Calvin & Hobbes C or D

xp - i dunno, he's gotta be near the top, right?

but yeah, i am probably biased -- he was the best daily strip by far back when i actually read daily strips.

Well, I'm sure Watterson would place in most ppl's top ten newspaper strip creators, but to suggest that he's 'much better' than Charles Schulz, or Crockett Johnson, or countless other creators who might also place in that top ten, seems p hyperbolic imho.

^^^

the part where he stops susie with a passionate kiss on the lips is awesome

pplains wins

this bullshit was hateshared by vg on fb & I was mostly annoyed because I was sure I had hidden tickld from my feed (I mean, I know I have, I keep track of these things)

so I go to hide the post & get this:

Hide all from Texting someone to say that you are outside their house instead of knocking
Are you sure you want to hide posts from Texting someone to say that you are outside their house instead of knocking?

this shit always finds a way in :-(

Schulz is great but I put Watterson up there at the top right next to him.

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), Tuesday, June 9, 2015 10:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

calvin and hobbes was pretty damn sentimental

i mean, a /lot/ more sentimental than peanuts in its glory years

If someone or other would post the rest of the comic strip poll results we'd know the answer to this question

It was, but not clumsily so? I mean, this particular piece of deathbed fanfic is more a bad riff on the ending of Toy Story 3 than Calvin & Hobbes.

I meant people trying to make money or get known off being sentimental and nostalgic towards the strip itself. C&H had its sentimental moments but they were tempered w absurdity and surrealism. This fan fiction stuff usually is just 100% mawkish.

It was, but not clumsily so? I mean, this particular piece of deathbed fanfic is more a bad riff on the ending of Toy Story 3 than Calvin & Hobbes.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, June 10, 2015 11:46 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh, i didn't even read that (why would I?) -- just saying that people's attempts to (re)cast C&H as if it weren't sentimental are misguided.

peanuts could get sentimental but at it's best it was kind of matter-of-fact

(why would I?)

In order to participate in the conversation that's actually taking place?

But to be fair, I haven't read it either.

why would you need to read something just to have a conversation about it

sounds time-consuming

In summary: "Hobbes, you old scamp. You...you really took me places, buddy. I'll never forget you. But now it's time for me to put away childish things and make tender love to my wife."

xp especially when you can ask others who have to tell you what to think. and then disagree with them.

Calvin bequeaths Hobbes to his grandchild for a new lifetime of precious adventures. That's where I got the Toy Story 3 thing from.

i didn't express an opinion on the fanfic! my life is too previous -- all our lives are too precious -- to read sentimental fanfic IMO.

I didn't read it either.

http://i.imgur.com/tLU2FFd.jpg

I mean, look, I know all about "View Image" and everything but c'mon.

yeah there's no way

it's a pretty quick read, and i learned 17 crazy things about calvin's future that will completely change the way i view Calvin & Hobbes

(#14 is the craziest!)

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ab/0f/d0/ab0fd0fe03675686b7df1b3d6fa3d8f8.jpg

fuck this nerd shit, I'm all for fan whatever but not for calvin and hobbes

Not for any creators who've been crystal clear about their dislike of others using their IP.

Forgot how funny this was. Re-reading Weirdos from another planet

no
they are not.
praise is when you lick the cock and adulation is when you deep throat.
as well,
i dont like it.

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, April 14, 2003 2:33 AM (fifteen years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it is beyond classic

also beyond classic is the creator being one of the few to not sell out. he saved us from the inevitable funko pop where Calvin and Hobbes are both the exact same size and share the same dead eyed stare.

otm

Everything on the internet from pre-2012 should be scrubbed xp

also beyond classic is the creator being one of the few to not sell out. he saved us from the inevitable funko pop where Calvin and Hobbes are both the exact same size and share the same dead eyed stare.

my box set is still at my old apartment- this thread is a great reminder to go pick it up

Somehow forgot Hobbes is an imaginary friend for Calvin.
Anyways reading through weirdos and collected indispensable book next. Some of the funniest comics bar none, Calvin is too smart for his own good but also a real cool dude. Reading weirdos first as I’m worried the comp book will have repeats and I don’t want a greatest hits type experience with this stuff.

"indispensable" compiled "revenge of the baby-sat" and "scientific progress goes boink," so you're all clear.

Awesome!! Thank you

We should poll the non-compilation books. I think I had them all at one time. They were the ideal Christmas present.

that'd be tricky! so much of the strip's greatness is individual classic strips that to my memory could basically be in any book, or the brilliant beautiful sundays in the final years. but with a cheat sheet of major storylines in each one i could maybe make a judgment call. snow goons vs transmogrifier vs duplicator for the crazy elaborate ones, but dead bird vs binoculars vs class presentation on bats for the everyday observational ones.

Would love that

the storylines sounds a v good idea

there's so many others... transmogrifier gun, vacation road trip, rosalyn arcs, trip to mars, stuff with susie and moe at school. it was a strip of really diverse strengths, between the pogo-inspired rambling storylines, the nemo-inspired sunday bonanzas, and the one-day zingers of incredible cartooning or hilarious ever-notice-this writing. wouldn't know where to start if you had to put just one thing in front of somebody to explain why it was a special comic.... but, with no memory of what's in them, I'm guessing Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat or The Days Are Just Packed --- after the introduction of the oversized sunday pages, but (I think??) before the focus on those sort of curtailed the dailies back to gag-a-day or one-week bits (tho those remained brilliant, and brilliantly-drawn).

The last Rosalyn arc is sweet, where they finally make peace after she turns out to be surprisingly skillful at Calvinball.

Calvin is terrible to Susie. In weirdos from another planer he says her hair is hiding her lobotomy scars. I know he’s six years old, but the comic captures how abusive males treat females pretty accurately - that sort of damage lingers on.

Classic moment: Calvin hugging Hobbes as a Xmas gift

https://assets.amuniversal.com/9fe19e1018ad012f2fc600163e41dd5b

the faces in this one are so amazing

Hadn't seen that in years. So good.