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OK, I know I'll probably be flamed for creating two topics about cartoons in a very short time, but I just love this comic strip.

Thing is, I moved to my current residence about a year ago, and during the move, I lost all but one of my Calvin and Hobbes comic books (I had almost all of 'em), and I just recently found 'em. So this was a reminder of how much I love good ol' C&H. Another reminder was SpacemanSpiff. Just that screen name brought back o many memories.

But anywho, what do you guys think of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip? This is just a very general topic, like of the whole strip.

For reference, here's the comics.

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Wow. 1,000 posts.

I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;

I got my first C&H book when I was seven, and I would still read them now if I had room for them at my home right now. I nearly got a C&H tattoo. How's that?

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I love C&H, and I have a few or so of the large books such as Scientific Progress goes Boink, and a couple of others. There aren't any good comics in the papers now besides Peanuts reruns. C&H had a lot of heart, and it was one of the few depictions of being a young boy that I find accurate/can relate to. Each character was hilarious and all of the little plots were ingenious. All in all it was a megaton of fun with real brains behind it.

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Ah yes, the good ol' days of Calvin and Hobbes. Bill Watterson is a fabulous artist, as you can see in the strips that aren't quite so much story as image, and the ones where he chooses a more "realistic" approach as opposed to a "cartoony" one (of course, it's a thin line in a lot of cases). I love the fact that it's mostly about imagination, a quality which I think is sadly lacking in a lot of people these days. Wouldn't the world be a better place if everyone took some time out every day to daydream?

Personally (and without meaning any offense to you, Ejoty), I hate Peanuts--never found it funny in the least, and the art style just turns me off completely. I prefer at least decent-quality art in the comics I read, and the ones that don't have that had better have some good jokes and/or memorable and likeable characters. The closest comic strip I can find to Calvin and Hobbes now is Zits, which is sort of like "Calvin at age 15", but of course nothing can really compare. Comics like C&H only come along once in a blue moon.

I was exposed to the comic strip books my parents or others got when I was young. I was given Scientific Progress goes Boink as a christmas present from my aunt. Apparently my attitude back then reminded her of me. Talk about a proud moment in my life!

Since then, I've read I think three others, mostly during the last year, but for the life of me I can't remember the names of 'em. I can only remember that on had on the cover, Calvin and Hobbes in there tree house w/ Cal wearing his 'captain' hat. One of the strips had Calvin waxing philisophical whilst barreling down a rocky incline. He was making a point about how not voting allowed him to criticize whoever got elected instead of actually doing something about it. It reminded me so much of my dad, that I xeroxed it and put it on his fridge. Last I looked, it had been taken down.

Before I got those, I read my mom's Bloom County comics. Those were odd books to read, because I would laugh at them, not knowing what was so funny. They were very politically oriented and I didn't know ANY of the people they mentioned. Yet, I could picture the delivery in my head and it was funny. What can I say?

And yeah, Zit's is very much a 'Calvin at 15' comic, which is why it's easily become my favorite as of late. I think it's just as good, but that's because I don't buy into the 'nastalgia instantly makes it better than the current' mentality.

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I love Calvin and Hobbes. For Christmas I went through all of the books and xeroxed my favorites to make into a book for my girlfriend, who's sad, neglected childhood somehow caused her to miss out on comics. I still read those books through on occasion when I have nothing else to do.

There are a few strips today that borrow liberally from Watterson's ideas. Fox Trot sometimes runs strips that were clearly once C&H strips. Zits, obviously, and Frazz really captures Calvin's school strips really well. I really like all three of those, as well as the Boondocks, Dilbert, Doonesbury, Mutts, and Opus (Berke Breatherd is back!)

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(Berke Breatherd is back!)

HE IS? when did this happen? I LOVE Bloom County! It's another one of my favs!
Anyways, my favorite C&H book would have to be the 10th Anniversary Special. It's interesnting to read what Watterson had to say about his various strips.

This post has been edited by Figaro on 5th January 2004 21:05

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Wow. 1,000 posts.

I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;

Opus, quite frankly, frightened me as a child.

I loved Calvin and Hobbes...especially Calvin's tangles with his parents xD One of my favorites is when Calvin's Dad tells him they're not going to buy a Christmas tree this year; they'll just pick through the neighbors' trash after New Years...sometimes the trees still have decorations on! Calvin runs off, traumatized, to his Mom. Another is the one where Calvin is fantasizing about walking on the moon. He turns to his Dad and says, "I wish I could go to the moon." Dad replies, "I wish you could, too." Classic.



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I love the fact that it's mostly about imagination, a quality which I think is sadly lacking in a lot of people these days. Wouldn't the world be a better place if everyone took some time out every day to daydream?

That's probably my most pressing feeling about our society. The way I look at it, imagination is the proof that you can think for yourself, and I think we'd all be best off if everyone explored their imagination.

No offense taken on the Peanuts thing Syndarr; I respect your opinion.

Does everyone else remember when Calvin's dad told him that old photos are in black and white because the world used to be black and white? I think this is how part of the dialogue went: Calvin's dad - "They're color pictures of black and white people."

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I liked the 'quarter the size of the sun' bit between father and sun (bad pun... sorry)

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Wow. 1,000 posts.

I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;

I liked the one where Calvin's dad was looking for his glasses, and Calvin comes in wearing them, dressed up and his hair done, and says, "Calvin! Go do something you hate! Being miserable builds character!" and his mom nearly passes out laughing.
I have the "Snowgoons" and the "Weridos from another planet" books, and I laugh every time I read them.

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Wow. 1,000 posts.

I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;

Calvin and Hobbes was the greatest thing I think I had ever read before I got to highschool! Assuming I make it far enough to earn a custom avatar, it's gotta be Hobbes, all the way! And you can even hold me to that, here in my first posting! ... wow, enough exclamatory sentences? I feel like Stupendous Man....

I liked the one where Calvin was a dionosar fending off the others from his kill. Now that one was great.

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Which books do you really like, people? My favorites are the Authorative, It's a Magical World *sniff, and the Anniversary book. All great C&H books.

Welcome to CoN, Rufus!

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Wow. 1,000 posts.

I miss you all now that I'm in boarding school! ;_;

The book that still makes me laugh the hardest is Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat. I love all of the longer books, once Watterson was allowed to design his own layout for Sunday strips. Of the earlier books, I think Scientific Progress Goes Boink is my favorite.

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"Yeah, where I'ma start it at, look I'ma part of that
Downtown Philly where it's realer than a heart attack
It wasn't really that ill until the start of crack
Now it's a body caught every night on the Almanac"

"Game Theory"
The Roots

Yes, I love this comic! Kalle och Hobbe (as it was called in Sweden). That comic mixes cartoon jokes with genious serious elements. I never got to read that much of it, though. But, it was a good one.

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My favorite book was one of the shorter ones, but it just has to be "Revenge of the Babysat" I couldn't have done better myself. On another note, has anyone else here ever tried playing Calvinball with their friends? If so, what kind of rules did you use?

I don't have every book, but I'm fairly certain I have every comic through the books I do have. I'm only missing a few collections, and I have the books that they collect from. What a great comic. I love the one where Spaceman Spiff has been captured by aliens, and they take him to a living room for a wholesome discussion as torture.

Mwahahaha.

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On another note, has anyone else here ever tried playing Calvinball with their friends? If so, what kind of rules did you use?

The foremost rule of Calvinball is that the same rule can never apply twice. Furthermore, any time the chance to use a rule comes up, you have to create a new rule right there on the spot. I've never played the game but, now that you mention it, I've had a hankering to do so for quite some time.

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I love calvin and hobbes when i was 10 our school let u go to the library (kind of ironic the after living in the town after a fe year tat i hadn't been to the library until the.) My friends andi found those books and we're ooked now apart from fturama, family guy, seinfied, the drew carey show, who's line is it anyway, movies, foxtrot (probably the best comic in the papers now) , final fantasy, and the simpsons thats all we quote.

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Calvin & Hobbes was my favorite strip growing, and as many of you people know it ended (i think around when i was 6-8)
so me and mom were very sad when it wasn't in the newspaper anymore
which is why i buy the books whenever i find them, i have collected about all but four, and i would never sell them for all the money and riches in the world.

why you may ask
A because i am not willing to have to find them again
B money is of little value of me
c i want my children to be able to read them
D they carry a lot of sentimental values with them

(gwet this i just discovered this topic while i was reading a calvin and hobbes book
talk about coincidence )

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Let's see, we own "Scientific Progress goes Boink" "Yukon Ho!" and "Calvin and Hobbes", all rescued from a library that was ready to throw them in the garbage, even though they're in decent condition.

I've always liked this comic, too. Long live Calvin and Hobbes!

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Calvin and Hobbes rocks, yo. I have all of the books, and the 10th anniversary edition is the best.