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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: zahc on January 07, 2009, 08:28:02 PM
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does this remind anyone else of the automakers?
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:laugh:
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calvin and hobbes is always good.
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that looks familiar (http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=15370.msg317180#msg317180)
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that looks familiar (http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=15370.msg317180#msg317180)
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Greatest
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Strip
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Old Testament Israel had Isaiah & Jeremiah......we have Calvin & Hobbes... :angel:
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Greatest
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Second that.
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Second that.
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?)
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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.
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=D :cool:
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Is he making more C&H now?? I thought he retired the strip like 10 years ago.
I LMAO'ed at the snowmen.
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What wasn't clear about my statement?
And no, Waterson isn't creating new Calvin & Hobbs comics, unfortunately.
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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.
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De gustibus non disputandum est.
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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. =)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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
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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.
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"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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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.
No, that's the impression I got too. He did great work but man was he full of himself.
Oh, and greatest comic evar?
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gonna have to disagree balog,
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I'm with Balog.
Calvin and Hobbes is, however, a VERY close second.
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gonna have to disagree balog,
Mutts? Really? Better than both the Far Side and C&H? /shakes head.....
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The two best comic strips ever: Peanuts, and Calvin and Hobbes.
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ever see this Lio from a year ago?
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C&H was the best ever, Far Side a close second and Peanuts in third.....
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Second best is Bloom County
Third is Far Side
Fourth is Doonsbury, or however it's spelled.
Fifth was Peanuts.
Honorable mention to Liberty Meadows.
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Few historians know of the heartwarming friendship between French Reformation theologian John Calvin and English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes, the latter of whom may or may not have been real, considering he was not even born yet.
I want this on a shirt.
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Fourth is Doonsbury, or however it's spelled.
Doonesbury? Seriously? It's a bit, err... leftist, for my tastes.
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Mutts? Really? Better than both the Far Side and C&H? /shakes head.....
i like mutts better then Far Side. but then, we almost named a cat stinky pudding and my dog is named after Earl.
its almost like that guy took the jokes we made about our dogs and wrote them down. i mean, its like moochie IS pharoh.
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Doonesbury? Seriously? It's a bit, err... leftist, for my tastes.
It's a LOT leftist. Still doesn't detract from its overal brilliance.
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I dont care WHAT you think about C&H, those snowmen ones were brilliant.
I needed that laugh today. Thank you.
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My physics professor last semester put a C&H strip on the cover sheet of each exam. He was a terrible teacher, and his exams were horrible, but at least there was a little something fun associated with the class.
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My physics professor last semester put a C&H strip on the cover sheet of each exam. He was a terrible teacher, and his exams were horrible, but at least there was a little something fun associated with the class.
one of my english teachers used to make us write 'journal' entrys based on a topic. one was a C&H, with calvin outside at night. "HEY!....screamed the dustspeck."
its been one of my favorites ever since.
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I'd have to agree that it's the greatest comic strip ever. Followed by Get Fuzzy and Non Sequitur.
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Far Side, then C&H, then..... not really sure, honestly. Dilbert has some amazing stuff, but a lot that feels churned out too.
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I'd have given up parts of my anatomy to sit in on a conversation about the art b/t Charles Schultz and Bill Watterson......it would be like sitting in with Tolkein and Lewis....but with pictures.... =D
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I'd have to agree that it's the greatest comic strip ever. Followed by Get Fuzzy and Non Sequitur.
i like the Non Sequiturs with Lucy and Danae. i have the book and i stole the picture of Lucy and Danae chillin' in the liverpool with the jumper flying over. one of my favorite straight comic images.
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I'd have given up parts of my anatomy to sit in on a conversation about the art b/t Charles Schultz and Bill Watterson......it would be like sitting in with Tolkein and Lewis....but with pictures.... =D
Except none of the other three people in that analogy are nearly as much of a pretentious jerk as Waterson.
Edit: oops, forgot where I was. Sorry about that.