'Calvin and Hobbes' Creator Keeps Privacy

Associated Press ^ | October 22, 2005 | Joe Milicia

[Dajjal]

BTTT

[Flux Capacitor]

----Who sells these things?----

Jerks. The thing I hate the most about these things is that the jackasses who make them, and the ones who buy them and slap them on their pickups, have totally defiled the memory and sold out the soul of a work whose point is totally lost on them anyway.

-Dan

[Flux Capacitor]

----Pogo----

Best. Strip. Ever. Number One. Hands down. Beyond brilliant.

-Dan

[lawnguy]

Jeff Gordon's number...

Oh yes, the NASCAR folks love em!! Calvin pees on lots of numbers, but 24 is by far the most common :>)

[Turbopilot]

The great joy of C&H is that it is like the simple faith of a child ...

I first read C&H as a child. I've since reread all the strips as an adult. I'm well aware, as I assume any other adult reader would be, that the meaning of at least some of the strips definitely changes when read from the perspective of an adult. The strip about which I posted can be interpreted either way as well; the only problem is that some of those strips are, due to language and/or plot, not appropriate for children. One must try and view them as a child would, ignoring the adult content, and then view them from an adult context to truly understand the underlying dichotomy, the extancy of which made C&H so popular.

[T Minus Four]

My favorite C&H ever!

[giotto]

Now, if only we can keep our nephew-- a real Calvin in the making-- from reading the books until he gets old enough. :-)

Why would you want to do that? Calvin and Hobbes is the best reading primer a child could have. There's no inappropriate content--although some of Calvin's schemes might give little gremlins a few ideas!

[lawnguy]

Do you folks remember Tumbleweeds?

The little mute indian who wrote on his little pad?

[caryatid]

I always loved Pogo ... it is right up there with Calvin and Hobbes

[Charles Henrickson]

"The Far Side" ran from 1980 through the end of 1994. "Calvin and Hobbes" ran from Nov. 18, 1985 through the end of 1995. So for a little over nine years, Nov. 1985-Dec. 1994, both were in the funny papers together on a daily basis. What a golden era.

[Choose Ye This Day]

I read about 20 days' worth. I just don't see it. It's not funny. It's horribly drawn.

Let me guess: you also like "Waiting for Godot."

Again, to each his own.

[FreedomCalls]

Why hasn't the creator been sued into oblivion?

I think it's because technically they aren't sold as "Calvin" peeing on something. It's just a cartoon drawing of a boy who happens to resemble a more famous cartoon character. Unless it actually says "Calvin" they can probably get away with it. Remember the Kimba/Simba lawsuit?

[Choose Ye This Day]

Exactly. And back then, for a brief while, "Bloom County" was actually funny. I was kind of depressed when they all seemed to disappear within a short time of each other.

[Lancey Howard]

"Calvin and Hobbes" is my favorite comic strip of all time. ("The Far Side," for a single-panel cartoon.)

Exactly the same for me, although I would add 'Ernie' (later 'Pirhana Club') and 'Bloom County' to that list.

[martin_fierro]

Oh, this'll make him a lot of new amigos here.

[caryatid]

The strip about which I posted can be interpreted either way as well; the only problem is that some of those strips are, due to language and/or plot, not appropriate for children. One must try and view them as a child would, ignoring the adult content, and then view them from an adult context to truly understand the underlying dichotomy, ...

Let's see if I understand what you are trying to say:

[1] The strip is nasty, vulgar and offensive;

[2} It requires effort to subvert the foregoing in an attempt to reduce it to an acceptable level;

[3} Then, ignore adult content ... but look at what is left as an adult would do ...

[4} Whew! I am not too exhausted to see the humour in it.

Sorry, I will stick with something sublime like C&H. Perhaps I am just too simple to take on your favorite strip.

[CIBvet]

Can't believe no one's mentioned

The Leftersons -- America's Favorite Liberal Family

It's a hilarious spoof on Liberalism and POoP Culture today.

As you may suspect it does not receive wide distribution in today's media, but it does a good job making conservatives laugh. It's the only strip I'll even look at these days.

[Turbopilot]

A person could say they like Achewood after reading 6 weeks or so. It is not legitimate to say they don't like Achewood without reading at least 6 months or so. Sorry, that's just the kind of strip it is; kind of like saying you don't like Shakespeare after not finishing the first act of Richard III.

My opinion of Beckett is utterly unrelated. I just want other readers to be aware that despite the fact that Achewood is a comic, it is, similar to much literature, not possible to form an informed opinion before reading at least half a year of the strip; an opinion formed in contravention to that statement is, as previously stated, as relevant to the strip as is an opinion of Shakespeare after having read half of the first act of Richard III.

[Stand Watch Listen]

FYI...to enjoy again...

http://dlazechk.dl.funpic.org/subjects.html -- Calvin and Hobbes theme repository subjects

i.e.

[Choose Ye This Day]

It is not legitimate to say they don't like Achewood without reading at least 6 months or so.

Bullpucky. I don't like it, and I have no intention, desire, nor reason to read it further. And it is quite "legitimate" for me to say so. It's not Shakespeare. It's just a comic strip.