Sunday Comics

There are a number of reasons that come to my mind whenever I think about why I love Sundays. Don't need to wake up early, don't need to work and generally don't need to do anything at all. That alone should be more then enough to comprise a perfect day for anyone or at least a pretty damn good one in my book.

But you see, there is just more to life then just being able to be lazy. I like the simple things and one such thing is Sunday comics. You know, the ones that come in the newspaper? Surely they do arrive on every other day of the week. But Sundays, oh Sundays are the days when these buggers show up in force!

Some favorites include: Mutts, Zits, Prickly City, Get Fuzzy, Pickles, Over the Hedge (the movie was awesome!), Pooch Cafe, Garfield and Agnes too!

What I miss is reading Peanuts, Family Circle (go figure) and just a lot of others I have not seen in some years. I guess it has to do with the newspaper I'm reading (Star Bulletin) and not what I read back in high school (West Hawaii Today). Maybe the Advertiser has some of these missed comics?

I like these comics simply because they are simple. There isn't a deep and complex plot, not crazy galaxy spanning conspiracy and usually these comics are just plain and simple fun to read. I especially like to read these if I'm ever feeling stressed out, because these usually do the trick in making me feel better, smile a bit and maybe even laugh (Over the Hedge, Get Fuzzy and Garfield are the drug of choice there).

Another good time for these is just before starting a new work week. Even while the enjoyment lasts for only a few minutes, in those few minutes I forget the troubles of life and the world. In those few precious minutes, the world ceases to matter and all that consumes me is just the colored panels before my eyes.

And really, what's life without a smile and a little bit of laughter?