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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:07:22 AM EDT
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Remember getting the Sunday newspaper and pulling the comics section out first thing. Hoping one week for a Spaceman Spiff, the next week something with dinosaurs.
God, I miss C&H. eta.. 100 internets to anyone who can post the strip where Calvin is pounding nails into the coffee table. On my phone or I would find it myself. |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:09:04 AM EDT
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We do a C&H thread about twice a year around here, and it never fails to make me genuinely happy. I've got all the books, many in duplicate.
Despite everything else, at least here on arfcom we can all agree that Calvin and Hobbes and Firefly are entertainment perfection. |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:13:19 AM EDT
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Remember getting the Sunday newspaper and pulling the comics section out first thing. Hoping one week for a Spaceman Spiff, the next week something with dinosaurs.
God, I miss C&H. eta.. 100 internets to anyone who can post the strip where Calvin is pounding nails into the coffee table. On my phone or I would find it myself. Haha! I think the lines are something like Mom yelling "What are you doing??" And Calvin responds "I though it was pretty obvious.." |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:13:30 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:14:54 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:17:05 AM EDT
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I have a print out of a single frame hanging in my reloading room... not sure if its a spoof or from an actual comic. In it, Calvin and Hobbes are careening off a ledge in a radio flyer wagon and Calvin opines that "women should always wear tight dresses and men should carry powerful handguns". I couldn't find the frame on an image search, but I swear when I printed it out originally that I recalled seeing it in an actual comic at some point....
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:17:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryI remember reading that as a kid and thinking "this is some dark shit" Or the one where Calvin's dad shows him how the two points on a rotating record move at different speeds  to this day I still think about that strip when I see records
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:19:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryIn the few interviews Watterson gave, he sounds pretty bitter Nah, I don't think so. He's not into fame, or money for that matter, once he had enough of it, and his expectations for money were pretty low compared to the strip's merchandising potential. He could have knocked down Charles Shulz money, millions a year, if had wanted to. He sometimes good-naturedly tweaked Berke Breathed for merchandising Bloom County to support an extravagant lifestyle. The strip is beloved, and for that reason some of the public got the idea that he owed them more. Nope. He was in it for the artistic challenge of the cartooning. He did what he wanted to do and then he walked away. |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:26:00 AM EDT
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Kept me laughing in the Army.
Had all up to 1990. |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:32:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Remember getting the Sunday newspaper and pulling the comics section out first thing. Hoping one week for a Spaceman Spiff, the next week something with dinosaurs. God, I miss C&H. eta.. 100 internets to anyone who can post the strip where Calvin is pounding nails into the coffee table. On my phone or I would find it myself.  |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:33:57 AM EDT
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Calvin and Hobbes and the Far Side. WOW, they kept me laughing.
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:35:56 AM EDT
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eta, someone beat me to it.
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:36:01 AM EDT
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Remember getting the Sunday newspaper and pulling the comics section out first thing. Hoping one week for a Spaceman Spiff, the next week something with dinosaurs.
God, I miss C&H. eta.. 100 internets to anyone who can post the strip where Calvin is pounding nails into the coffee table. On my phone or I would find it myself. ACHIEVMENT UNLOCKED!! 100 internets to you, sir! That simple strip has always been one of my favorites. I was that kid.
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:39:30 AM EDT
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I got the box set last Christmas.
And
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If you're a fan, it's gold. |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:43:06 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:44:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I have a print out of a single frame hanging in my reloading room... not sure if its a spoof or from an actual comic. In it, Calvin and Hobbes are careening off a ledge in a radio flyer wagon and Calvin opines that "women should always wear tight dresses and men should carry powerful handguns". I couldn't find the frame on an image search, but I swear when I printed it out originally that I recalled seeing it in an actual comic at some point.... 
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:49:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I have a print out of a single frame hanging in my reloading room... not sure if its a spoof or from an actual comic. In it, Calvin and Hobbes are careening off a ledge in a radio flyer wagon and Calvin opines that "women should always wear tight dresses and men should carry powerful handguns". I couldn't find the frame on an image search, but I swear when I printed it out originally that I recalled seeing it in an actual comic at some point.... http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/19890528.gif |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:55:21 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:55:39 AM EDT
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We do a C&H thread about twice a year around here, and it never fails to make me genuinely happy. I've got all the books, many in duplicate. Despite everything else, at least here on arfcom we can all agree that Calvin and Hobbes and Firefly are entertainment perfection. Well put. Every time one of these threads come up it makes me happy to the core. I wasn't a big reader as a kid but I read every Calvin and Hobbes I could get my hands on. One of these days I need to suck it up and buy the box set. |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 1:56:24 AM EDT
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The very last strip. Wow.
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Posted: 8/28/2015 2:00:34 AM EDT
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I don't know how he kept coming up with those. Watterson made me buy newspapers and immediately open them to the comics page for ten years. |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 2:02:40 AM EDT
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I thought this was a neat tribute. Definitely has the C&H spirit. http://imgur.com/gallery/tUzAL ETA: I just noticed the Trump reference. These were made in 2011 so no idea wtf that is about 
Thanks for that! |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 2:04:04 AM EDT
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"Uhhh, Dad... Remember your car?"
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Posted: 8/28/2015 2:05:10 AM EDT
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Remember getting the Sunday newspaper and pulling the comics section out first thing. Hoping one week for a Spaceman Spiff, the next week something with dinosaurs.
God, I miss C&H. eta.. 100 internets to anyone who can post the strip where Calvin is pounding nails into the coffee table. On my phone or I would find it myself. 
yah, someone beat me to it. C&H was cartooning perfection. Too bad it's ended. |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 2:17:43 AM EDT
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Quote Historythis may have been the greatest strip watterson ever did . so much reality..... i has a sad . 
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Posted: 8/28/2015 2:21:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: this may have been the greatest strip watterson ever did . so much reality..... i has a sad . Quote HistoryQuoted: this may have been the greatest strip watterson ever did . so much reality..... i has a sad . |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 2:22:30 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2015 2:23:25 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2015 2:24:39 AM EDT
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That was the first and the last. With a lot of good in between ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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Posted: 8/28/2015 2:30:30 AM EDT
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Never heard of it. you need a lobotomy. i'll get a saw. |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 2:37:16 AM EDT
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Please post the strip where Calvin calls his dad at work to ask how his day is going.
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Posted: 8/28/2015 2:52:58 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2015 3:00:18 AM EDT
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 My brother in law has this tatooed around his waist. best tatoo ever ! ! ! ! |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 3:04:34 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2015 3:06:17 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2015 3:09:11 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2015 3:10:48 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2015 3:11:44 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2015 3:26:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryI love that one. It's what made me into the father I am today. |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 3:34:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I love that one. It's what made me into the father I am today. Quote HistoryQuoted: I love that one. It's what made me into the father I am today. |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 3:36:54 AM EDT
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I kept a .45 and a bottle of bourbon in my desk. One I kept loaded, the other one kept me loaded.
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Posted: 8/28/2015 4:24:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted:
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Remember getting the Sunday newspaper and pulling the comics section out first thing. Hoping one week for a Spaceman Spiff, the next week something with dinosaurs.
God, I miss C&H. eta.. 100 internets to anyone who can post the strip where Calvin is pounding nails into the coffee table. On my phone or I would find it myself. your ol scruff did this to Mamas wooden bed when a mere child. it did not go well...... |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 4:38:57 AM EDT
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I may or may not be dressing up as my avatar for Dragoncon this year.
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Posted: 8/28/2015 5:14:04 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2015 5:41:05 AM EDT
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I have the big complete box set We should get our box sets together and see if they will breed. We would get rich selling baby box sets. Arfcom discount, of course. |
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Posted: 8/28/2015 5:53:52 AM EDT
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http://cdn.instructables.com/FU7/OHVA/GK3TO2T1/FU7OHVAGK3TO2T1.LARGE.jpg I don't know how he kept coming up with those. Watterson made me buy newspapers and immediately open them to the comics page for ten years. My very favorite one.
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Posted: 8/28/2015 6:00:05 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2015 6:01:34 AM EDT
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Best comic ever.
ETA: Dammit. Beaten not once, but twice. 
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Posted: 8/28/2015 6:03:13 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/28/2015 6:06:23 AM EDT
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Calvin and Hobbes.
A motivating force and a staple of my childhood, growing up. Reading this thread brings me back to a time when it as all: "So simple then". |
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