the buzz log

Comic strips, sequential art, or the plain old funnies -- whatever you call them, the Buzz loves 'em. From the single-panel visual puns in The Far Side (and its many imitators) to the seminal Peanuts to the workplace wit of Dilbert, we read them every day, just like many of you.

Bill Watterson's The Complete Calvin and Hobbes recently hit bookshelves, and despite a bulky price tag, the collection has risen to the heights of bestseller lists and shopping wish lists alike. With a 277% increase in buzz over the weekend, the adventures of one little boy and his stuffed tiger seem to be one of our best-loved comic strips -- even though Calvin and Hobbes was canceled by its reclusive creator over 10 years ago.

One of the country's most controversial strips, The Boondocks, has also piqued the interest of searchers in advance of its upcoming placement on Adult Swim, the Cartoon Network's block of mature animation. Set to premiere on November 6, The Boondocks will feature the suburban adventures of brothers Huey and Riley Freeman and their grumpy Granddad, with all the indignation, pre-adolescent black nationalism, and all-around craziness that has put the strip in and out of newspapers since its debut in 1999. Searches on "the boondocks" rank within our top 25,000.

Now we're just sitting around, waiting for The Boondocks to premiere and for our copy of The Complete Calvin and Hobbes to arrive in the mail... Until then, guess we'll see you in the funny papers.