The Worst Comics So Far For 2009

As the new year rolled around at the start of this month, I felt a distinct lack of any sort of lists here on the DCR. In an effort to remedy this for next year I will attempt to bring you the worst comics of the month at the end of every month and give you all a chance to vote on them. At the end of the year we will bring you all the monthly winners (losers) and crown the worst comic strip of the year! Without further ado, here are your nominees for January.

Crankshaft 1/24/09

The worst comic shouldn't just make you groan in pain at the "joke", it should make you wish you'd never learned to read in the first place. Thank God they never turned Crankshaft in to a TV show.


Shoe 1/24/09

Sometimes creators do a joke that would kind of work if it was read aloud, but because you're reading it, the word play is just awful. Situations that would never ever happen in reality also make for poor comic fodder. No teacher would EVER ask this question on a test, making the entire strip irrelevant.


Only two nominees for this month, but you can help for February! Submit your nominees for worst comic of the month by sending us an email whenever you notice something really horrible. Please keep it to syndicated print comics because people can put anything, no matter how awful, on the internet for free.