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Jon Palmer wrote:
> "Tom Boucher" <trekkie@spamyou.nomorestars.com> wrote in message
> news:G5tx1s.2tE@lugnet.com...
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
My current favorite is Dilbert. =)
--
Andrew, Agent 0007
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