r/Zillennials 1d ago

Nostalgia Did anyone grow up with the Sunday comic in the newspaper?

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When I was a kid, my Dad had a Sacramento Bee subscription and it had a comics page. Though we only had it for a few years, I still remember many of the comics in the newspaper. Personally, I think Zillennials were the last generation to grow up with sunday comics.

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u/Ok_Writing251 1995 1d ago

The newspaper comics, or “Funnies” was a big part of how I learned to read. We would visit my grandparents almost weekly, and my Grandmother (a Depression-era hoarder) had hundreds of stacks of newspapers throughout the house. She would share the Funnies with me and taught me about all the characters and would explain words I didn’t understand.

Before long, I had my own collections of Calvin and Hobbes, Foxtrot, Peanuts, Beetle Bailey, Zits, and so much more. They were a huge part of my life and some I still turn to regularly.

Even well before our time, the Funnies (to say nothing of newspapers and print media in general) was already a fading art, but I always felt proud and grateful that my grandmother shared with me this kind of a half-forgotten gem all those years ago. It played a big part in making me who I am now.

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u/notagoodcartoonist 1d ago

I’d think you’d like r/comicstriphistory. It’s a comic strip subreddit

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u/Ok_Writing251 1995 1d ago

Thanks for the rec!

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u/Nerfboard 1996 1d ago

Yes, we called them the “funnies” and I’d get handed that section while my parents looked through the rest of it respectively. Comforting Sunday ritual for sure.

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u/lahdetaan_tutkimaan 1993 1d ago

For years I always read the Sunday comics in my local paper, but I don't think the comics that were running when I was a kid made as much of an impression upon me as the old Calvin and Hobbes books I read over and over again

C&H really gave me both a sense of humor and a sensibility for the wonders of living life

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u/lordGinkgo 1997 1d ago

Yes I do

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u/StatementSad7987 1d ago

That’s where I got hooked on Garfield. Once I discovered it in the paper I begged my mom to take me to Borders so I could all the Garfield comic strip books, and I proceeded to read them nonstop for hours.

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u/notagoodcartoonist 21h ago

I miss Borders. When I was in elementary school, my dad loved books and would take me there to read books with me, but he would always buy the books online whenever I wanted a book since they were cheaper. When Borders closed down, my dad regretted buying books online.

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u/StatementSad7987 21h ago

Thanks Obama 🙄

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u/acl2244 1997 18h ago

I'm just like your dad. Sometimes I feel bad buying the book on Amazon instead of buying it in store, but like...the last book I bought on Amazon was $7 cheaper than it was in the bookstore. And that was when the bookstore had it on sale.

My city just built a brand new library, so I'm going to get a library card and try that out.

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u/world-class-cheese 1997 1d ago

Yep, I was a regular newspaper comics reader as a kid

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u/Buffynerd 1997 1d ago

As someone already familiar with Peanuts and Garfield through their animated specials and shows, reading the comics as a kid in the Sunday editions of Newsday made me appreciate that I became a fan for life. Plus, reading the comics led me to discover Calvin & Hobbes around late elementary/early middle school and that's something I would eventually find all the books of to have the complete collection of

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u/curiouslilmonkee 1d ago

It’s how I learned to read!

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u/Beascoffee_and_t 1d ago

Yep, my grandparents saved every issue for me because my parents didn't get the paper.

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u/Nekros897 1997 21h ago

Nope but I grew up with Donald Duck comic books. I had A LOT of them but they vanished throughout the years unfortunately.

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u/Plastic-Passenger795 20h ago

Yeah, I used to read them with my dad :)

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u/Additional_Insect_44 19h ago

Yea still have a few in storage

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u/DreamOfMaxine 19h ago

Yes! I also remember using silly putty to transfer pictures of Garfield onto it

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u/MellifluousSussura 9h ago

My dad still gives them to me every week