As far as humorous resemblance to Bill Watterson, I enjoy the conspiracy theory that he and Bill Gates are secretly one and the same.
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It raised almost twice it's goal... 
I totally agree, my favorite comic strip. It becomes even more awesome when your read the article at http://ignatz.brinkster.net/cfightclub.html
which argues that Fight Club is basically Calvin & Hobbes as grown ups.
edited 2nd Apr '13 5:38:26 AM by cetequ
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I despise that theory. Mostly because I don't like the idea of Calvin growing up into a shit life and Hobbes mutating into a violent dickhead.
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I rather like the idea that Frazz is Calvin grown up.
edited 3rd Apr '13 9:10:47 AM by Madrugada
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Same. The artist of Frazz can deny it all he likes. :P
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The Documentary "Dear Mr. Watterson" now has a release date.
Click the link for a trailer!
edited 19th Jul '13 5:29:49 AM by DeMarquis
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Yeah, unless this is a troll of some obscure variety you might want to re-check that link, dude.
edit: Is this the one?
edited 19th Jul '13 7:39:19 AM by LE0Night
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That would indeed be the documentary. It was awesome to watch when it aired in Michigan.
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Reading through it now.
A big part of my childhood. In 4th grade, we had to write a letter to someone famous. I chose Bill Watterson, and heard back from the syndicate. They sent me a color copy of a strip, but I haven't seen it since we moved 6 years ago.
I went for Calvin one Halloween. Dyed my hair yellow, and used electrical tape to put the black stripes on a red shirt. Like him, I often used cardboard boxes for various imaginative purposes.
As I've grown, I can see more and more the subtext Watterson slipped in, attacking politics, his syndicate, and anything else that bugged him. But unlike most other strips that go that route *cough*The Boondocks*cough*, it was still entertaining in that regard.
My favorite strip is the one where he's asked to explain Newton's First Law in his own words and he writes "Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz."
Relevant. Careful with those feels though...
I would totally watch this.
A friend of mine showed this to me, and I thought it was a nice animation of a favorite little C&H moment. Figured you guys might like it too.
edited 2nd Nov '13 11:45:50 PM by KnownUnknown
"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense." - Tom Clancy, paraphrasing Mark Twain.
Dunno if I would watch that or not. It's a great concept, but it's also a great concept to screw up.
that's adorable.
My favorite C & H quote:
"Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz."
I can't look at that last strip without getting a little choked up.
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This and the Far Side have been my favorite comic strips.
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They look surprisingly good in animation. Spot on, in fact.
I've read interviews with Watterson where he's clarified his position in regards to merchandising and Calvin and Hobbes in other media. It wasn't that he was against it per se, as is so often said about him, so much as he only wanted to draw a comic strip and not "manage a property," as would have been necessary if he were to let C & H be developed into other media and still maintain control of it.
Calvin And Hobbes...my favourite childhood comic strip.
You want to know something funny? When I came across a picture of Bill Watterson, I sat there and thought, "He looks like my uncle." I know he isn't, but that's just what I thought!
I can identify with Calvin to a degree. I definitely like Hobbes, although there are times when I think he has an unfair advantage over Calvin. Then again, if Hobbes is something that exists in Calvin's head, then Calvin would be interacting with...himself.
When the strip came to an end, I was very upset and I kept hoping that it would come back someday. Eventually, I realized that it wasn't going to happen. Then again, it's just as well, because a number of comics out there have turned into Franchise Zombies. Really, Watterson was right and wise to end the strip and make sure it stays dead!
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