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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx</link><description>More than 100 of you have registered comments about which comic strip MSNBC.com should choose to replace the now Sunday-only "FoxTrot." You've spread your choices far and wide, but a few favorites have emerged.</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#42329</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:17:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:42329</guid><dc:creator>Gretchen LaMoreaux, Columbus, Ohio</dc:creator><description>I've never met a comic I didn't like, but "Get Fuzzy" is my all time favorite--it's as though someone smooshed together "Calvin &amp; Hobbes" and "the Dark Side". It makes me laugh out loud nearly every day.</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#42355</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:06:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:42355</guid><dc:creator>Wabbe Noto, Guusebuud, Denial</dc:creator><description>I din't even know you had a comics page.</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#42378</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:38:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:42378</guid><dc:creator>jayne henson, charlotte, nc</dc:creator><description>I want to know why my news paper (Charlotte Observer) and probably others, still run "Peanuts" repeats.  They're not new, they're horribly dated (cool cat "Joe College"?) and Charlie Brown is clinically depressed.</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#42434</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:24:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:42434</guid><dc:creator>Melanie Brooks, Las Cruces, NM</dc:creator><description>I was just thinking that this would be a great opportunity for that 'up and coming' cartoonist.  Why not run a contest to fill the hole?

By the way, FBOW will always be my favorite!</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#42437</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:27:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:42437</guid><dc:creator>Joe Piranio, Madison, WI</dc:creator><description>I'd suggest "Working it Out"; funny for the work force.  They pulled it from our local paper when they decided to refresh the comics page after having to also replace "Foxtrot".  I miss it and would like to have a place to read it.  Thanks</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#42655</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:36:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:42655</guid><dc:creator>Richard Gillam</dc:creator><description>"Agnes" is a scream. Period.</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#42873</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:04:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:42873</guid><dc:creator>MK, Penns Grove, NJ</dc:creator><description>I vote for an "up and coming" comic.  MediumLarge and Barkeater Lake are both hilarious!</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#42893</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:22:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:42893</guid><dc:creator>Molly Shock, North Hollywood, CA</dc:creator><description>Thank you for the thorough job you are doing, and ESPECIALLY for including "DOG EAT DOUG" on this list!  Hopefully it's strong, early response will intrigue others to check out why those of us who love the strip, love it so passionately.  Go Sophie GO!

</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#42916</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:28:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:42916</guid><dc:creator>Greg Pinson, Flint, Michigan</dc:creator><description>The Argyle Sweater is one that is hilarious!  I started reading it online over at uclick.com and now I'm addicted.   </description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#43102</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:17:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:43102</guid><dc:creator>B Burtz, Dallas, TX</dc:creator><description>I agree with the waste that Peanuts reruns are. Wouldn't Charles Schultz have wanted to give an up and coming artist a chance versus taking up a valuable slot with 30 year old strips? Truly worthy strips like Pearls Before Swine end up getting the shaft for the same old football gag from 1971.</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#43110</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:58:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:43110</guid><dc:creator>CinDee</dc:creator><description>dog eat doug </description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#43135</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:59:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:43135</guid><dc:creator>James Kight, Winston-Salem, NC</dc:creator><description>I'm shocked you don't carry Get Fuzzy already.  That's my vote.</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#43293</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:39:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:43293</guid><dc:creator>Lori, IA</dc:creator><description>I vote for 'Dog Eat Doug'.  Very whimsical.</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#43420</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 04:06:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:43420</guid><dc:creator>Justin Hampton, Irondale, MO</dc:creator><description>"Get Fuzzy" is the best daily since Bill Watterson retired. Funny, clever, and sometimes (slightly) obscene; it's the only strip to make me laugh aloud. LONG LIVE BUCKY!!!</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#43656</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 12:33:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:43656</guid><dc:creator>James Angelini, Bloomington, Indiana</dc:creator><description>I think Big Top would be a great choice!</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#43761</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:20:29 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:43761</guid><dc:creator>Lockport, IL</dc:creator><description>Have  you considered Brewster Rockit?</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#44021</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:28:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:44021</guid><dc:creator>Ellie, West Chester, PA</dc:creator><description>Please, please include Pearls Before Swine.  Genuinely funny stuff.</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#44022</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:28:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:44022</guid><dc:creator>Christine Trent, Latrobe, PA</dc:creator><description>My vote goes to Dog Eat Doug.  It is clever and well drawn.  Something for everyone!</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#44033</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:58:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:44033</guid><dc:creator>Betty, Wadsworth, OH</dc:creator><description>Ooookay. If "Liberty Meadows" is in re-runs, too, then I rescind my "Liberty Meadows" vote in favor of "Betty" -- that chick from Canada is smart, funny and has a family, which makes her similar to the FoxTrot mom, but Betty is much sharper and edgier and yet, somehow, more grounded than Paige's mom.</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#44192</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:35:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:44192</guid><dc:creator>James hacking</dc:creator><description>These polls are bogus. You're the editor .. pick it yourself. I've voted more than 80 times for Dog Eat Doug (the most vapid one I could find) just to prove how ridiculous and scammable these polls are.</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#44446</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:47:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:44446</guid><dc:creator>Ginger Bell, Seattle, WA</dc:creator><description>Lio' is a wonderful, NEW strip.  And what about Brewster Rockit?  Gag me.

</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#44463</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:32:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:44463</guid><dc:creator>Gael Fashingbauer Cooper</dc:creator><description>Just a note to James Hacking, and others who think re-voting will determine the comic choice: The poll alone is not going to decide which strip we use. Obviously we know people can vote over and over, we note that in the text surrounding that and any poll. Although I understand the devotion of people who really are fans of a certain strip trying to help it gain an advantage by voting over and over, I must say I don't really understand why people would do it "just to prove how ridiculous and scammable these polls are." </description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#44821</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:38:38 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:44821</guid><dc:creator>Dylan, New Orleans, LA</dc:creator><description>I wish my local paper, New Orleans Times-Picayune, would give up on Peanuts. They ran one Sunday from 1960--the strip is over 47 years old. What is the deal?</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#46354</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:22:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:46354</guid><dc:creator>Kathy, Cheviot, Ohio</dc:creator><description>How about "Zits" by Jim Borgman. It's hysterical !!!</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#48672</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:52:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:48672</guid><dc:creator>Stan, Akron, Ohio</dc:creator><description>From now on, whenever "Dog eat Doug" is in a newspaper poll, I'll question the legitimacy of the results.  That's just ridiculous.</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#51587</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 15:31:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:51587</guid><dc:creator>Molly,  North Hollywood, CA</dc:creator><description>The fact that one person admitted to "scamming" this poll by re-voting for "Dog Eat Doug", does not detract from the fact that those of us who LOVE this strip, love it because it is humorous, witty heartwarming, and "spot on" in it's observations of dog behaviour.  While I understand your skepticism,  your opinions of how a poll is conducted does not diminish the worth of the actual comic.</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#64703</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:17:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:64703</guid><dc:creator>Ramona, Dayton, OH</dc:creator><description>I LOVE Agnes! You have to read her a little to catch on and get to know the characters to appreciate what a great strip this is. Very intelligent, witty, and the artwork is wonderful! She should definitely be added!</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#69423</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:22:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:69423</guid><dc:creator>Caya, Columbus, Oh</dc:creator><description>I agree that Agnes is a wonderful comic strip. I also am convinced the cartoonist is following me around and using my life as material for Agnes. My best friend is very "Trout"like. A great sight like MSN should have a great strip added. Let's get Agnes in there!</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#97132</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:39:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:97132</guid><dc:creator>wally gilroy</dc:creator><description>Pooch Cafe is new to me, and provides a needed belly-laugh each day. Pooch can be accessed at the address comics@mycomicspage.com, among others. There are also two books on the pooch. Google will find these for you, and Amazon has a two-for-one deal on the books.

A truly great cartoon, all the better when combined with "Get Fuzzy."

Wally (AKA Trout)</description></item><item><title>Comic relief</title><link>http://testpattern.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/01/26/42116.aspx#460453</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:35:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:460453</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><description>It is wearisome striving to calculate the hours we've exhausted searching for popular dog names research.</description></item></channel></rss>