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28th November 2005, 06:56 PM
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#32
28th November 2005, 07:12 PM
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| I almost bought it the other day. I saw it for less than $100 at BJ Wholesale Club. I had to resist, but it was soo hard.
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28th November 2005, 09:16 PM
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#34
29th November 2005, 04:05 PM
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| http://www.slate.com/id/2129373/ Calvin & Hobbes are both interesting character names. Two men with very different philosophies, but both were interested in morality and both ticked off the establishment. |
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#35
29th November 2005, 05:00 PM
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| ooh, I'd love to have that collection! I have a couple of books but would love to have the complete set. I don't know. It must be hard to come up with such genius every day or even once a week. If the quality had gone down over the years, we'd have been disappointed and that would have eroded the entire series. I read that Slate article in the link and I can't believe "Boondocks" is ranked up there with C&H. "Boondocks" used to be on the comics page of my city's paper and I was appalled at the language and the perpetually angry faces of the kids in it. It finally got eliminated from the newspaper after a reader vote. In contrast, C&H was never mean-spirited and reminded us of our childish innocence. I think "Doonesbury" should have been retired in the '90s. It's seldom funny anymore and is too politically slanted. If nothing else, it belongs on the editorial page and not on the comics page.
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#36
29th November 2005, 05:26 PM
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| I agree that Doonesbury isn't funny, even though I think the political slant is fine and tend to agree with it. Anything is permissible including angry faces in a comic, but it has to be funny: Doonesbury isn't. In the UK it's run in The Guardian, the leading left-inclined quality paper. When they recently redesigned the paper, Doonesbury got the chop, until lots of fans complained and sadly it was reinstated. Sigh. I tend to think of Calvin and Hobbes as primarily subversive and clever, playing with the form and so on, rather than reminding us of childhood innocence. I suppose we each see what we want to see. |
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#37
29th November 2005, 06:05 PM
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| I agree that beneath the innocence there's always a message for adults who can figure it out. It's the subtlety that's appealing, I think.
__________________ The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts. Bertrand Russell |
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#38
29th November 2005, 09:14 PM
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| I just adored the very last Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. I think it really captured what they were all about. I also admire Watterson for never capitalising on his characters in terms of merchandise. I get mad whenever I see one of those Calvin peeing stickers on the back of cars. That's not what it's all about at all. :mad: |
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#39
29th December 2005, 10:31 PM
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| my brother got me the collection for christmas!  I've been having such a great winter vacation! What with C&H, the complete 1st season of LOST and a great big stack of books by my side! ahhh i dont wanna go back to school!!!  the collection is beautiful, mostly black and white but the color parts are beautiful. good quality paper, three thick and heavy beautiful books. get it! some places sell them cheaper than others. find the best bargain you can and get it!!
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#40
29th December 2005, 11:09 PM
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| For you fans of C&H and Halo check out this link.http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/ch.html
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#41
29th December 2005, 11:45 PM
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| I just found these.   We should petition the admins to add them to the smilies.
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1st February 2010, 11:48 PM
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4th February 2010, 12:54 PM
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