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The three new comics today are not inspiring for funny as based on one day's worth of panels. Pooch Cafe has a "scare a juvenile" theme it seems. I don't see this going anywhere. I place it in the trash heap with Lio.
The Knight Life has a hint of realism and humanity - yet to be verified. It may have potential.
Scary Gary is totally irrelevant and vile/bile. Toss it in the trash heap.
One of my daily habits is to read the comics first thing in the AM before I solidify my plans for the day. If I don't do this, the day seems empty. I look for two things: humor, and insights into life's realities and ironies, philosophy more or less. Thus there are some of the comics that I rarely glance at because I have already discounted them as not providing either of the above. As far as I am concerned they are a waste of space and would prefer that they be tossed or sorted so that they all fall on the right side page at the bottom, so I don't have to look. Specifically:
Cathy- This strip was once mildly interesting, but it has gone over the same territory for so many years that it is not worth the time to read it.Toss it.
Tundra - Since the space is used, I will comment again.

Continuing on from previous submittal:
Tundra is only occasionally worth reading.
Rhymes with Orange is occasionally insightful, but mostly lame.
Scary Gary is so far-fetched as to be ignored.
Pearls Before Swine is a little sick but not necessarily un-entertaining all the time.
Sherman's Lagoon - Very rarely even mildly humorous, entertaining or philosophically insightful. Dump it.
Lio -a sick and scary view of everything - keep away from kids.
F Minus is pretty lame.
Non Sequitur is sometimes lame or far-fetched but interesting in a distorted way.
Watch Your Head rarely makes sense - impossible to get into the story theme and see humor or philosophy.
Candorville - a feeble attempt to get into political commentary as is Mallard Fillmore
Sylvia is pointless and difficult to read, much less understand.
That's the main comments on existing comics - Move these to a box of their own or delete and make the print larger on all comics - which would allow the trimming of several of these.

The new comics on test are worthless, as are most of the comics on the 2nd page except Mallard Fillmore, Pickles, Dilbert, and Bizarro. Watch Your Head, which has become half a strip, is probably comprehensible to your big demographic of young blacks, 15-25. And Sylvia caters only to another large demographic - middle-aged, urban Jewish women. Most of the others are just moronic. I read and enjoy, or find amusing or interesting, most of the comics on the first page, with the notable exception of Mutts.

love Scary Gary - Pooch Cafe is uneven - Knight Life so-so - but Scary Gary makes me laugh out loud - as good as Lio and Pearls Before Swine

Scary Gary is a great quick read that brings a smile to my face!

The current comics on trial are a rarity: 3 really strong candidates. Keith Knight's 'Knightlife' is good to see-- Knight himself is very well known in comics, and it would be great to see his autobiographical stylings updated daily instead of weekly. It'd be a great chance to bump 'Curtis' to the limbo of eternally repeating gags and plots where it belongs.

I've been following Paul Gilligan's "Pooch Cafe" online for some time, and I encourage others to check it out at gocomics.com. The characters need some context, and the current storyline isn't giving it. That said, it's witty and fun, and does a great job playing on the distance and similarity between pets and their owners. Poncho (the dog) is a great antidote to Garfield and his unfunny ilk.

I've never seen "Scary Gary" before, but I like it. Simple, but effective artwork, and some strong gags. It's made me laugh every time I've looked at it... which is twice, but still, a good record so far.

The "Knight Life" is timely and entertaining. I hope that it will be made permanent like the gems "Non Sequitur" and "Dilbert". If the New York Times had comics, these three would be among them.

I LOVE Keith Knight's comics. Please keep them!