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Meteor 2016
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Joined: Mon Jun 26 2006, 09:14PMPosts: 3503 |
I think it's time I (as well as some of you, if any) appreciate Bill Watterson. He not only wrote the best comics I have ever read, but helped to create a lot of the images and scenarios that attributed to a great childhood imagination. I still read his comics to this day because he combined childhood humor with adult perceptions and politics seen from the mind of a prodigy six year old and his tiger. Every time I read just one comic from Calvin and Hobbes I sigh with a feeling of nostalgia, and the desire to relive my childhood exactly like he did. Here is a tribute to one of my favorite ones by Watterson:  Also this made me stoked to be a parent (and I am exactly like this): 
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b4ndito
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I own every Calvin and Hobbes anthology and consider it a formative part of my childhood. I don't know if any artist has ever been so successful with his media. |
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Meteor 2016
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Joined: Mon Jun 26 2006, 09:14PM Posts: 3503 |
I figured you would be the only one to appreciate this thread. That is why we are brothers from other mothers that like different sports teams, haha. | ||
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I KILL YOU!!!!
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Joined: Sat Jul 07 2012, 04:06AMPosts: 107 |
i dont much about the guys , but i did like calvin and hobbes, used to get in trouble in school for reading them all the time instead of listening to the teacher | ||
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Meteor 2016
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Joined: Mon Jun 26 2006, 09:14PM Posts: 3503 |
Just found one of the most epic strips he created, surprised this isn't a meme.
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| Night_Ninja |
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Joined: Sat Apr 01 2006, 04:34PMPosts: 261 |
SPACEMAN SPIFF!!!! Seriously, one of the best comic strips. I fondly remember how excited I was going home from the library with an armload of Calvin and Hobbes as a child. I would take them everywhere I went, people would see me reading on the bus, at school, under the covers. I would doodle on my desk and make elaborate murals like Calvin. This comic led me on so many adventures, I consider this a childhood necessity. Now I know why you guys are my friends. |
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FTS Server Op
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Joined: Wed Mar 01 2006, 06:33PMPosts: 2682 |
Just for you to know I appreciate this thread, I'm posting this. Love his work. | ||
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