The older I get the more I realize just how much Bill Watterson was right about everything
Honestly, this comic captures so much of the society we live in. And it has become so much worse too with the advent of social media.
That’s just bringing the cost down, the amount of donation requests and catalogs my 70-80 y/o parents receive on a weekly basis is astounding.
And my dad has been dead for 10 years and still getting tons.
Like at least 5+ pounds of mailers a week, most with those fucking annoying little envelope windows. Around thanksgiving it doubles or triples in weight with the extra catalogs, and crazy shit like dream catchers, (garbage) work gloves & plastic shopping bags, calendars, note pads, address labels, calendars, notepads (I can’t emphasize enough how many there are).
A $20 donation from a few people can’t possibly result in more than $1-2 making to people in need.
When you read this comic, it makes you realize that it shouldn't have been surprising that Bill Waterston retired the strip suddenly and moved to a remote cabin in the middle of nowhere to paint watercolor landscapes.
Honestly, the fact that Calvin and Hobbes had an ending makes us all look more fondly upon it.
Bill Watterson's approach was the exact opposite of what Jim Davis did, which was selling out completely with no regard to the actual quality of the comics. Garfield is basically a brand at this point, Calvin and Hobbes was art.Jim Davis specifically made a character to sell shit. He did some interesting development with his comic for the first decade-ish, then unabashedly launched a media empire. Good for him, frankly-- not everything has to be high art and hawking shit to the masses is a valid way to live your life.
Throw in the fact the he appreciates (and has never tried to sue) derivative works like Garfield Minus Garfield or I'm Sorry Jon makes him ok in my book.
The look on his face in the last panel is possibly unique to this strip.
The radicalization of man.
I suppose I have grown into Calvin’s parents
I was just saying to myself: “shit, I’m Calvin’s dad.”
Good problem to have, isn't it?
I always like it when someone posts a C&H comic I haven't seen before
Is this what based means?
Yes.
Here's a slightly better quality version: https://i.imgur.com/D99jO2j.png
Yo I remember reading this as a kid and not fully getting it.
Now that I think about it, C&H was probably the first step towards my leftist radicalizationI miss magazines. sigh
I got an online magazine you can read, but its not about the latest trends. solar low tech magazine. It's got some interesting reads.
Thanks. I used to like online magazines, but even they're not the same as experience as they used to be. I miss looking forward to a physical copy of a magazine each month, reading it cover to cover, the way it'd be kind of bent and curled with my fingerprints in the ink when I was finally done with it. Then I'd look forward to next month's issue. I don't think that feeling is coming back.
We still get them! Make and Harper's.
Just get an abonnement for a magazine you're interested in?
I have seen a quite a few Calvin and Hobbes comics scrolling through feeds but dang this one really sticks with me.
I know that it's verboten to say anything negative about C&H, but the amount of words in this comic would make even Tim Buckley's eyes spin.
I forgot about this one!
I reference Calvin's dad a lot but I think my favorite is the weird face contest one
