Feb 012009
Calvin & Hobbes
As much as I appreciate the fact that Bill Watterson quit drawing his strip while at the height of his game, saving his strip from becoming a parody of itself (I’m looking at you, Garfield), I still miss Calvin and Hobbes everytime I open the paper to the comics page.
Speaking of Garfield, you have to check out this site.
T. Keith Edmunds
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Me too
Although, like you, I’m glad we don’t have years of shitty strips tainting our memories, I would love to see the Calvin & Hobbes take on things like the internet. Watterson was always inventive in terms of strip layout, I’m sure he could have done some innovative things with hypertext.
Still, if I made it big and got rich (and disillusioned) would I quit and retire early? I think perhaps I would. Respect him for that.
Scott Adams took a fantastic swing at Watterson in his first book, “The Dilbert Principle”, whereupon he hoped someday he too could be “tired” and retire. (read: cha-CHING).
It was undoubtedly a clever comic but towards the end became so saccharine I almost went into diabetic shock at reading it.