Like a lot of kids, I got into reading newspapers because of comic strips. While my dad grabbed the sports section and mom read the front page, the kids would dive into the "funnies." My love of comics has not subsided, even as I grew older and my interests diverged into other sections of the paper.

I'd like to see what the favorite and/or least favorites strips are out there in Indy.com-land.

I would probably have to go with "Pearls Before Swine" as my current fave. I love the way Stephan Pastis breaks the fourth wall and comments on the strip. (Like yesterday, when a lousy joke prompted the mouse to berate the cartoonist himself.)

I really liked "Get Fuzzy" when it first appeared a few years ago, but it's kind of veered off into its own little world. Still often funny, but sometimes just weird.

As for least favorites, I am not a fan of some of the older strips that have been around for decades and haven't produced a decent laugh in years. If it were up to me, I would dump any strip where the original creator died and they've hired somebody else to keep it going. I'd also stop printing reruns of "Peanuts" -- I love "Peanuts," but Charles Schulz has been dead for a long time now. Time to give up that spot so a new (and living) artist can make their mark.

I'd tag "Cafe Con Leche" as my most-hated. It's just not funny. One of the most simple-minded strips I've ever encountered. I mean, jokes about leaving the toilet seat up?