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Where's Calvin and Hobbes creator?

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:17 pm
by Sarge
Nice little 'Human Interest' story...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/1 ... index.html
"It was like getting a letter from home," Jim Watterson says of reading his son's work each morning.
I thought that quote was really something special, something that any child would like to hear from a parent about their life's work.

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:35 pm
by Topher
I just picked up the complete Calvin and Hobbes along with the Complete Farside. Best books I've ever bought!

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 7:42 pm
by Couver_
Calvin and Hobbes and Bloom County are my all time favorite comics. I wish they had not stopped on either one. :(

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:41 pm
by Mobius
Calvin and Hobbes is truly inspired. I always felt sad that he stopped when he did, but in reality, it's a good thing he stopped before the strip got stale and boring.

To this day, my ship logo is "Spaceman Spiff" going down in flames with "AAAAAARRRGH" in the background. :D

Despite his initial brilliance, Larson should have stopped 5 years before he did: his later work is mostly uninspired and uninspiring.

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:12 pm
by Money!
It's my favorite comic.

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:03 am
by Jon the Great
Sarge wrote:Nice little 'Human Interest' story...

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/1 ... index.html
"It was like getting a letter from home," Jim Watterson says of reading his son's work each morning.
Mobius wrote:Despite his initial brilliance, Larson should have stopped 5 years before he did: his later work is mostly uninspired and uninspiring.
It's Bill Watterson.

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 12:11 am
by Vertigo 99
He's talking about a different strip, I believe.

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 2:34 am
by roid
Larson did The Far Side.

and yeah i love Calvin & Hobbies. now that that article has educated me that there are all of his comics in one book i might think about grabbing it.

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:13 am
by Boo
Best comic ever. It's a good mix of cynicism and truth :)

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:12 pm
by Ferno
Vertigo 99 wrote:He's talking about a different strip, I believe.
nope.

Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:43 pm
by Vertigo 99
what? i figured mobius was saying. "x about calvin and hobbes, y about larson"

either that or mobi is stupid, both possible

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:14 pm
by Mr. Perfect
Calvin and Hobbes is classic. I've got a number of collections here, and I was thrilled to see it re-appear in the sunday comics recently.