Calvin and Hobbes Is Back

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ezrarh

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SteveO409

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This is as bad as seeing the Song of ice and fire thread on the front..dance of dragons will come eventually though
 
Luckily I was saved from disappointment by my ignorance. I thought Bill Watterson was dead for some reason, so I didn't expect this thread to be what you all thought it would be.
 
Well the rest of you were getting mad reading the first post after scrambling into the thread, I was breathing a sigh of relief for all the reasons Watterson mentions in that interview. He is one of my heroes, not just because he created arguably the greatest comic strip of all time (it's a toss up with Little Nemo imo), but because he is an artist and person of great integrity.
 

sharbhund

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I also knew it was too good to be true. Still, I was hoping for some new artwork.

Will we be able to buy a pack of just the Calvin and Hobbes stamps, or will we have to buy them with Beetle Bailey, Garfield, etc?
 

GONz

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While I, for sure, would have jumped in the happy wagon if it was indeed a return of the strip, reading the first page was incredibly hilarious :lol
after the rage due to the read of the OP
 

DrForester

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BobFromPikeCreek said:
Luckily I was saved from disappointment by my ignorance. I thought Bill Watterson was dead for some reason, so I didn't expect this thread to be what you all thought it would be.

Watterson is a huge recluse. He lives in a small town in Ohio and the towns people very much respect his privacy and don't talk about him. That's why I posted the full interview in OP. It's incredibly rare that he does them, last one I believe was a 15 question interview around the time the complete collection was released.
 

Brobzoid

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lol. no way watterson would go back. the best we could ever hope for is an awesome omnibus.
 

Procarbine

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Thread derail: how many pictures like these can we post in this thread?
 
Brobzoid said:
lol. no way watterson would go back. the best we could ever hope for is an awesome omnibus.

Or we have to wait till Mr. Watterson die, then his family will licence (whore) out Calvin and Hobbles any one with deep pockets. I just hope that when this happens we get a decent Calvin and Hobbes cartoon.
 
Trailblaster said:
Or we have to wait till Mr. Watterson die, then his family will licence (whore) out Calvin and Hobbles any one with deep pockets. I just hope that when this happens we get a decent Calvin and Hobbes cartoon.

Oh fuck off.

Just appreciate it for what it is.

If Schulz can keep Peanuts from getting fucked, does your retarded ass really believe Watterson will let someone fuck up his creation after he's dead and gone? Think again bucko.
 

Brobzoid

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Trailblaster said:
Or we have to wait till Mr. Watterson die, then his family will licence (whore) out Calvin and Hobbles any one with deep pockets. I just hope that when this happens we get a decent Calvin and Hobbes cartoon.
There was a fan made short (italian I think?) that was pretty good actually, but I don't think a proper production could get voice talent that would feel right for the characters. :(
 

numble

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The Take Out Bandit said:
Oh fuck off.

Just appreciate it for what it is.

If Schulz can keep Peanuts from getting fucked, does your retarded ass really believe Watterson will let someone fuck up his creation after he's dead and gone? Think again bucko.
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MisterHero

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Ha I knew Bill Watterson wouldn't do something like the OP implied. That's okay though.

Also, Watterson himself said he was interested in seeing an animated Calvin and Hobbes but like how he was strict to his desired comic format, it would have to be above standard fare and make real use of the medium. That was in one of the collections so I don't know if he's changed his mind. Point is people who speculate on such a concept are not out of the realm of possibility.

[/proud owner of The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Collection]
 
DrForester said:
Watterson is a huge recluse. He lives in a small town in Ohio and the towns people very much respect his privacy and don't talk about him. That's why I posted the full interview in OP. It's incredibly rare that he does them, last one I believe was a 15 question interview around the time the complete collection was released.
Yeah. From what I can tell I think he'd very much prefer people thought he was dead.
 

numble

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MisterHero said:
Ha I knew Bill Watterson wouldn't do something like the OP implied. That's okay though.

Also, Watterson himself said he was interested in seeing an animated Calvin and Hobbes but like how he was strict to his desired comic format, it would have to be above standard fare and make real use of the medium. That was in one of the collections so I don't know if he's changed his mind. Point is people who speculate on such a concept are not out of the realm of possibility.

[/proud owner of The Complete Calvin and Hobbes Collection]
I don't think he ever said so.
 
If all you screaming bloody murder knew anything about Bill Watterson, you would know there would be no chance in hell of Calvin and Hobbes ever returning with new material. Hell, Watterson fought tooth and nail for his property rights and keeping his characters out of merchandising, so news of this stamp appearance has me surprised more than anything.

Also, I was completely satisfied with the ending of the strip as it ended on a high note, with nary a poor cartoon printed. It's better to remember the greatness of the strip, rather than hope for an extension into mediocrity.
 

DrForester

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BobFromPikeCreek said:
Yeah. From what I can tell I think he'd very much prefer people thought he was dead.

Took me a while to find it but here's a neat article from years ago about a guy who went looking for Watterson. Same thing that guy from OP story probably did in his book.

http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/missing/Content?oid=1484634

small except but entire story is worth the read.

If you've never been to Chagrin Falls, you really should make the trip. Everyone there is blond and blue-eyed, prosperous-looking in a genteelly restrained way. If you were going to disappear somewhere, you could do worse.

Sadly, they can smell outsiders. The bartender at Rick's Café was less than forthcoming when I asked about the town's mystery man. "I know nossink," she said, channeling Sergeant Schultz, the sides of her mouth turning up in a sly grin. At the Popcorn Shop, the owner simply pointed to a picture on the wall, the winner of this year's coloring contest -- a crayon sketch of Calvin running out of the store.

Then I found the Fireside Book Shop, one of those quaint little bookstores which can only exist in small towns. A blending of smells -- expensive perfume, glue from old hardback novels, and pipe tobacco -- greeted me at the door. In a little den in the back, three older men sat, talking quietly. The one in the middle was skinny and wore a bushy mustache. My heart skipped a beat. The only picture I had seen of Watterson was old, but the face was so similar . . .

I approached the men and told them I was in town looking for Bill Watterson. Did he ever come in here?

The three exchanged surprised glances. Then the one closest to me sprang up and led me by my arm toward the front of the store. Keeping himself between me and the back room, he introduced himself as the manager. He didn't know what Watterson looked like, he said; nobody did. It was possible that Watterson came there, but he couldn't say for sure. But his eyes were at variance with his words. A strange twinkle suggested that he was keeping a secret.

He said he used to give Watterson's mother C&H books for him to sign, which the shop sold to collectors on pilgrimage. Three years ago, Watterson abruptly refused to do any more.

I thanked the man and left.

I'll never be certain if that was Watterson sitting in the bookstore, but I like to think it was. In a way, a possible sighting seems a more appropriate encounter than an interview. He's withdrawn so completely, he exists only in rumor for all but his family and neighbors.

Some say he's finished, burned out, washed up. Others think that he might just be waiting for the perfect opportunity -- that maybe, when he's not painting landscapes of Ohio with his father, he's working on a strip again.

Perhaps Watterson doesn't understand how much he's missed, or that he's influenced so many of today's artists. Yet this too may be the result of his self-imposed isolation.

Mallett tried for a couple of years to contact his hero, to no avail. "Watterson has told the people at Universal Press Syndicate not to forward any fan mail," Mallett says he was told. "We just want to say thanks. He deserves to know."
 
Geez. Calm down people. Calvin and Hobbes was way overrated. Relax and enjoy this Melvin and Dobbs comic. It's better.

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I never had Calvin and Hobbes as a child. : (
 
Really, I am okay with Calvin and Hobbes being gone; it's better that it went out on top. However, Watterson should be doing more newspaper comics, as he clearly was the best.
 

DrForester

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SabinFigaro said:
If all you screaming bloody murder knew anything about Bill Watterson, you would know there would be no chance in hell of Calvin and Hobbes ever returning with new material. Hell, Watterson fought tooth and nail for his property rights and keeping his characters out of merchandising, so news of this stamp appearance has me surprised more than anything.

Well it's the USPS, so it's not like it's going to make anyone a profit :D
 

GDGF

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Someday somebody is going to make a movie called Searching for Bill Watterson, and it will be cool.
 

MisterHero

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numble said:
I don't think he ever said so.
To the best of my recollection, was in one of the quotes in one of the collections, where he talks about how he admired animation and thought about animated Calvin. Maybe I'm making too much out of it (or made it up completely lol) but I don't think he'd absolutely detest something like that (concept-wise).
 
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