Calvin and Hobbes

That's pretty weird. This got a laugh out of me though.

http://metaphilm.com/images/philms/fightclub_photo2.jpg
"There are eight rules of Fight Club."

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Originally Posted by AstroBlue

I don't know why... but I am kind of offended by that C&H - FC link.

I always imagined Calvin would grow up to be this awesome, caring, creative person. Not a schizophrenic, nihilist, actuary... :(

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That's pretty much how I feel about it too. However, one person or group of persons interpertation isn't going to really change what I personally think about C&H.

Exactly.

Lets form a Calvin and Hobbes board.


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Originally Posted by Bacon McShig

This is cool news. God's Debris was a very thought-provoking read.

Oh, yes, and C&H rules, etc. etc.

Watterson seems like a bit of a grump, though. I can see him wanting them not to make a cartoon, since it would have to define Hobbes' real/imaginary form, but no merchandising at all was a tad much. If he would have allowed merchandise and donated all the profits to a charity of his choice, he could have done a lot of good. And his grousing on the state of the comics... they gave his sunday strips the largest space allocation that any comic had gotten since the 60s. I'm sure he would have made good use of a larger space, but if he was so gung-ho about more space to work in, why hasn't he put out a full-size children's book or something since C&H? He's had plenty of time, and a publishers would jump at the chance, but he's dropped completely off the map since.

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What, no, why should Watterson ruin his own creation to donate to charity? Fuck that.

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Originally Posted by youandwhosearmy

Exactly.

Lets form a Calvin and Hobbes board.


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I'd post there. =D

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Originally Posted by Mzo

Last strip ever, right?

I remember waiting for it... I was imagining something like a grown up, mid-30's Calvin getting home from work and stuff, sitting on his desk, and looking over at an old beat-up Hobbes doll that didn't move anymore.

That thought can still make me cry a little =/

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::sobbing like a schoolgirl::
Your imagination HATES you!!

Don't ever write a wildly successful comic that is a perfect encapsulation of my childhood only to end it crushingly, sending me into early retirement at the psycho ward, okay?

A couple hours ago I mention the upcoming Calvin and Hobbes collection to one of my roommates who then picks up The Essential Calvin and Hobbes from off my shelf. He proceeds to look at the back cover picture of Calvin stomping around a town and begins listing off shops, which puzzles me because I can't think of any time when they mentioned specific stores in the comic. I take a look at the picture and he asks me if I recognize it, when it suddenly dawns on me that the intersection is from a nearby county!* I had always thought it was just some random drawing like most comics but somehow the knowledge that Calvin was stomping through an actual area in this region brings me a little bit of joy.

*Watterson lives in Ohio, for the uninformed.

I wish he wouldn't destroy all his more recent art, I'd like to see some of it. :(

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0836...76#reader-link

For Reference.

That's the Popcorn Shop he's holding in his hand, FYI.

If you look here the header image shows the view of the left side of that page along with the middle veranda (Terrace? I can't remember what those are called.).

Gazebos, Mech.

Chagrin falls? What a sad name. No wonder Calvin's trashing it.