Now that was a good comic strip.

ha! I've been reading a bunch of these books in m'lady's collection as I've fought insomnia this week. Totally not Crap! Watterson was a really principled hombre, too. The Tenth anniversary collection has some great essays he wrote about his battles with refusing to license C and H and commentary on a few hundred strips discussing what he felt were sucesses or failures. A really great read.




Faiz

I really admire Bill Watterson. Not just for his refusal to license his art, but the man is simply a wonderful cartoonist. He never employed any artistic assistants (which is fairly remarkable for a comic as popular as Calvin & Hobbes). The art itself is first rate and often breathtaking, as in the surreal Krazy Kat-esque landscapes.

The jokes are often a little too "precious," but this daily comic-strip business, I get the feeling it's pretty tough.

As I look back on old Calvin & Hobbes that I read as a kid, new layers are constantly unraveling into a truly sophisticated work that's far more satisfying as an adult. A comic-strip seemingly for kids that explicitly dealt with issues of existentialism, atheism, consumerism, nihilism, etc. Remarkable.

NOT CRAP

Calvin and Hobbes was a favorite for years. I haven't found the strip as captivating lately, but I bet it's just a phase. Kinda like acne.

Watterson made some beautiful artwork. Beyond that, C & H was imaginative, funny and often very moving.

NC.

http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/calvinhobbes.htm

Wow. I'm really glad you brought this up! It made me realize there were some books missing from my life. I will be purchasing some stuff soon. Not Crap!

best art of any newspaper comic strip of the last 25 years
best content of any newspaper comic strip of the last 25 years

Calvin & Hobbes - so rich! Calvin's mom and dad were just as funny as C&H. Suzie and Mrs. Wormwood were awesome, too.

I was an avid follower for years and I do not recall seeing Calvin peeing or praying - ever. Did I miss something? I saw Calvin take his clothes off a number of times. (That would be considered child pornography now, folks.) Anyway, can someone explain the bumper stickers I see on cars depicting Calvin praying and pissing on things? That is not cool.

Here's a little treat for you fans:

Calvin and Suzie are looking at clouds, and Suzie asks Calvin what
he thinks one cloud looks like.

He replies, "A bunch of suspended water and ice particles, ... Why?"

When Suzie shows displeasure, Calvin comments, "Everybody hates a
literalist."

Fancy Pants wrote:I was an avid follower for years and I do not recall seeing Calvin peeing or praying - ever. Did I miss something? I saw Calvin take his clothes off a number of times. (That would be considered child pornography now, folks.) Anyway, can someone explain the bumper stickers I see on cars depicting Calvin praying and pissing on things? That is not cool.

Any and all Calvin and Hobbes Merchandise is bootleg. In the Tenth Anniv. book I mentioned above, Watterson discusses it in detail. He refused to license the characters for anything other than reprints of the strip in his books. All other C & H images are copyright violations. Even the titles for the collections of other collections (Authoratative, Indispensible and Essential) were meant sarcastically because they were rehashes of the other books w/the same material.

No Sell Out.





Faiz

Easy. Not Crap. No waffle factor. Might not be as good as you remember it, but then, what is?



Where can I get a bumper sticker of Calvin peeing on Suzie?

I always thought that a bumper sticker of Calvin peeing on one of those bootleg Calvin bumper stickers would be pretty ill.