The unforgettable, irreplaceable Calvin (and Hobbes)

Calendarlive.com ^ | October 9, 2005 | Charles Solomon

[Brad’s Gramma]

Click dat pic

Click dat pic

[carlr]

C & H is the best comic strip of all time, the best combination of text and drawing.

Yep,nothing more needs to be said.

[grellis]

We get at least one blizzard here every year, without fail, and there is always one car who ignores the "No overnight parking on the streets" rule and gets plowed in. Some neighbors and I always use the opportunity for an "Ode to C & H"--a snowman laying under the front end and two distraught snowman-onlookers. Takes about two hours, worth every second.

[hindsfeetnhighplaces]

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hope these work. I loved Calvin and Hobbes. I even had an orange tabby cat that I named Hobbes. Hobbes and I used to play hide and seek. I would sneak up on him and scare him and he would do the same to me--hide under the table and then "sneak attack" me. Had to put a stop to that though when he jumped off a tall bookcase onto my stomache at 3:00 'o clock in the morning. He would walk with me to the store and wait for me to come out and walk back home together. I miss that cat.

[hindsfeetnhighplaces]

Rats!! It didn't work!! Would someone be able to fix those picture links for me? I have no idea how html works. Thanks.

[Jet Jaguar]

[hindsfeetnhighplaces]

Thank you. :)

[Jet Jaguar]

Sure thing.

[lawgirl]

I am personally a devotee of Pearls Before Swine and Get Fuzzy.

[alessandrofiaschi]

A LIST OF PING LISTS: Pass this link on.

[darkangel82]

That thread has been pulled.

[js1138]

Non Seqitur is the most intelligent and best drawn strip going. Unfortunately it combines the goofiness of Bloom County with the strident leftiness of Doonesbury. I'm afraid I generally give it a pass.

[MikeD]

Prickly City is OK, but I think it belongs in the editorial section. Day by Day is OK too, but I'm a recent reader, so I think I'm missing some of the "in-jokes."

[alwaysconservative]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL! I really like the way your mind works!

[alwaysconservative]

You can go to the Daybydaycartoon.com site and click "beginning of series", where Damon introduces himself and Jan finds out he's a black Republican. It's hilarious!

[DJ MacWoW]

"Calvin and Hobbes" ping

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Watterson is a fricking genius. He timed the strip perfectly (didn't want it to become stale) and he rejected demands from Hollyweird to make Calvin and Hobbes into a motion picture.

Plus he rejected the use of his characters in advertising. So, those decals of Calvin pissing on the Ford or Chevy logos you're buying are illegal.

[E Rocc]

So, those decals of Calvin pissing on the Ford or Chevy logos you're buying are illegal.

I had one of him peeing on Art modell. Watterson most likely approved of that, at least informally.

-Eric

[grellis]

BTW, I'm still digging up daylilies--I haven't forgotten. I'll freep you around the 23rd to iron out details (I know I have other shipping to do around then).

LOVE C & H! Can't wait for the snow!

[IslandJeff]

Getting in a little late, here, but "The Complete C&H" is well worth the price. Three-volume, well-bound, great paper, and Watterson's forward is really touching.

Since newspapers are dying, our generation gets to take the classic strips of the eighties with us. Our kids will wonder...