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#31
10-05-2005, 08:04 AM
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Re: Calvin and Hobbes
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I'm buying this book...and I"m gonna laugh my ass off for a month at Spaceman Spiff.... RB [/ QUOTE ] Our copy just came (from Amazon) yesterday.. You won't be disappointed, but these things weigh a ton. Great quality though.. 
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#33
10-05-2005, 08:42 AM
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Re: Calvin and Hobbes
I agree C&H is easily first, and Far Side probably second, but I think it misses a lot to mention the greatest strips ever without mentioning the Peanuts. The problem is, it's outdated now -- it's almost like looking at Sally Forth or something, it just doesn't seem to gel today.
I think in a lot of ways, C&H would never have happened without the Peanuts. Calvin and Hobbes was the most amazing strip I've ever seen, anyways. And Watterson is a strange and amazing guy - conservative estimates say he could have made about $10 million a year -by doing nothing- had he licensed the strip's charachters for marketing. $10 million for no extra effort. There was a minor flap at some point when Watterson demaded about twice the space in Sunday comics pages. He lamented that strips got smaller and artists had less and less space to really create. So he simply said "either give me more space, or don't run it." I think some papers did drop the strip, but many gave him the space. At the time, it was easy to think of it almost like blackmail. But when you consider that he never profited from the marketing of those characters, he really just seemed to be true to what he wanted his creation to be. Amazing strip, amazing guy. In a time when it seems you can be a celebrity for almost anything - genius not necessary - here's a guy who a nation crowned "best cartoonist ever" and he simply never wanted the publicity or fame.
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#35
10-05-2005, 09:10 AM
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Re: Calvin and Hobbes
If you don't already own all the Calvin & Hobbes, there's something seriously wrong with you.
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#37
10-05-2005, 10:57 AM
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Re: Calvin and Hobbes
Daryn, those two books were mine and my brothers first as well.
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#38
10-05-2005, 10:59 AM
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Daryn, those two books were mine and my brothers first as well. [/ QUOTE ] interesting, the first book i ever read was the original "calvin and hobbes." i was like 6 or so. edit: oh, you didnt mean first "books."
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#39
10-05-2005, 11:05 AM
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Re: Calvin and Hobbes
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[ QUOTE ] Calvin and Hobbes is number one, Far Side is number 2. Everything else is very very far behind. [/ QUOTE ] No, Calvin and Hobbes is number one and the Far Side is awesome, but Bloom County isn't that far behind. [/ QUOTE ] At its best, Bloom County was probably the best written comic strip. BC had some good years and some so-so years, while I think C&H was consistently great.
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#40
10-05-2005, 11:07 AM
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Calvin and Hobbes is number one, Far Side is number 2. Everything else is very very far behind. [/ QUOTE ] I'll give you #1, but your #2 is out to lunch. Peanuts (read the earlier stuff) Doonesburry Achewood Maakies There's more I can think of, but Far Side isn't very high on my list at all.
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