Author Topic: Calvin and Hobbes (Read 8805 times)

Ever?

We have met the enemy and they are us! (Walt Kelly's Pogo.)

What of Al Capp's Li'l Abner? Gus Arriola's Gordo (Bug Rogers and Poosy Gato, where are you when we need you?)

Uncle Bubba · « **Reply #10 on:** January 08, 2009, 12:24:56 AM »

Quote from: Chuck Dye on January 07, 2009, 11:26:47 PM

Ever?

We have met the enemy and they are us! (Walt Kelly's Pogo.)

What of Al Capp's Li'l Abner? Gus Arriola's Gordo (Bug Rogers and Poosy Gato, where are you when we need you?)

Yep, IMNSHO.

I read Pogo when I was a boy, and read more of it, and about it, in archives as a young man, and love it. Read L'il Abner as a younker, too, and consider it a classic. Never heard of Gordo.

I'll take C & H.

Zed · « **Reply #11 on:** January 08, 2009, 12:36:11 AM »

AZRedhawk44 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 08, 2009, 01:11:51 AM »

Is he making more C&H now?? I thought he retired the strip like 10 years ago.

I LMAO'ed at the snowmen.

K Frame · « **Reply #13 on:** January 08, 2009, 01:33:25 AM »

What wasn't clear about my statement?

And no, Waterson isn't creating new Calvin & Hobbs comics, unfortunately.

Devonai · « **Reply #14 on:** January 08, 2009, 01:38:55 AM »

Bill Watterson is my best friend's first cousin! Unfortunately this has never turned into an introduction for me, but my friend has been to his house and seen the hill that inspired Calvin and Hobbes' suicidal sled/wagon runs.

Chuck Dye · « **Reply #15 on:** January 08, 2009, 02:10:03 AM »

De gustibus non disputandum est.

S. Williamson · « **Reply #16 on:** January 08, 2009, 04:22:18 AM »

Bill Watterson is one of those few people that I have always, sincerely, wanted to meet.

After reading what little there is about him, I know that not only is it highly unlikely, it'd be rude.

If, Devonai, what you say is true, then please ask your friend to tell his cousin "Thanks" from a reader.

bedlamite · « **Reply #17 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:40:22 AM »

K Frame · « **Reply #18 on:** January 08, 2009, 07:47:33 AM »

Reading Watterson's last book, his "thesis" for lack of a better word, was an incredibly shocking eye opener to me.

I was left with one overriding mental image of the man -- profoundly depressed, bitter, and just nasty as hell.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #19 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:10:27 AM »

Quote from: Mike Irwin on January 08, 2009, 07:47:33 AM

Reading Watterson's last book, his "thesis" for lack of a better word, was an incredibly shocking eye opener to me.

I was left with one overriding mental image of the man -- profoundly depressed, bitter, and just nasty as hell.

i thought one of the main reasons he quit was because people kept using his images unlicenced (like calvin peeing) and it ticked him off.

roo_ster · « **Reply #20 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:12:06 AM »

Quote from: Mike Irwin on January 08, 2009, 07:47:33 AM

Reading Watterson's last book, his "thesis" for lack of a better word, was an incredibly shocking eye opener to me.

I was left with one overriding mental image of the man -- profoundly depressed, bitter, and just nasty as hell.

Do tell.

K Frame · « **Reply #21 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:16:23 AM »

"Do tell."

It's been awhile since I read that book, but it's a collected series of cartoons with his commentary between the strips.

A good portion of it was his recounting his protracted battles with editors and others who tried to compartmentalize his strip. While I certainly understand the desire to remain true to what he obviously considers an art form (he's not alone in that), a lot of it comes across as overwrought, bitter, and antagonistic. At least it did to me.

S. Williamson · « **Reply #22 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:29:39 AM »

The 10th Anniversary Edition, I think it was... it's the only book of his I have at the moment.

http://www.amazon.com/Calvin-Hobbes-Tenth-Anniversary-Book/dp/0836204387

K Frame · « **Reply #23 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:36:11 AM »

That's the one.

In all fairness I should reread it. Maybe I was in the wrong place at the time to fully absorb it.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #24 on:** January 08, 2009, 10:39:07 AM »

Quote from: Mike Irwin on January 08, 2009, 10:16:23 AM

"Do tell."

It's been awhile since I read that book, but it's a collected series of cartoons with his commentary between the strips.

A good portion of it was his recounting his protracted battles with editors and others who tried to compartmentalize his strip. While I certainly understand the desire to remain true to what he obviously considers an art form (he's not alone in that), a lot of it comes across as overwrought, bitter, and antagonistic. At least it did to me.

i just re-read the begining speil and the bit about licinsing and i think you may have pegged him pretty good from memory.

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Author Topic: Calvin and Hobbes (Read 8805 times)