Bloom County appealed to my sense of the bizarre, a weird-take on pop culture at its best and just B.Breathed losing his mind at its worst.
I always liked Peanuts but it wasn’t really for kids, was it? I imagine you have to be middle aged to really GET that strip.
― Raymond Cummings (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 27 May 2005 15:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Friday, 27 May 2005 15:35 (nineteen years ago) link
I must disagree, especially since you can say that just as much about Calvin and Hobbes in terms of the convoluted jokes and references. Both strips work astoundingly well for different ages -- the 3 year old Peanuts fan that is now the 34 year old one sez this, so it must be true. ;-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 27 May 2005 15:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 27 May 2005 22:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 28 May 2005 01:06 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh, and every snowman/snow monster/snow shovelling/snow-related strip.
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 May 2005 01:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 28 May 2005 02:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Saturday, 28 May 2005 07:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 28 May 2005 07:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Saturday, 28 May 2005 07:54 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA64g3pi97M
― Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 9 November 2006 08:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― internet downpause (kenan), Thursday, 9 November 2006 08:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― internet downpause (kenan), Thursday, 9 November 2006 08:49 (seventeen years ago) link
http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2008/01/20/
― Oilyrags, Sunday, 20 January 2008 14:47 (sixteen years ago) link
heh. he's had at least one other c&h related strip.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Sunday, 20 January 2008 15:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Calvin & Hobbes are classic.
http://i27.tinypic.com/1zx5tns.jpg
― StanM, Sunday, 20 January 2008 15:09 (sixteen years ago) link
heh. he's had at least one other c&h related strip.-- GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Sunday, January 20, 2008 3:05 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Link
-- GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Sunday, January 20, 2008 3:05 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Link
Yeah, Heart of the City has notable similarities, too.
― Oilyrags, Sunday, 20 January 2008 18:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Perhaps the most baffling comment in this thread came early on...
About as many as had stuffed tigers who they believed to be real.
Imagination goes hand in hand with childhood.
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Sunday, 20 January 2008 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Watterson speaks!
http://www.cleveland.com/living/index.ssf/2010/02/bill_watterson_creator_of_belo.html
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 February 2010 19:34 (fourteen years ago) link
that guy has his head screwed on imo
― MPx4A, Monday, 1 February 2010 19:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Urgent and key:
"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."
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 February 2010 21:54 (fourteen years ago) link
http://michaelyingling.com/random/calvin_and_hobbes/
― Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Friday, 13 August 2010 17:46 (thirteen years ago) link
saw a hipstery dude on the tram this morning with the dancing calvin & hobbes tattooed around his arm. part of me found it charming, the other part wanted to kick him in the nuts until he blacked out
― dogs in hot cardies (electricsound), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 02:38 (twelve years ago) link
At least it wasn't a tatoo of Christian Calvin or Pissing Calvin
― where is fake disneyworld (blank), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
^^
― dogs in hot cardies (electricsound), Tuesday, 15 November 2011 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
"Needless to say, Frank's family was upset he didn't come home that night, but everybody understood that the human population had doubled in just two generations to almost six billion, so some thinning of the herds was necessary to prevent starvation."
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 03:02 (twelve years ago) link
"So this is the famed space explorer Spiff! I've waited a long time for this moment earthling scum! You have knowledge we need. Cooperate and we'll kill you rather painlessly.
"Let's dispense with the pleasantries you twisted space crustacean. What is it you want from me?"
"A summary of Lewis and Clark's expedition to the Pacific!"
"Ha! Wild Zontars couldn't drag that information out of me! Do your worst!"
"You didn't read the assignment did you Calvin?"
― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 15 November 2011 03:18 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fingerprintfilms/dear-mr-watterson-a-calvin-and-hobbes-documentary
would watch emphatically
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 June 2012 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.mediumdevice.com/images/calvin_and_hobbes_cubism.jpg
Beyond awesome.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 8 September 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
googled the sequence i probably laughed the hardest at back in the day (i was a solitary 6yrold only child w a stuffed animal when i discovered c&h so yknow it was of some minor interest to me) and what do you know it has its own website. good.
― a hauntingly unemployed american (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
oh I love the smock!!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:12 (eleven years ago) link
This is one of my favorites
http://multifamilyinvestor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/calvin-hobbes-world-black-white-color.jpg
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
http://schwicky.net/calvin/images/vaentines_day.jpg
Last panel is a favorite, Hobbes w/his big hot-dog-shaped smile and rubbing his palms. "Smooch city, here I come!" has been a personal mantra for years.
― ms fotheringham (Crabbits), Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
i think of that color/b&w one all the time
― a hauntingly unemployed american (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
i love the hobbes/susie thing. look at your stuffed tiger! he's wearing a TIE! that's ADORABLE!
all right, you were right. girls flip for ties. you can stop winking at me.
― a hauntingly unemployed american (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:17 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I love how Hobbes moons over Susie
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:22 (eleven years ago) link
mr. bun seems comatose. did you notice?
― a hauntingly unemployed american (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
how could anyone think dud?
― Number None, Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
This one's all time - mainly for the last panel. The Mom cracks me up
http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv74/jlohnik/Calvin%20and%20Hobbes%20Strips/ch901207.gif
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
i LOVE that one cuz i love the ref to the voice we can't hear.
― a hauntingly unemployed american (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
and Calvin looks hilar with his hair combed like that
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
http://cdn1.sbnation.com/imported_assets/1025872/CH870328_JPG.jpg
― Number None, Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
Calvin tiger is adorable
― Farrah Abraham had many songs/ many songs had Farrah Abraham (m bison), Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
would cuddle
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1990/07/24
i think you'll find THIS chart quite revealing.
― a hauntingly unemployed american (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 8 September 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
Household six year olds were polled on their favorite bedtimes
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 8 September 2012 23:40 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha omg, i talk about the color/B&W all the time but I had completely forgotten "Not necessarily. A lot of great artists were insane."
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 9 September 2012 04:16 (eleven years ago) link
really disappointed that I didn't think to use 'attack of the stupid fruity crazy swag goons' when that was the rolling goon title
― 乒乓, Thursday, 7 February 2013 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
Dear Mr. Watterson documentary hitting festivals next month.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Monday, 4 March 2013 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
a sweet tribute:
http://zenpencils.com/comic/128-bill-watterson-a-cartoonists-advice/
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 28 August 2013 00:59 (ten years ago) link