you know what? it took me 8 years, but I MISS Calivin & Hobbes.

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seriously, that was the coolest cartoon ever. funny, clever, deep...

[enigmatic]

1. I miss "Calvin And Hobbes"....

The greatest comic-strip ever, bar none.

[AZCat]

2. I wonder what Watterson is doing these days

Anybody have any idea what he is doing? I imagine after all his struggles over control that he isn't doing a comic, but it would be nice to know that he isn't letting his creativity rot. His work was not only witty/deep, but artistic (IMHO, at least).

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3. it was sof fun to watch calvin and hobbes' figures evolve.

towards the end, they were soo much more refined that your average cartoon..

[Abelman]

4. Excellente

I'm using Spanish Calvin and Hobbes books to help me learn Espanol.

Because I love it so.

It is one of my inspirations for cartooning. I love to draw and I practice practice practice.

[mark414]

5. calvin helped me grow up

i'm only 19, so i was still pretty young even when the strip ended...tore my heart in two pieces when i heard it was ending...

best. comic. ever.

[Wonk]

6. Who's up for a quick game of Calvinball? If you wanna...

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/2990/cb_rules.htm



I'll start. New rule: masks must be worn over your ears, but not your eyes, unless you're within 15 feet of a wicket, in which case they must be worn over the nose instead of your ears.

[AZCat]

7. Darn it!

I just happen to have a wicket sitting in the corner...

But it has dirty laundry draped over it - does this negate the mask rule, or invert it? (mask must be worn over...?)

[JohnnyRingo]

10. I touched the "opposite pole" ...

...Now the laundry becomes a wicket....you have to put Mom's bra on you head.

[mark414]

11. now THAT'S calvinball!

[Buns_of_Fire]

15. But you touched the 23 bases out-of-order

...and you still didn't touch the Secret Base.

You're out. You owe me a dollar. :-)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

16. I put on a mask.

That gives me one point per mile I am away from whoever initiated the game.

[WildEyedLiberal]

8. Thanks for a great laugh!

I'm 20, so I was young when Calvin and Hobbes was out, but I read it daily. I own every book - I've read every strip. I'm convinced it's at least partially responsible for my vocabulary. God, I miss reading those... I may have to go bust out my old books now.

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9. haha, yeah- i used to get the books as christmas gifts.

i have all of them except the 'science goes boink' one, but only because that was lost.

[this_side_up]

12. delivered daily in your e-mail

http://www.ucomics.com/comics/

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17. *gasp* that's amazing!

i wish i could get it on my yahoo email front page.

[ridgerunner]

13. It was the first thing I used to read in the paper

I wish Calvin and Hobbes would come back like Opus and Bill the Cat have. Then maybe Gary Larson could make some some new toons. Then maybe the cartoon page would be funny onece again.

But I really respect Bill Watterson. He never whored out Calvin and Hobbes. He could have easily done like so many others have done and there would have been a Calvin or Hobbes doll in every house. Not to mention video games, board games, T-shirts, coffe mugs, etc. etc. etc

[HughBeaumont]

14. Calvin and Hobbes = My third favorite strip next to Peanuts & Bloom County

I still miss it tremendously. Watterson spoke to a lot of people with that strip and never sold out. Not often you see the mainstream take to a comic strip like that so well. Other than Zits, new newspaper comics generally suck nowadays. Very little surreality anymore - everything's too atypical.

Thank God for guys like Rall, Bateman, Tomorrow, Fiore, Toles and that guy who does The Dancing Bug