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Where we at with The Calvin and Hobbes?

UnPRePared

For the last time, I am NOT James Arness!
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My good songwriting friend Scott wrote a little song for his daughter about the comic strip, and after reading one of the books - which I rather enjoyed - I asked him to put it on my new album at the time, "Makes Me Think of Home".

Kinda makes me wish I had something like that to read growing up. Clever little strip, keen to see it went out on top, too.


 

wbgreen

May St. Mel bless you
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Rather spend an hour reading Calvin & Hobbes for the millionth time than watch any standup.

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LingerLonger

Still spreading the O&A virus
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Bill Watterson seems like a real ass dude. Not selling merchandise(outside of books), ending when he wanted to even though people still wanted more.
The anti-George Lucas route. The fact is that Bill Watterson probably goes to bed every night completely content and happy. Lucas lives in his own gated city with an army of servants and billions of dollars and likely is miserable every waking moment when thinking of what has become of Star Wars.

If you had told George Lucas during the creation of the first Star Wars trilogy that it would destroy his marriage. Turn him entirely against his franchise in the future to the point of pure disgust. And also make him a multi-billionaire. He would have told you that you were insane. No idea what compelled Watterson to never sell his creation out but seeing how EVERY single franchise has turned to pure shit currently it was a monumentally correct decision.
 

analeggsalad

the Gentleman's sissy hypno
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I read an ancient tome by the shitter idk a few years ago. I liked it when younger, not a fanboy but definitely enjoyed getting the big books as gifts and read them pretty thoroughly. TBH, and I know this will be unpopular, a lot of it came off as reddit posting, a little like XKCD's John Munroe (Reddit the Man)

and in retrospect, Garfield's over the top merch push and lack of sincereity or depth feels right at home. Jon Davis treated the medium the way it deserves to be treated. I also looked at some 'The Far Side' recently by gary larson, it strikes you how severely it is stuck solidly in the 80s/early 90s. It's like listening to Dennis Miller with some of its the time period references
 
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