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[Matlock]

http://www.amuniversal.com/ups/features/thereturn/index.htm

9/4/2005-12/31/2005

Reprints to remind people of the awesomeness of C+H and help promotion of the Complete Calvin and Hobbes.

Nothing new, it seems, but it's good anyway.

 

[Memles]

A smart move, and one I would appreciate if I had access to a paper during that time period, which I won't.

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes will be one of those things I know I'll want to buy, and something I'll probably be able to afford, but at the same time feel bad about purchasing.

 

[pnjtony]

that's going to be an awesome collection when it's released....price?

 

[Blackace]

A smart move, and one I would appreciate if I had access to a paper during that time period, which I won't.

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes will be one of those things I know I'll want to buy, and something I'll probably be able to afford, but at the same time feel bad about purchasing.

I have to ask... why?

 

[Matlock]

Complete Calvin and Hobbes goes for just short of $95 at Amazon, fyi.

 

[Memles]

I have to ask... why?

Complete Calvin and Hobbes goes for just short of $95 at Amazon, fyi.

I'd be spending money technically earmarked for my education to do so, and the $130 Canadian (Or thereabouts) seems quite excessive for a set of comics of which I own a fair amount already, no matter how awesome.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I'd be spending money technically earmarked for my education to do so, and the $130 Canadian (Or thereabouts) seems quite excessive for a set of comics of which I own a fair amount already, no matter how awesome.

I felt the same way about the Complete Far Side, since I owned all of them anyways, but the acual volume changed my mind. Nice set, plus commentary, color panels and several hundred comics that never made a collection.

Calvin and Hobbes RULES, so I'm there.

 

[White Man]

http://www.amuniversal.com/ups/features/thereturn/index.htm

9/4/2005-12/31/2005

Reprints to remind people of the awesomeness of C+H and help promotion of the Complete Calvin and Hobbes.

Nothing new, it seems, but it's good anyway.

I'm somewhat surprised Bill Watterson is doing this. It's using old content to shill a product via use of the mass media. Printing old comic strips (that spank anything currently on the comics page) to remind people of how good C&H was is advertising. What happened to Bill "anti-commercialism" Watterson? Media manipulation 4 life.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I'm somewhat surprised Bill Watterson is doing this. It's using old content to shill a product via use of the mass media. Printing old comic strips (that spank anything currently on the comics page) to remind people of how good C&H was is advertising. What happened to Bill "anti-commercialism" Watterson? Media manipulation 4 life.

I suspect he saw this as a way to put out the "final word" on C&H in one shot. Not exactly selling out, since he's been offered tens of millions for the merchandising rights and never sold them. He always said that the comic should be self-contained, and not marketed out of that context. Putting out a complete collection in one volume is entirely consistant with that philosophy.

 

[White Man]

I suspect he saw this as a way to put out the "final word" on C&H in one shot. Not exactly selling out, since he's been offered tens of millions for the merchandising rights and never sold them. He always said that the comic should be self-contained, and not marketed out of that context. Putting out a complete collection in one volume is entirely consistant with that philosophy.

Yeah, I guess it's acceptable because it is for the comic. I do find it odd that he's willing to take the spotlight away from other comics on the page, though. I thought he was one of those folks that was always pro-comic artists. Seeing his old comics next to th enew offerings of today will only go to show how awful 99% of news strips are.

I'll be there on day 1.

 

[Memles]

Yeah, I guess it's acceptable because it is for the comic. I do find it odd that he's willing to take the spotlight away from other comics on the page, though. I thought he was one of those folks that was always pro-comic artists. Seeing his old comics next to th enew offerings of today will only go to show how awful 99% of news strips are.

I'll be there on day 1.

Old Calvin and Hobbes strips are up daily at ucomics.com anyways, so it's not like they're not available in this form on a daily basis anyways.

 

[White Man]

Old Calvin and Hobbes strips are up daily at ucomics.com anyways, so it's not like they're not available in this form on a daily basis anyways.

What site was it that was running old Bloom County strips? I want a compleat Bloom County

 

[GhaleonEB]

Yeah, I guess it's acceptable because it is for the comic. I do find it odd that he's willing to take the spotlight away from other comics on the page, though. I thought he was one of those folks that was always pro-comic artists. Seeing his old comics next to th enew offerings of today will only go to show how awful 99% of news strips are.

I'll be there on day 1.

I agree it's odd that he would agree to running the strips in papers again - that surprises me.

 

[GDGF]

I'm so there. I loved Calvin & Hobbes. Read it from it's debut (in 1985 or thereabouts) to it's end.

One thing that always puzzled me. Since on of the main reasons Bill Watterson quit the comics business was because of the space limitations, why didn't he just move his work to an online format, or even the occasional coffeetable book. I would have loved something like The Lazy Sunday Book, but on a yearly basis.

 

[BarneyBP]

Cool, I wish it wasn't just for a limited time. Syndication would be wonderful.

Especially if it replaced one of those wretched committee strips like Beetle Bailey, Hagar or Garfield.

::shudder::

 

[Shinobi]

It'd be pretty cool if this was sold on a CD or DVD as well.

 

[White Man]

I'm so there. I loved Calvin & Hobbes. Read it from it's debut (in 1985 or thereabouts) to it's end.

One thing that always puzzled me. Since on of the main reasons Bill Watterson quit the comics business was because of the space limitations, why didn't he just move his work to an online format, or even the occasional coffeetable book. I would have loved something like The Lazy Sunday Book, but on a yearly basis.

Calvin and Hobbes ended at the end of 1995. I simply don't think the internet was a viable format for that sort of thing, yet. The web only really took off in a massive way maybe 2 years before, so I'm guessing doing something like going from mass-market to a new online format which your demographic may or may not have had access to was looked at as a potential waste of time.

Also, I think one of the reasons Watterson retired was because he just wanted to move on. He'd been doing the strip for just over a decade. Even if he didn't plan on starting a new strip, he was probably getting somewhat tired of playing with the same characters. Maybe he didn't want them to become tired shells of themselves a la the geriatric Peanuts.

 

[belgurdo]

I'm so there. I loved Calvin & Hobbes. Read it from it's debut (in 1985 or thereabouts) to it's end.

One thing that always puzzled me. Since on of the main reasons Bill Watterson quit the comics business was because of the space limitations, why didn't he just move his work to an online format, or even the occasional coffeetable book. I would have loved something like The Lazy Sunday Book, but on a yearly basis.

I think by the time the Internet got big with the public at large Watterson was just starting to enter his "Crazy Mountain Hermit" phase, denounced humanity, and headed for the hills

 

[Prince of Space]

Damn...and I still need to get the Complete Far Side.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I think by the time the Internet got big with the public at large Watterson was just starting to enter his "Crazy Mountain Hermit" phase, denounced humanity, and headed for the hills

A lot of it had to do with the constant pressure to sell the merchandising rights, as well as the space.