adventure by my favorite comic book artist, I loved Starhawks. It’s ongoing story about space-faring adventurers Rex and Chavez immediately caught this young teen’s imagination – this was before ‘Star Wars’, so quality Sci-Fi was had to come by. It read lie a comic, continuing over weeks. Always a battle, always a pretty girl. It started out as a double height strip before going with the traditional 3 panel layout later in it’s (too brief) run.