• Calvin & Hobbes, what's the hype?
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[QUOTE=KStyleAzure;15569435]I remember when FP got into a huge argument over the validity of that picture.[/QUOTE] It's 100% real, though. I have a book which has the same picture in one of its strips for C&H.
I know. They were just arguing about how a T-Rex's hands didn't have the capability to grasp a wheel, how it was impossible for its legs to fit in the cramped area, and so on.
They're not usually laugh out loud funny. The appeal is in the fact that Bill Watterson is an amazing artist, and the stories are wildly imaginative, and also that it's one of the few comics to not assume its readers are idiots. also dinosaurs
It's Fucking Awesome. That's the Hype.
Mysteryman said it perfectly
[QUOTE=TH89;15569521]Mysteryman said it perfectly[/QUOTE] Thank-you. [editline]10:26PM[/editline] [QUOTE=KStyleAzure;15569435]I remember when FP got into a huge argument over the validity of that picture.[/QUOTE] i can scan it from my books. I have collected every single treasury of C&H books, except the complete book itself.
No no no, you don't understand. They weren't discussing whether or not they thought the picture was fake, they were discussing over the matter on whether or not a T-Rex could pilot a plane or not. [editline]07:28PM[/editline] Which was pretty hilarious since they were pointing out all kinds of things besides the fact that there was a T-Rex in a fighter plane. [editline]07:28PM[/editline] Also, sorry, not an aircraft buff so excuse my lack of knowledge on plane names.
[QUOTE=mysteryman;15568732] for those interested, this was Watterson's final hurrah with this strip: [img]http://www.synthstuff.com/mt/archives/ch951231.gif[/img] [/QUOTE] that made me want to cry
[QUOTE=Hoboiam;15561393][img]http://crazyjeremy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/calvin-hobbes-pills.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] i feel like ending my life right now
[QUOTE=Tumor;15569682]i feel like ending my life right now[/QUOTE] over a poorly made ms paint edit of a comic strip?
[QUOTE=thevanderwaals;15569657]that made me want to cry[/QUOTE] It's never good to see the true ending of a childhood favorite, it's better to think that it is limitless. I feel your pain. [editline]11:12PM[/editline] [QUOTE=mysteryman;15569775]over a poorly made ms paint edit of a comic strip?[/QUOTE] No, because that is how the comic could validly end: Calvin finally acts more grown-up, and we end up seeing what the entire situation is, a kid talking to a stuffed tiger.
I don't know why people hate that ending. It's incredibly sad, sure, but it's full of emotion and wraps up the whole series.
[QUOTE=Skippy!;15570345]I don't know why people hate that ending. It's incredibly sad, sure, but it's full of emotion and wraps up the whole series.[/QUOTE] People hate having Childhood favorites wrap up in a way that can be open to interpretation. Here's my idea for the ending: It is 12 years later, Calvin is moving away to college (still an amusing asshole, though.) As he is packing up his stuff, he see's Hobbes as a toy tiger, he picks it up and remembers all the fun times he's had with it. He puts it in his backpack with Hobbes head sticking out and starts to walk away. As he walks away, the final screen shows Hobbes as the imaginary tiger walking hand in hand with Calvin.
Apparently that they wanted to merchandise it. So the dude quit doing the stuff. That stuff is awsome. I used to read Peanuts when I was a kid and my best friend read Calvin & Hobbes so we used to trade all the time. I miss being a kid.
[QUOTE=Hoboiam;15561393][img]http://crazyjeremy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/calvin-hobbes-pills.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Thats not even a real one.
[QUOTE=Panic!;15569163]I have this... [url]http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Calvin-Hobbes-v/dp/0740748475[/url] ...in my closet right now. It's a tome of amazing.[/QUOTE] Damn it! You beat me too it!
I like both Garfield and C&H. For their own reasons, of course.
[QUOTE=gufu;15570581]I like both Garfield and C&H. For their own reasons, of course.[/QUOTE] I remember Garfields glory days, not they aren't as good. The Far side, however, was always top-quality.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;15570300] No, because that is how the comic could validly end: Calvin finally acts more grown-up, and we end up seeing what the entire situation is, a kid talking to a stuffed tiger.[/QUOTE] That's possibly the most saddest moment I've seen all day. But you put it in a good way though. I think he went through that phase when somebody gives up there stuffed animal. And your only explanation is, "I grew up."
[QUOTE=articpenguin;15570645]That's possibly the most saddest moment I've seen all day. But you put it in a good way though. I think he went through that phase when somebody gives up there stuffed animal. And your only explanation is, "I grew up."[/QUOTE] Which is precisely like the ending I think should have happened, which adds some sweet closure to the series, in a good way. But, of course, the ending that is already in print fits perfectly as well, since it leaves Calvin as an immortal boy, forever in youth where dinosaurs fly F-15's and Tigers talk.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;15570454]People hate having Childhood favorites wrap up in a way that can be open to interpretation. Here's my idea for the ending: It is 12 years later, Calvin is moving away to college (still an amusing asshole, though.) As he is packing up his stuff, he see's Hobbes as a toy tiger, he picks it up and remembers all the fun times he's had with it. He puts it in his backpack with Hobbes head sticking out and starts to walk away. As he walks away, the final screen shows Hobbes as the imaginary tiger walking hand in hand with Calvin.[/QUOTE] That's classic. Seems like a A+ movie ending right there.
Calvin and Hobbes was an incredible comic.
Fucking double post.
You changed your avatar. *Captain Obvious flies away*
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;15570672]Which is precisely like the ending I think should have happened, which adds some sweet closure to the series, in a good way. But, of course, the ending that is already in print fits perfectly as well, since it leaves Calvin as an immortal boy, forever in youth where dinosaurs fly F-15's and Tigers talk.[/QUOTE] I'm kinda glad he didn't fuck it over and make it end like the shopped version. That's like screwing the pooch so hard that the pooch had to lock him self in a room with some soothing cream.
[QUOTE=articpenguin;15571087]I'm kinda glad he didn't fuck it over and make it end like the shopped version. That's like screwing the pooch so hard that the pooch had to lock him self in a room with some soothing cream.[/QUOTE] That's an interesting simile.
[QUOTE=articpenguin;15571087]I'm kinda glad he didn't fuck it over and make it end like the shopped version. That's like screwing the pooch so hard that the pooch had to lock him self in a room with some soothing cream.[/QUOTE] It's like The Noodle Incident, only a hundred times worse.
ITT we speculate on what exactly the Noodle Incident was all about.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;15570300] No, because that is how the comic could validly end: Calvin finally acts more grown-up, and we end up seeing what the entire situation is, a kid talking to a stuffed tiger.[/QUOTE] It could not validly end like that for that is not watterson's style. He has never, EVER ended a strip with a cynical outcome so bad as to make the reader cry towards the sadness of it. Sure there were about 1-2 that were like that, but they were part of a series that ultimately ended in a moral or life lesson. He would never end a strip in such a horrid way as to leave it at: "that's that, Calvin is now a dull, boring, drugged up 6 year old. Just like any other hyper kid in America now, his creativity is forever stifled now and his lifetime friend, is now gone, forever, never again will Calvin have another adventure with his best pal Hobbes. Gone are the G.R.OS.S meetings, Calvin's inventions, and problematic situations. He is now just some kid on Ritalin.No longer will he poll his dad, describe his lunch in vulgar ways, torment suzie and rosalyn, cause a disturbance in class. Gone are the days of his philosophy giving a bleak, but true outlook on current life, and his own 6 year old political views mixed in with truth." Bill Watterson left the strip to the reader to what Calvin and Hobbes find beyond that snow topped hill be it happiness, be it sadness, be it depressing. He left that to us, not him. He ended it how he wanted it, and allowed us to decide their ultimate fate. Me, i chose what Bill would have wanted. Calvin to resume his life of companionship with his stuffed tiger, having infinite adventures packed with hilarious events and Calvin's infinite knowledge. I grew up reading this comic, if it ended that was pictured above, my whole state of mind would collapse. As a child i even learned from Calvin and his ideas, to see them stifled under a prescription would send me down a spiraling staircase of sadness.
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;15570454]People hate having Childhood favorites wrap up in a way that can be open to interpretation. Here's my idea for the ending: It is 12 years later, Calvin is moving away to college (still an amusing asshole, though.) As he is packing up his stuff, he see's Hobbes as a toy tiger, he picks it up and remembers all the fun times he's had with it. He puts it in his backpack with Hobbes head sticking out and starts to walk away. As he walks away, the final screen shows Hobbes as the imaginary tiger walking hand in hand with Calvin.[/QUOTE] That brings a friggin' tear to my eye, man. I love that idea. C&H was indeed the best comic strip ever written. It's incredibly witty and intelligent and didn't need to rely on crudeness so often as most cartoon humor seems to be soley bassed on today. I was able to relate to Calvin so much as a kid, and I would have loved to have had a friend like Hobbes, pouncing and all. I would have loved to have had a forest close by to go walking in and contemplate life. Calvin, in a sense, had my ideal childhood. That's part of the reason why I think it's the very best comic ever, because it evokes that nostalgia of a better time when you didn't have to worry about rent, or the economy, or whatever. All you had to worry about was, "What kinda of fun are we going to have next?
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