Top 10 Best Comic Strip Characters

Garfield (Garfield)

Garfield is a comic strip cat created by Jim Davis in 1978. The character has appeared in over 2,500 newspapers worldwide and starred in two live-action movies, three CGI films, and two animated TV shows: Garfield and Friends (1988-1994) and The Garfield Show (2008-2014).... read more

I LOVE Garfield! He is the most hilarious cartoon in the world! Sometimes I wish I had Garfield as my cat!
I love how he kicks Odie! Just saying, if you go to the Garfield official site, there is a game where you can kick Odie!

Garfield, in his Garfield: The Movie appearance, is one of the cutest cats ever!
P.S. In a life-sized costume, he is tall.

He's cool. I don't really think of him as fat, and I saw two posters featuring him in my math class.

Odie (Garfield)

Odie is a fictional dog who appears in the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. He has also appeared in the animated television series Garfield and Friends and The Garfield Show. Odie is known for his happy-go-lucky personality and for being frequently teased by Garfield.

Most hilarious dog ever!
Garfield is his best friend, but from Garfield's point of view, they are the worst of enemies!

Jon Arbuckle (Garfield)

Jonathan Quentin "Jon" Arbuckle is a fictional character from the Garfield comic strip created by Jim Davis. He also appears in the animated TV series Garfield and Friends, the computer-animated The Garfield Show, and two live-action/computer-animated feature films. Jon is Garfield's nerdy but good-natured... read more

Nobody cares about Jon. It's all about Garfield and Odie.

Snoopy (Peanuts)

Snoopy is a character in the comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz. He first appeared on October 4, 1950, and often sleeps on top of his doghouse. Snoopy is the pet beagle of Charlie Brown and appears in numerous television specials as well as the 2015 feature film The Peanuts Movie.

Garfield's in the top ten, but Snoopy isn't?
OHHH, there's about to be a beatdown here!
It should be simple, seeing as how Snoopy is always dancing, playing baseball, and doing all kinds of active activities while Garfield just lies around and does absolutely nothing!
Seriously! How does a cat, who does nothing but eat and sleep, get in the top ten while Snoopy doesn't?

Snoopy has captured my heart for decades!
He is the Number 1!

He's not even in the top ten?
What's going on here?

Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)

You can relate to Calvin like no other fictional character in any book or movie.
He is subtly funny, yet at the same time expresses ideas far beyond his age.
I can honestly say that Calvin has influenced me like nobody else.

Calvin is literally one of the main role models in my life.
He is not afraid to speak his mind and stands up for what he believes is right. He has a plethora of imagination and spunk.
Who doesn't want to be an awesome 6-year-old with a talking pet tiger?

Um, this doesn't make sense. How is Garfield number one when a comic strip relies solely on its characters to be amazing?
If Calvin and Hobbes is considered the top comic strip of all time (because it is), Calvin automatically wins.
Sorry, Kitty, time to step down.

Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes)

Hobbes is one of the two main characters in the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. He is Calvin's stuffed tiger and best friend, depicted with two distinct identities: a lifeless toy to everyone else and a living, talking companion in Calvin's imagination. The comic ran from 1985 to 1995... read more

Calvin and Hobbes is the best comic strip out there by miles, and Hobbes is always basically the center of attention.
Not in a bad way because he earns that spotlight and keeps proving he deserves it time and time again.

He is so memorable and makes a great tuba player.
He could sound like Benatar in the Y.F.M.T.S. episodes of Your Favorite Martian, voiced by Ray William Johnson.

I think Hobbes should be ahead of Calvin.
I think Hobbes is much funnier, and his animal jokes are the best!

Charlie Brown (Peanuts)

Charlie Brown is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Peanuts comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz. The comic ran from 1950 to 2000 and is considered one of the most influential and popular comic strips of all time. Charlie Brown is known for his kind nature, persistent efforts,... read more

I wish he could win for once. He's been through enough.

Lieutenant Fuzz (Beetle Bailey)

Beetle Bailey (Beetle Bailey)

Jason Fox (FoxTrot)

Lots of great characters, but I'm voting for Jason because he deserves to be higher!

As much as I love Hobbes, this should be number one, not ten.
I mean, Garfield?!?!? Really?

Jason is interesting, but I don't know how to explain him.

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The Phantom (The Phantom)

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Schroeder (Peanuts)

Linus (Peanuts)

I felt really bad for him in the Great Pumpkin special.

Should be much higher.
Lucy is the only one besides Rat and Calvin who will always be a "mean one."

Dagwood Bumstead (Blondie)

Lucy (Peanuts)

Rat (Pearls Before Swine)

Machiavellian, dark, theatrical, short fuse, subtly homophobic. We can all relate to Rat and his unwillingness to cast his pearls before swine.

Dilbert (Dilbert)

Liz Wilson (Garfield)

Nate Wright (Big Nate)

Nate Wright is the main character of the Big Nate comic strip. He is an 11-year-old aspiring cartoonist and drummer, and he is known for pulling over-the-top pranks on Prank Day, which falls on the last or second-to-last day of school.... read more

Crocodiles (Pearls Before Swine)

The crocodiles are very, very funny. I can't even tell you how great they are.

Arlene (Garfield)

Arlene is Garfield's girlfriend. She is a pink, slim, and beautiful stray cat with big red lips. Arlene and Garfield do not always get along, but they care about each other and share a bond beneath their playful antagonism.... read more

Teddy Ortiz (Big Nate)

Francis Pope (Big Nate)

Archie Andrews (Archie)

An icon! However, I hate Riverdale and prefer the Filmation and DIC versions.

Dennis Mitchell (Dennis the Menace)

Yes, Dennis the Menace from the Beano is funny, cool, epic, and a good comic character.

I like both versions!
They both have their own charm, and why can't we just like both?