I hate Family Circus

Just putting it out there. Yes, I’m talking about that annoyingly saccharin, blatantly white bread, annoying-as-hell Family Circus. Even more infuriating is the 1950s values which continue to permeate the strip. Really, an update would be a huge improvement, such as Mom finding birth control pills in Dolly’s pants pocket or catch Billy trying to get Barfy high by hot-boxing in the doghouse.

Most are just bad, though.

I mean, look at the racist undertones in this one:

Or this gem, belittling women who choose not to keep popping out little Jeffys:

Am I totally off base here? Is there anyone out there who actually enjoys this? I’ve never read one of these comics and laughed. In fact, I think Bil Keane is just lazy…he never has to draw a full square, always just that stupid oval. And he doesn’t have to continue a story from one day to the next. Garbage.

I do know there are plenty who hate it, like here and here.

Give me Calvin and Hobbes or The Far Side any day.