What Makes Calvin and Hobbes So Special?

[pokerfan]

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/what-makes-calvin-and-hobbes-so-special-1778313071

Calvin and Hobbes should be everyone’s favorite comic strip. But what makes it so special? Kaptain Kristian dives in to explain why the strip is so good. The argument centers around the idea that Calvin and Hobbes puts art before commerce, as all art should.

[LunaSea]

1. High school art of Bill Watterson

Showed up in the latest Antiques Roadshow episode on PBS this week-
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/

Featured a HS yearbook with cartoons commissioned by a coach.
Keep an eye out for a very familiar-looking tiger in the segment.

Thanks for the vid!

[pokerfan]

2. Very cool

Thanks for that!

[mackerel]

3. Did anyone see Berkeley Brethed's

April Fools comic with Calvin, Hobbes & Opus?

[pokerfan]

4. That was great

http://www.techtimes.com/articles/146399/20160401/bloom-countys-berkeley-breathed-takes-over-calvin-and-hobbes-for-april-fools-day.htm

"A big day for C&H fans: Bill Watterson and myself in Tuscany signing the franchise over to my 'administration.' Watterson's in great shape — he's out of the Arizona facility, continent and looking forward to some well-earned financial security. You rock, Bill."

That didn't end the hijinks, though. Breathed also released his own Calvin and Hobbes comic strip featuring the daring duo as they contemplate eating the brains of Bloom County's Opus.

[pokerfan]

5. Tom the Dancing Bug had a C&H homage a couple days ago...

Poking fun at tRump's imaginary publicist...



http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2016/05/20

[mackerel]

7. That is hilarious!

[clarice]

6. For several reasons I think....

1. The art work is superior..and broke new ground in terms of how the dialogue boxes were expanded or contracted.
2. BW tapped into a certain nostalgic pathos that touched the hearts of adults.
3. It was not insulting to young peoples intelligence, in fact, it was somewhat challenging to them.
4. The relationship between Calvin...his parents...his friends AND reality was very real, AND very different.
5. BW for the most part, kept issues like politics, personal views, agendas, out of the equation. That would have only
alienated his readers.

[kairos12]

8. Calvinball.

[Aristus]

9. One single line.

Calvin and Hobbes are looking around in dismay at their polluted, garbage-strewn neighborhood, and calling out the supposedly "responsible" adults who let such ugly decay take over the beauties of nature.

Calvin's line in the final panel: "I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the Earth?"