Calvin & Hobbes C or D

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My nephew, now grown, spent summers at my place when he was a kid, and though we shared many interests, this one was a standout. I still read the books from time to time, laugh a lot and think of him.

jim wentworth (wench), Saturday, 28 May 2005 01:06 (nineteen years ago) link

Calvin & Hobbes is my all time favorite comic, hands down. Off the top of my head, one of my most favorite strips is the classic when his Dad misplaces his glasses, and Calvin marches in, hair in a combover saying 'Calvin, go do something you hate! Being miserable builds character!'...I like it b/c of Calvin's hair, and his mum, who's on the floor in hysterics.

Oh, and every snowman/snow monster/snow shovelling/snow-related strip.

VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 28 May 2005 01:29 (nineteen years ago) link

Only now do I realize the influence this strip had on me growing up. Classic.

Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 28 May 2005 02:31 (nineteen years ago) link

I def need to get that complete book when it comes out. I enjoyed the one collection that explained Watterson's standing when it came to syndication etc.

dog latin (dog latin), Saturday, 28 May 2005 07:18 (nineteen years ago) link

woah - re: this 'return' - has calvin and hobbes not been syndicated in reruns lately? i remember reading it in stars and stripes well after it wrapped but the atlanta paper only runs 'current' strips (though they've made an exception with peanuts reruns). the ups site sez on the c&h feature page 'only available outside north america' - why??

j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 28 May 2005 07:51 (nineteen years ago) link

if they haven't been syndicating it i dunno why not, a C&H strip i've read 10 times is still funnier than 99.5 percent of the rest of that stupid page.

J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Saturday, 28 May 2005 07:54 (nineteen years ago) link

one year passes...
Robot Chicken meets C&H

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zA64g3pi97M

Elvis Telecom (Chris Barrus), Thursday, 9 November 2006 08:07 (seventeen years ago) link

hahaha

internet downpause (kenan), Thursday, 9 November 2006 08:47 (seventeen years ago) link

It's rather like Brazil, isn't it?

internet downpause (kenan), Thursday, 9 November 2006 08:49 (seventeen years ago) link

one year passes...

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

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

two years pass...

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

six months pass...
one year passes...

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

seven months pass...
two months pass...

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

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

four months pass...

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

three weeks pass...

Dear Mr. Watterson documentary hitting festivals next month.

Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Monday, 4 March 2013 19:02 (eleven years ago) link

five months pass...

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

oh wow I love that!

set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 August 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link

Yeah, that's pretty amazing.

Shart Week (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 28 August 2013 01:37 (ten years ago) link

i love how he even captures the way watterson draws trees.

(The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 28 August 2013 01:37 (ten years ago) link

the series of strips with the sick bird that ended with this was just..

http://i29.tinypic.com/2vcj7uu.jpg

piscesx, Wednesday, 28 August 2013 02:02 (ten years ago) link


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