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[DrForester]

I didn't just have a stuffed tiger ( I had 5 or 6), I had a stuffed Hobbes tiger. And it's the only one I kept ( I'm 25).

You're the reason Bill Watterson quit

Don't think so. He's incredibly reclusive so I suppose the opportunity has never arrived for somebody to ask him that. On a side note, do people here really want a continuation of the series? When I think about it hard enough, the series ended on a perfect note.

Check out Frazz. Guy freely admits inspiration from Calvin and Hobbes and the artsyle also resembles his. Author was one even thought to be a ghost writer for Watterson. Comic feels like a Calvin and Hobbes continuation with it's main character being a school janitor that gets along great with the kids.

 

[Coins]

Fuck you OP for getting me excited.

 

[Thagomizer]

Anyone have a link to it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwUa6o15dyw

 

[wenis]

OP the first thing I'm going to do is take your squishy pea brain and go mucking with it. Then I will hang you over a putrid percolating pit of pasta while a tiger jumps over the pit taking swipes at you.

Lastly I am starting a group:

Get Rid Of Slimy dr.foreSter

we meet here at noon gentlemen. I'm the Grand poobah king almighty. Who wants to be my 2nd in command?

 

[ToxicAdam]

Did anyone read the interview? Watterson basically says that if he were making C&H today it would completely suck. If you love the man and his work, respect that he knows what the hell he is talking about.

When Tony Kornheiser was eulogizing JD Salinger he said something really great. Genius ... REAL genius lies within people at a very specific age. Late 20's and early 30's, is when everything combines and out comes the energy to create, which is often their greatest work of their lives. Like a spontaneous explosion of talent, insight, energy and raw desire. Everything after that is just a slow march to irrelevance. Not to say that you can not still make good, worthy work well into your 40's and 50's. But the spark of genius is gone. If you take a look back at all the great work done by artists and musicians, it's the magical age span where most of it lies.


So, if a 50 year old guy is telling you to leave him alone. Leave him alone, he doesn't want to chase something he can never attain again.

 

[chubigans]

we meet here at noon gentlemen. I'm the Grand poobah king almighty. Who wants to be my 2nd in command?

I will be Grand poobah emperor, which coincidentally is higher than a king.

 

[Sibylus]

Anguish kind of turned into relief there.

 

[RunWhiteBoyRun]

Any help on finding the strip or panel mentioned on the Wiki, of Calvin, Hobbes, and the sled on fire? I think I got my next tattoo.

 

[Ourobolus]

Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, and Garfield will forever be my favorites.

...one of these things is not like the others.

EDIT: Fuck, beaten horribly.

 

[Trakdown]

Did anyone read the interview? Watterson basically says that if he were making C&H today it would completely suck. If you love the man and his work, respect that he knows what the hell he is talking about.

When Tony Kornheiser was eulogizing JD Salinger he said something really great. Genius ... REAL genius lies within people at a very specific age. Late 20's and early 30's, is when everything combines and out comes for a person to create their greatest work of their lives. Like a spontaneous explosion of talent, insight, energy and raw desire. Everything after that is just a slow march to irrelevance. Not to say that you can not still make good, worthy work well into your 40's and 50's. But the spark of genius is gone. If you take a look back at all the great work done by artists and musicians, it's the magical age span where most of it lies.


So, if a 50 year old guy is telling you to leave him alone. Leave him alone, he doesn't want to chase something he can never attain again.

Yeah, true. Honestly, Watterson gets respect from me because he came, he said his piece, and then he got off the stage. That's a lot more than can be said for a lot strip writers. At least his work is still available.

 

[Flo_Evans]

Fuck you OP +1

Also, is it weird that I want to buy the complete collection so someday I can share it with my kids, but I would probably never let them touch it?

 

[HisshouBuraiKen]

Quit bitching out the OP, you assbabies. If you were real fans you'd know Watterson would never revive Calvin & Hobbes, he's done with it and the few times he's given interviews he's said as much each time.

Edit:

Also, is it weird that I want to buy the complete collection so someday I can share it with my kids, but I would probably never let them touch it?

It is available, illegally, in one giant PDF with each comic in chronological order. As an owner of every published compilation and several scrapbooks of comics cut from the paper made when I was 6, I felt justified in downloading it.

 

[dvdjamm]

Aw man...I threw up a double fistpump for nothing...And like nearly everyone else,now i'm sad...


I can re-read the books again,though

 

[wenis]

I will be Grand poobah emperor, which coincidentally is higher than a king.

I'm also a wizard and I just casted a spell that turned you into a tiny troll that I keep in a jar...for now.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Rarely has a thread title made me this angry.

Will buy an epic roll of those stamps, though. And keep more than a few of'em.

It's to my deep delight that my daughter loves Calvin and Hobbes, and reads the Complete Collection regularly.

Yeah, he looks just like Calvin's dad.

Wow. I saw the post above yours and thought, he looks just like Calvin's dad! :lol

I've always respected Watterson for not ever selling the merchandising rights to C&H, and for ending the run when he did (and for the reasons he did). The man has integrity like few others, certainly few if anyone in the comic business.

 

[Fuzz Rez]

Cock-juggling thunder cunt. You lifted my hopes up only so you could crash them... I want Calvin and Hobbes back so badly :_(

 

[Meier]

<insert BAN HIM Gladiator pic>

 

[chase]

Oh ffs. One of the most overrated things on GAF which is saying something. Quick someone grab my cock so I can join in?

 

[nincompoop]

Any help on finding the strip or panel mentioned on the Wiki, of Calvin, Hobbes, and the sled on fire? I think I got my next tattoo.

The strip didn't actually show the sled catching on fire.

 

[Jangaroo]

It is available, illegally, in one giant PDF with each comic in chronological order. As an owner of every published compilation and several scrapbooks of comics cut from the paper made when I was 6, I felt justified in downloading it.

Or you can support the guy and order the entire Calvin and Hobbes collection for around a hundred bucks in three gigantic compilations.

 

[Dresden]

Check out Frazz. Guy freely admits inspiration from Calvin and Hobbes and the artsyle also resembles his. Author was one even thought to be a ghost writer for Watterson. Comic feels like a Calvin and Hobbes continuation with it's main character being a school janitor that gets along great with the kids.

Frazz isn't very funny, though. The artstyle is very similar (the janitor is essentially a grown up Calvin), but it lacks the charm that Calvin and Hobbes did.

 

[GDGF]

Check out Frazz. Guy freely admits inspiration from Calvin and Hobbes and the artsyle also resembles his. Author was one even thought to be a ghost writer for Watterson. Comic feels like a Calvin and Hobbes continuation with it's main character being a school janitor that gets along great with the kids.

The fuck? This is my first time checking out this Frazz comic (never heard of it before) and wow if he doesn't look like a grown up Calvin. I will read this if the writing is good. Please be good.