Posted on 06/07/2014 10:47:22 AM PDT by ShadowAce
Yea Ping!!!
They were both great. I once built/named a model railroad the Calvin & Hobbes, it was located in Bloom County.
He did his Opus Christmas show that I think just played once. We have it on VCR. It is also on youtube now.
“A Wish for Wings that Work”
Our favorite Christmas movie! I think we warped our kids a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLccxrDgi5U
Yup, that’s a classic. I love that movie.
But lest we forget...there was also DEATHTOUNGE!
I’m a Boinger!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNKCPk1tl9Q
You stink but I love you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odUt-lDH85k
My kids wore out my Herman compilations, even the autographed copy.
Book mark
What do they mean "imagined to be" secretly alive? What blasphemy! Of course he was and is alive. What is wrong with people. You might as well say my toy horses and my daughter's panda and my son's T. Rex were only imagined to be alive.
The ‘only known photograph’ of Watterson ... he is HOBBES! He has written the strip to expose the snotty little kid who owns him. He is HObbes!
My favorite strip. I have the three volume set. I quit reading comics when CALVIN AND HOBBES ceased publication.
My favorites was when Calvin’s dad tried to convince Calvin that everything before a certain date was all black and white.
Talk about messing with the mind.
The other is when Calvin opens a Lemonade stand with high priced goods, chases off his customer (Suzie) and begs his mom for a subsidy.
That was very interesting (and well written!). Thanks for posting it.
I STILL have not read “A Canticle for Leibowitz”. It’s very odd, my quest to read that book.
I guess I’ll try again soon.
I’m convinced that it will totally change my life, as I’ve wanted to read it for about 40 years and it still just hasn’t happened.
Like I say, odd.
And it’s not available for kindle, perhaps the granddaughter could do something about that.
I read the book almost 20 years ago. It didn’t change my life, however. I became very interested in Walter Miller and could not figure out why I couldn’t find other novels by him. Then I came across the sequel and Bisson’s wonderful story of his non-encounter with Miller in it as a preface or afterward. I was fascinated.
There are a number of references to Miller’s oddness, and genius, in this book: http://www.amazon.com/Walter-M-Miller-Jr-Reference/dp/0786463619
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