Posted on 06/08/2014 12:08:10 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
Full title: Ever Wished That Calvin and Hobbes Creator Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Page? Well, He Just Did.
Yes. Nearly every day.
Comics are as good as dead along with the newspaper business.
There was a different thing posted about this yesterday. Imagine a comic strip that stopped 20 years ago still being so popular.
Bill Watterson should have a web or blog site where he can post anything he wants bypassing the newspapers. He would have a big following.
My two favorite cartoon strips are The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes.
Ditto. I have mixed emotions about both stopping at their peak.
Mine too ...
only on the same line equally. Best of the best.
Thanks for the thread.
“Imagine a comic strip that stopped 20 years ago still being so popular.”
The creator was worried the strip would get old as his creativity waned. A friend of mine said he would volunteer to check each new edition of Calvin and Hobbs and pull the plug the moment he word “Zamboni” showed up. I’d add to that an additional caution that it should be pulled when one of the characters comes out as gay. Also, if one of the characters dies.
Yup.
My dad, who was constantly enraged by my Calvinesque childhood adventures, loved the cartoon.
Go figger.
Thanks for posting. Enjoyed seeing and hearing the likes of respect, funniness, making fun of oneself, even a little honor and a dash of brotherly love.
Ha ha ha, and a little tear in the eye. Where did that come from?
For some reason he doesn’t want money or attention even though he did some brilliant work. In other words he’s the exact opposite of Al Gore.
Wicked
My grandson has a child’s book of Kalvan and Hobbs. He wants me to read it everytime I baby sit. It wasn’t till then did I realize how funny they were. The comics have quit being funny a long time ago. They would be politically incorrect now.
did you ever see the awesome homage to Calvin and Hobbs from last year or was it the year before that?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2933120/posts
Really wonderful story. Watterson’s cartooning (and to a slightly lesser extent Breathed’s) shaped and forever changed my life, my outlook on life, and my view of other life. I will pay more attention to Pastis in the future, as he has been deemed worthy.
Thanks for the Ping
What a great tribute...
I forgot about Bloom County. I’d make that number three on my favorites list.
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