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Welcome to Quigmans.com, AKA "Buddywatch".
Bringing you the finest in comic strip muckraking for thirteen upchucking years.

This site is not affiliated with Buddy Hickerson, the Quigmans, Creators Syndicate,
NAMBLA, the NAACP, the NCAA, AARP, The Wobblies or John McCain.
Daily Catharsis
The 2nd worst comic strip on Earth.

7-22-08: You can put puppies in the oven but that don't make 'em biscuits... Hannibal Lecter!

Cramming a lot of non sequiturs into a script doesn't automatically make them funny... Seth McFarlane!

Cribbing an episode description from TV Guide isn't a joke... Buddy Hickerson!
 = Possible memes to ridicule = Difficulty of encapsualization


For Even More Spleen-Venting Fun Visit the Catharsis Archive!
Like Crap Through An Orwellian Goose:
The Editorial Excretions of Mallard Fillmore
barak obama for president

7-21-08: This is a splendid example of the Republican technique of taking a candidate's strength and, by lying through one's teeth, convincing voters it's a liability.

Think: Senator John Kerry. A real war hero with medals and everything, unlike John McCain who is not a war hero at ALL. The massive herds of Stupids out there bought the Swift Boat crappola back in 2004 which saddled us with another four years of President Swedish Chef.

Mork! Mork! Mork!

So, is this just a cheesey way of obfuscating the fact that John McCain has reversed himself on EVERY major issue except his anti-choice stance during this campaign?

You better believe it.

The Far Left Side

There are basically two kinds of people who come to this web site: those that can't get enough of one man endlessly venting his spleen over something totally inconsequential, like the Quigs, and those who have really low standards in comics.

For both types of readers I have something new to share... The Far Left Side. It's a politically-based rip-off of the long-gone-but-not-forgotten "Far Side" comic strip. The Quigmans, in case you aren't aware, is itself a rip-off of The Far Side, too, just 25 years farther along into the fermentation process. That explains the aroma stench.

The strips have been created and offered to the public in fits and starts since 2006 but since January of 2008 they're on a regular three-times-a-week schedule, posted at 12AM.

Unlike Gary Larson's strip which was generally politically neutral, though subtly chaotic-left, the Far Left Side dips heavily into the progressive spectrum and, thus, will automatically offend the philosophic sensibilities of about 50% of anyone who reads them. But at least I do it on purpose unlike Buddy who can't help himself.

You can check them out by clicking here.


Whither Buddywatch?

Quigmans.com exists primarily to accurately illustrate a picture of the world's second laziest and lousiest comic artist, Buddy Hickerson, creator of The Quigmans. The honor of First Place for the most avoidable comic strip goes to Jim Davis, he of Garfield fame, who seems to have been sent by Satan himself to single-handedly rip the heart out of the comics industry.

No other comic strip has the quite the same odorous pedigree as a Quigmans cartoon. If Buddy's not writing it, he's not drawing it, and on the occasions that he may or may not be drawing it he's either using jokes that may have been used as many as FIVE times before or is using the gag in a way that violates U.S. copyright laws. Sometimes he neither writes nor draws the days strip and in these instances you have to say to yourself "What's the fucking point, Hick?". In almost all cases the joke  is never actually funny, inciteful, or inventive. Leave out ironic, conceptual, or provocative, too. But if you need a joke about fat people, Bud's your man.

My opinion, of course, but I'm not alone in them.

I've been notating Buddy Hickerson's particular brand of sloth for thirteen years now, a number to which I attach modest personal pride, but a quick click of the History button will lay bare the reasons for one man's marginal obsession with this fourth-rate comic strip. You can also view the Proof pages for actual examples of Buddy's sloth. Consider yourself warned.

This site is bound to disillusion many starry-eyed acolytes to all things Quiggish but if you decide a point has been adequately presented then feel free to contact Buddy, his syndicate, or me by clicking the contact link. Get it off your chest. You'll feel better in the morning.

Thanks for dropping by, have fun exploring the site, enjoy the snark and I hope your time spent here leaves you a wiser consumer.

=Mike Stanfill=

Click here to view site in French. I mean, why not?


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