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"Tom Boucher" <trekkie@spamyou.nomorestars.com> wrote in message
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> He was kinda odd though and I'd worry about him suing everyone. He quit
> doing Calvin and Hobbes (much to my great despair) because he couldn't • stand
> the pressure anymore.
Yes I've also heard that he was eccentric. this seems to be a quality of the
best cartoonists.
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> I really stopped reading comics the day the last Calvin was printed. They
> could of at least ran the re-runs like they do with Peanuts.
Same here. My favorites were Calvin and Hobbes and Bloom County (Outland was
decent but I really missed the daily strips) and of course I'd have to say
the Far Side. I'm completely with you on the despair. I actually get
incredibly sad when I look in the newspaper and don't see my old favorite
strips. Its very akin to the feeling I got when Jim Henson died. I'm
optimistic that another good strip will come along or that maybe there is
even a good one out there now (I suppose Dilbert is fairly good but) but
its hard to look when you open the paper and see all of these base, poorly
drawn, shrunken down strips. I believe comic strips can be a true and
sophisticated art form capable of moving the reader. I'm sorry but Beetle
Baily and Blondie just don't do it for me at all.
2 cents
-Jon
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| (...) Sluggy Freelance! Greatest comic strip out there today. Space fans will appreciate it in particular--Torg's secretary is an alien. (URL) comic strips follow a wide range of topics. Santa's black ops elves (hey, how do you think he knows if (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) I agree. Bloom County and Calvin & Hobbes were my favourite. I particularly loved Calvin's wild imagination and introspective look at overly-adult situations, and Berkley Breathed's increadible ability at political and social satire. Truely (...) (24 years ago, 19-Dec-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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