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* ''[[Retail]]'' is planted firmly down on the cynicism end of the scale. The comic is about the trials and tribulations of minimum-wage retail workers, almost all of whom hate their jobs, their bosses, their customers, and everything else about their workplace.
* ''[[Dilbert]]'' is very far on the cynicism end. In fact, it's been suggested in the strip (mainly by Dogbert) that "cynicism" and "wisdom" are synonyms.
* For a comic about [[A Boy and His X|a boy having misadventures with his tiger friend]], [[Calvin and Hobbes]] stays ''remarkably'' close to the middle; the world is full of wonders and often [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]], but it's also full of unfairness, cruelty, and [[Tear Jerker
* ''[[Pearls Before Swine]]'' is generally pretty cynical, particularly during the first few years of the strips run.
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