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02-03-2010, 05:59 AM
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#26 | | ...in the world.
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Calvin and Hobbes was one of the smartest, funniest comics of all time. Social commentary from a kid...and manages to stay as witty as it is topical. I own all of it.
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02-03-2010, 07:56 AM
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#27 | | Banned (BBM)
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use to read it all the time when i was a kid
funny comic no questions asked
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02-03-2010, 12:32 PM
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#28 | | DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?
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I'll be honest about it though,
I didn't understand half of what they were saying as a kid
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02-03-2010, 12:39 PM
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#29 | | Da Vinci's real masterpiece: The Mona Diesel
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This is what i thought of when the strip ended   | |
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02-03-2010, 01:11 PM
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#30 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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^ Was that an actual strip!? | |
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02-03-2010, 01:13 PM
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#31 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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man thats so moving. 4 simple pictures and a river of tears.
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02-03-2010, 01:15 PM
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#32 | | Da Vinci's real masterpiece: The Mona Diesel
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Originally Posted by slammer111  ^ Was that an actual strip!? | Oh god i hope not, im pretty sure it isnt
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02-03-2010, 01:29 PM
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#33 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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Interview with Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin & Hobbes.
Very worthy read considering that Bill never did interviews dating back to 1989! http://www.cleveland.com/living/inde...r_of_belo.html Quote: With almost 15 years of separation and reflection, what do you think it was about "Calvin and Hobbes" that went beyond just capturing readers' attention, but their hearts as well?
The only part I understand is what went into the creation of the strip. What readers take away from it is up to them. Once the strip is published, readers bring their own experiences to it, and the work takes on a life of its own. Everyone responds differently to different parts.
I just tried to write honestly, and I tried to make this little world fun to look at, so people would take the time to read it. That was the full extent of my concern. You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens. I can't explain why the strip caught on the way it did, and I don't think I could ever duplicate it. A lot of things have to go right all at once.
What are your thoughts about the legacy of your strip?
Well, it's not a subject that keeps me up at night. Readers will always decide if the work is meaningful and relevant to them, and I can live with whatever conclusion they come to. Again, my part in all this largely ended as the ink dried.
Readers became friends with your characters, so understandably, they grieved -- and are still grieving -- when the strip ended. What would you like to tell them?
This isn't as hard to understand as people try to make it. By the end of 10 years, I'd said pretty much everything I had come there to say.
It's always better to leave the party early. If I had rolled along with the strip's popularity and repeated myself for another five, 10 or 20 years, the people now "grieving" for "Calvin and Hobbes" would be wishing me dead and cursing newspapers for running tedious, ancient strips like mine instead of acquiring fresher, livelier talent. And I'd be agreeing with them.
I think some of the reason "Calvin and Hobbes" still finds an audience today is because I chose not to run the wheels off it.
I've never regretted stopping when I did.
Because your work touched so many people, fans feel a connection to you, like they know you. They want more of your work, more Calvin, another strip, anything. It really is a sort of rock star/fan relationship. Because of your aversion to attention, how do you deal with that even today? And how do you deal with knowing that it's going to follow you for the rest of your days?
Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist -- how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!
But since my "rock star" days, the public attention has faded a lot. In Pop Culture Time, the 1990s were eons ago. There are occasional flare-ups of weirdness, but mostly I just go about my quiet life and do my best to ignore the rest. I'm proud of the strip, enormously grateful for its success, and truly flattered that people still read it, but I wrote "Calvin and Hobbes" in my 30s, and I'm many miles from there.
An artwork can stay frozen in time, but I stumble through the years like everyone else. I think the deeper fans understand that, and are willing to give me some room to go on with my life.
How soon after the U.S. Postal Service issues the Calvin stamp will you send a letter with one on the envelope?
Immediately. I'm going to get in my horse and buggy and snail-mail a check for my newspaper subscription.
How do you want people to remember that 6-year-old and his tiger?
I vote for "Calvin and Hobbes, Eighth Wonder of the World."
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02-03-2010, 02:42 PM
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#34 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Without a doubt, best comic ever...
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02-03-2010, 04:36 PM
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#35 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by slammer111 ^ Was that an actual strip!? | That's not a real strip, Watterson himself made commentary about that before.
This below is a real strip, and is one of my favorites.
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02-03-2010, 09:17 PM
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#36 | | Director of RS Cares
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i liked the one where calvin wrote down everything he wanted for christmas and faxed it to be "eco-friendly" or something. then it shows santa getting the fax saying "give him a lump of coal" because the list turned out to be 100+ pages
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02-03-2010, 09:18 PM
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#37 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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i miss it calvin and hobbs.. so funny
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02-03-2010, 11:14 PM
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#38 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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aww i miss all this childhood innocence
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02-04-2010, 12:18 AM
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#39 | | look at these diamonds, they shining
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02-04-2010, 12:30 AM
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#40 | | Chinese Guy, Swedish Rides
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Originally Posted by oniyou | An actual motivation. Thank you.
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02-04-2010, 02:56 AM
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#41 | | RabidMod
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Originally Posted by EndLeSS8 That's not a real strip, Watterson himself made commentary about that before. | what'd he have to say about it?
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02-04-2010, 03:05 AM
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#42 | | Official Texas Ambassador
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Somewhat related to the "final strip" topic, this was a real Garfield strip. | |
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02-04-2010, 02:27 PM
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#43 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by RabidRat what'd he have to say about it? | He pretty much confirmed it was very fake.
The 10th Anniversary Book has great commentary from Watterson himself about how he feels towards strips, the Sunday page, and his conflicts and such. Some memorable strips | |
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02-04-2010, 03:04 PM
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#44 | | Da Vinci's real masterpiece: The Mona Diesel
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Originally Posted by EndLeSS8 He pretty much confirmed it was very fake.
The 10th Anniversary Book has great commentary from Watterson himself about how he feels towards strips, the Sunday page, and his conflicts and such. Some memorable strips | Awesome link, got some great memoriable strips there.
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