calvin and hobbes

[jillr 0]

http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/11/23/

It might be 10 years old, but it's still so very funny.

[Harksaw 0]

Here's one of my faves:
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I started skydiving for the money and the chicks. Oh, wait.

[Sheenster303 0]

I love Calvin and Hobbes! That's my favorite comic strip!

I'm so funny I crack my head open!

P.M.S. #102

[kai2k1 0]

I loved calviin and hobbes. I wish he'd start writing them again.

There's no truer sense of flying than sky diving," Scott Cowan

[JAC 0]

That's too funny!

[PLFKING 4]

I've got that one on my office wall.
My favorites are any ones with snowmen in them.


Don

"When in doubt I whip it out,
I got me a rock-and-roll band.
It's a free-for-all."

[jillr 0]

The snowmen one are funny until you get a 8year old asking sweetly to go make a snowman, and after you put blood sweat and tears into it, he turns it into a monster.

The apartment neighbors loved me.

[PLFKING 4]

You're not saying that Calvin is a bad influence on 8-year-olds, are you ?

Yeah.....but they're still funny. I especially like it when he makes the hundreds of small ones, then aligns them into an "audience" configuration.

Don

"When in doubt I whip it out,
I got me a rock-and-roll band.
It's a free-for-all."

[skybytch 273]

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I've got that one on my office wall.

I've got the original clipping from my local newspaper (including the date) on my office wall.

[PLFKING 4]

That's impressive. HOWEVER, (two-upsmanship) I'VE also got a "Close To Home" hamging beside it....this one shows a 4-way (still in formation) all wrapped up in bandages, suspended above two hospital beds. A nurse is telling the dr. "These are the four guys who were in that skydiving accident." (end two-upsmanship).

Beat that !


Don

"When in doubt I whip it out,
I got me a rock-and-roll band.
It's a free-for-all."

[panzwami 0]

hmm....now I have an idea what to do the next time we're on a weather hold.

Matt
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[selbbub78 0]

That's great!

"Women fake orgasms - men fake whole relationships" – Sharon Stone
"The world is my dropzone" (wise crewdog quote)
"The light dims, until full darkness pierces into the world."-KDM

[skybytch 273]

That's nice, Don.


On the same bulletin board I have a "Committed" cartoon (by Michael Fry) from July 13, 1996. It has a baby in a rig pulling low over a house and the parents standing outside saying "Ignore her. She's just looking for attention." Again, this is an original clipping from 1996, which shows discoloration and wear appropriate to it's age.


I get the extra half cuz my second cartoon is rarer - therefore cooler - than yours.

[Nightingale 0]

as much as we all love calvin and his tiger friend, I fear Mr. Watterson will never start the comic up again. He is a very private person, and he got more publicity than he could handle because of it. The man just wants to be left alone, and if he restarts the strip, people are going to be bugging him again.

[jillr 0]

I thought it had something to do with calvin's image being used without permission...

ie: all those "piss on" stickers...

[PhillyKev 0]

Yeah...it was all the peeing on Ford and Chevy logos that got to him

[Nightingale 0]

nope. it was Mr. Watterson wanting privacy.

interview in Christian Science Monitor:

P. BROWER, VIA E-MAIL, ASKS, 'WHATEVER HAPPENED TO...?'
Cartoonist Bill Watterson
By Lane Hartill


Unlike the witty Hobbes or the scheming Calvin, Bill Watterson, creator of the cartoon strip "Calvin & Hobbes," isn't one for much talking.


CALVIN AND DAD: Retired cartoonist Bill Watterson looks a lot like the father in the 'Calvin & Hobbes' strips he drew for 10 years. Calvin's father is a patent lawyer, as is Watterson's dad.
ILLUSTRATION FROM 'SOMETHING UNDER THE BED IS DROOLING' ©1987 BY BILL WATTERSON. REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION OF UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.



The reclusive cartoonist, who retired in 1996, leads a private life in a small Ohio town. His strip, which made its debut in 1985, is still syndicated overseas.

Mr. Watterson is notorious for not giving interviews. But John Kuehner, a reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, talked with Watterson at his front door in 1998. During the chat, in which Watterson forbade Mr. Kuehner from taking notes, Watterson talked of his desire to stay out of the public eye.

"He's very intelligent and wanted to discuss the merits of why he wasn't a public figure," said Kuehner in a phone interview. "He wanted to debate; it was almost collegiate."

Watterson felt strongly about the artistic integrity of cartoons. He did not like the commercialization of them.

Watterson now paints for his own enjoyment and can be seen riding his bike around town. But locals respect his privacy and leave him alone, says a city official who asked not to be identified.

According to Lee Salem, executive vice president and editor at the Universal Press Syndicate, Watterson probably won't resume drawing "Calvin & Hobbes," which once appeared in 2,400 newspapers. "I think he will never do [it] again," Mr. Salem says.

Watterson, who published 16 Calvin & Hobbes books, has said that he does not think a strip should be continued after the retirement of the cartoonist.

"He's not a comedian," says Salem of Watterson. "He's very straightforward. He doesn't want a public persona associated with the work he's done."

[jillr 0]

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Watterson felt strongly about the artistic integrity of cartoons. He did not like the commercialization of them.

But hints at the "commercialization"? Sounds like we might both be right.

and at any rate, new comics will not happen and that's such a sad thing...

[Kris 0]

I like them so much I carry them on my right calf everywhere I go.

Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and
Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

[DeNReN 0]

Cool tat....whats the dark background?

[Kris 0]

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Cool tat....whats the dark background?

Thanks. It's Kanjii for "tranquility".

Sky, Muff Bro, Rodriguez Bro, and
Bastion of Purity and Innocence!™

[dzdiva 7]

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I like them so much I carry them on my right calf everywhere I go.

Nice leg...er....I mean tat!!

"It's not just a daydream if you choose to make it your life..."

[PLFKING 4]

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That's nice, Don.


On the same bulletin board I have a "Committed" cartoon (by Michael Fry) from July 13, 1996. It has a baby in a rig pulling low over a house and the parents standing outside saying "Ignore her. She's just looking for attention." Again, this is an original clipping from 1996, which shows discoloration and wear appropriate to it's age.


I get the extra half cuz my second cartoon is rarer - therefore cooler - than yours.

<> On that SAME wall, I also have a Far Side, showing a skydiver with a piano and a boat anchor over his head. The caption reads "Murray didn't REALLY begin to worry until he pulled his reserve rip cord." <<>>

Three and a half points because I ALSO have a penis, and no matter what else you might have on your wall, you don't have one of those.

I'm a male, therefore I win. End of discussion.


Don

"When in doubt I whip it out,
I got me a rock-and-roll band.
It's a free-for-all."

[jimmytavino 16]

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I love Calvin and Hobbes! That's my favorite comic strip!

Spaceman Spiff !!!!... what a guy!!!!
...On the last Sunday that Calvin and Hobbes were in the newspaper funnies,,, MY Kids and I built this snow sculpture in our front yard,,, as a tribute!!!It was quite a few years ago, now........ ( p.s. Hobbes's Head is about 10 feet off the ground...)....and please note the little snowman,, with the stick arms...that was my son's idea... and a great touch.!!...

skydive softly, skydive often, skydive with friends

[Nightingale 0]

OMG that's AWESOME!!!!