Can't wait til this guy dies so we can get an awesome cgi feature out of this. Frankie muniz as the voice of calvin.
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 16 November 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
it's almost like not everything needs a fucking kickstarter documentary
― imago-er not a show-er (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 16 November 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link
I could be mistaken, but in one of the interviews it sounded like Universal Press Syndicate has retained the liberty at any time to begin merchandising Calvin & Hobbes and has deferred to Watterson's wishes on the matter.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 16 November 2013 16:25 (ten years ago) link
That's true, and Watterson himself talked about it in his most recent interview, as well as in The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book. As a struggling cartoonist, he signed away his rights to his creations to the syndicate (not an uncommon practice by new cartoonists, apparently). He said something along the lines of, "At the time, I was more worried about the consequences if it didn't become popular than if it did."
And yeah, Universal could have easily told him to get lost, hired someone else to draw it, and filled the world's toy stores with crappy C&H trinkets. By deferring to Watterson on this, they either thought he might change his mind later, or figured they had something incredibly special on their hands and better not fuck with it.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 16 November 2013 16:44 (ten years ago) link
Oh wait, I misunderstood...so Universal can sell C&H merch now, in 2013? I think Watterson won that battle/signed a new contract in the early 90s.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 16 November 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
I love that he's some Reddit martyr for NOT SELLING OUT THE COMIC WHAT GIVES US THE FEELS, and the internet respond by using his ideas to make garbage like this: http://zenpencils.com/comic/128-bill-watterson-a-cartoonists-advice/
― imago-er not a show-er (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 16 November 2013 16:54 (ten years ago) link
i stole that opinion from another message board but you get the point
eh, one artist pays fond tribute to another - hard to work up even mild irritation
― CANONICAL artists, etc., etc. (contenderizer), Saturday, 16 November 2013 17:05 (ten years ago) link
Lol @ the idea that a megacorp like Universal respects an artist's wishes more than $$$
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 16 November 2013 17:35 (ten years ago) link
I thought that was bonkers too, but one of the UPS people being interviewed made it sound like that's exactly what they were doing. I think if they were to roll out merch against Watterson's wishes, though, the backlash would be massive from both inside and outside the community.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 16 November 2013 17:39 (ten years ago) link
Before Hobbes, by Len Wein, J Michael Stracynzki and Jae Lee.
― ͼѾͽ (sic), Saturday, 16 November 2013 17:51 (ten years ago) link
gahhhhh
― He got...JACKED UP!!!!! (WilliamC), Saturday, 16 November 2013 18:26 (ten years ago) link
Watterson did the poster art for new documentary on newspaper comics.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2014/02/26/arts/26artsbeat-watterson/26artsbeat-watterson-blog480.jpg
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 21:39 (ten years ago) link
Dear Mr. Watterson is up on Netflix streaming now.
― Johnny Fever, Sunday, 18 May 2014 16:08 (ten years ago) link
http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2014/06/05/is-bill-watterson-ghost-drawing-pearls-before-swine-this-week/
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 6 June 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
I agree with one of the commenters...Watterson sneaks back and Pearls Before Swine is the strip he sneaks back to?! Ugh.
Of course, it might not be him at all.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 6 June 2014 20:35 (ten years ago) link
why would he do this
― Οὖτις, Friday, 6 June 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
pearls before pearls before swine tbh
― Plasmon, Friday, 6 June 2014 22:15 (ten years ago) link
this is like Salinger coming back to write an episode of Family Guy
― troy na'vi (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 7 June 2014 05:13 (ten years ago) link
lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 7 June 2014 05:37 (ten years ago) link
sadly it's himhttp://stephanpastis.wordpress.com/2014/06/07/ever-wished-that-calvin-and-hobbes-creator-bill-watterson-would-return-to-the-comics-page-well-he-just-did/
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 June 2014 06:03 (ten years ago) link
Tragically, a man did something for fun
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Saturday, 7 June 2014 06:39 (ten years ago) link
Itheyre bad strips imo
― Look at this joke I've recognised, do you recognise it as well? (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 7 June 2014 06:51 (ten years ago) link
Would have watched
― Lee626, Saturday, 7 June 2014 08:58 (ten years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2014/06/06/exclusive-calvin-and-hobbes-creator-bill-watterson-returns-to-the-comics-page-to-offer-a-few-pearls-gems/?hpid=z1
A few more details
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 7 June 2014 14:13 (ten years ago) link
otm, plus bonus round of fun as people share their Important Opinions about how they'd have done it better
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 7 June 2014 14:52 (ten years ago) link
yeah, plus the art is about a 1000 times sharper, funnier and more ambitious than what you usually get from pearls, so i don't see what anyone has to complain about.
― sci-fi looking, chubby-leafed, delicately bizarre (contenderizer), Saturday, 7 June 2014 16:15 (ten years ago) link
this is awesome
― polyamanita (sleeve), Saturday, 7 June 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link
Those were pretty funny & great.
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 7 June 2014 16:20 (ten years ago) link
Watterson's Angoulême 2015 Festival Poster:
http://www.paulgravett.com/site/pg_blog_post/bill_wattersons_angouleme_2015_festival_poster
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 21:58 (nine years ago) link
Seems to be a bit more active lately...
― Number None, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 22:39 (nine years ago) link
lol @ the rock/window switcheroo
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 6 November 2014 00:38 (nine years ago) link
also the cop's big nose reminded me of moe the bully
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 6 November 2014 00:42 (nine years ago) link
Excerpts from new Watterson interview:http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/03/09/bill-watterson-talks-this-is-why-you-must-read-the-new-exploring-calvin-and-hobbes-book/
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 12 March 2015 18:35 (nine years ago) link
Sorry, actual excerpts here:http://library.osu.edu/blogs/cartoons/2015/03/10/new-bill-watterson-retrospective-book-exploring-calvin-and-hobbes-shines-new-light-on-wattersons-thought-process-inspirations/
and here:http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/03/10/read-heres-an-excerpt-from-bill-wattersons-rare-new-calvin-and-hobbes-interview/
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 12 March 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link
i love c-&-h
i read some strips years ago, and it did nothing for me.
then along came mk1, and mk2, and 5 years ago i read an omnibus book that bh had picked up in a charity shop, and i would read a chunk every evening. on many an occasion i would end up crying with laughter.
so much so, that bh me banned from reading it while she was watching tv.
― mark e, Thursday, 12 March 2015 18:49 (nine years ago) link
I've been reading a few pages a night out of my many collections as a bedtime story for my 6 year old, and he absolutely loves them. I was in my 20s/30s when the strips were new, so it's been very interesting to see what tickles a kid's funnybone (much), what I have to explain, and what I have to Bowdlerize.
― Losing swag by the second (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 12 March 2015 19:09 (nine years ago) link
People are passing this bullshit around fb today: http://www.tickld.com/x/this-guy-just-changed-the-way-we-seecalvin-and-hobbes
It's pissing me off, but I don't want to pick fights with people about Calvin & Hobbes, because Calvin & Hobbes is above it. But this schlocky sentimental fanfic bullshit is maddening.
http://i.imgur.com/tLU2FFd.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 01:49 (nine years ago) link
http://uploads.neatorama.com/images/posts/191/71/71191/1397608679-0.jpg
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 01:53 (nine years ago) link
did ... did hobbes maul calvin
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 01:55 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/9lZZFBK.jpg
― pplains, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 02:02 (nine years ago) link
lol at the idea that calvin will grow up to marry susie, i mean wtf is that
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 02:16 (nine years ago) link
pplains omg thank you
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 02:23 (nine years ago) link
Good on Watterston for never selling out, all manner of weak fan fiction and manipulative nostalgic/sentimental bs will never detract from the pure anarchic beauty of Calvin and Hobbes.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 03:26 (nine years ago) link
i hate this soooooooo much
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 03:39 (nine years ago) link
the one where it was implied that Calvin was on Ritalin was a lot worse. this one is just stupid
― frogbs, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 03:55 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I agree
― paolo, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:12 (nine years ago) link
I'm actually quite angry about that. Fan fiction is the worst
― paolo, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:13 (nine years ago) link
worse than fan fiction is anything that is mawkishly sentimental about aging or the future death of yourself, your parents, or a beloved fictional character. like why would I make a kid read the giving tree. damn that shit was a bummer as an elementary school kid. Thanks mom.
― nomar, Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:19 (nine years ago) link
That is so perverse and gross that I wish I'd written it.
― Tarkus Aurelius (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 10 June 2015 14:25 (nine years ago) link