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- Seren2399, on 10/23/2007, -2/+223Calvin & Hobbes - best comic of all time. No other comic touched as many people than this one. *Cheers* to Bill Watterson!
- quintonfig, on 10/24/2007, -3/+140DUGG for all 25 being on one page
- krabat, on 10/23/2007, -0/+93I'm in awe of Watterson simply because he ended the strip when he knew he couldn't do better than he already had, and he never, EVER, sold out. Calvin and Hobbes will always hold a place in my heart.
- Maddoktor2, on 10/23/2007, -4/+90Here's a link to the complete C&H:
http://www.marcellosendos.ch/comics/ch/index.html - theshizzler, on 10/22/2007, -2/+80The site is down already...I guess scientific progress really does go *boink*
- 6strings, on 10/22/2007, -0/+37It's remarkable how subjective creative work is.
Calvin and Hobbes, for instance, was Watterson's sixth strip. The first five were all flatly rejected. The fifth was about a family that included a boy and a stuffed tiger that came to life, but only around him, and only he could interact with it.
All the syndicates rejected that one too, but one, United, asked Watterson to do a strip focusing on those two characters. So he did. They looked at it and turned it down flat. Fortunately, a different syndicate, Universal, picked it up.
VIrtually any successful creative talent you can think of spent years and years being repeatedly rejected because there is simply no objective evaluation in such fields, nobody has a degree, there are no textbooks, no classes, no tests, you can't get licensed... and so anybody who makes a decision is essentially just fumbling around drunk in the dark. The safest thing to do is reject, and that's what virtually always happens. - SiRwhilms, on 10/22/2007, -0/+30Curious, but would you really want it? Recall the last C&H strip. "Let's go exploring!" ... the world stops being as wonderous and exciting when you become a teenager and learn about serious global issues and other downers. Plus... Calvin needs to remain a kid. If he grew up, what do you think would happen to Hobbes? A stuffed tiger evermore.
- hydratedsquash, on 10/22/2007, -3/+32Fantastic. But where is Spaceman Spiff?
- DrSpud, on 10/22/2007, -3/+29Coral Cache got it all, and it's faster than archive.org:
http://progressiveboink.com.nyud.net:8080/archive/ ... - BenitoMussolini, on 10/22/2007, -1/+25I am the 999,999th visitor! Awesome!!!
- thekronz, on 10/22/2007, -1/+24Far side runs second. But nothing will ever compare to Calvin and Hobbes. Calvin and Hobbes inspired most of my childhood fantasies. I'll never forget running around the house pretending to be Spaceman Spiff.
- clutcher, on 10/22/2007, -0/+22Watterson is the J.D Salinger of the comic world. He made his art through the medium that suited him and when it was done, it was done. He didn't want licensing of any kind as it would cheapen his art. I've wanted to write him a fan letter for years but didn't, i imagined it'd be like writing Michael Jordan a fan letter because of his performance in the 88 finals. The Calvin and Hobbes collection will live forever as a masterpiece, easy as that.
- drizzlelicious, on 10/22/2007, -1/+23I don't think anybody could ever not like Calvin and Hobbes. One of my fantasies is that Bill Watterson has actually continued drawing Calvin and Hobbes these past years, and will release them all someday
sigh.. - RothenbergXXX, on 10/22/2007, -0/+18It's funny, the strip depicting Calvin as a god was one of Waterson's least favorite strips. It was an example of how the constraints of comic syndication detracted from the art; as he described it, the standardized panel sizes forced him to waste space in some and squeeze too much into another.
- stormist, on 10/22/2007, -2/+20And the Digg herd continues rampaging through cyberspace looking for a calvin and hobbs link that WORKS!
- Spoomeister, on 10/23/2007, -1/+16Dugg for reminding me just how pretentious and awkward most of today's webcomics are. (Yes, including your favorite ones, including the ones that get quoted and linked to on Digg.)
There'll never be another comic like C&H. - acrodev, on 10/21/2007, -0/+15Calvin is the reason I've never grown up.
- neggbird, on 10/22/2007, -0/+15Not as awesome as the 1,000,000th visitor unfortunately.
- yfguitarist, on 10/22/2007, -1/+15This is one thing that I'll be able to say to my grandkids: "They don't make 'em like this anymore..."
- Charlotte_Web, on 10/21/2007, -1/+13Web server went "Boink!"
- OhTheHumanity1, on 10/21/2007, -5/+17No one for Far Side?
- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -1/+13Ah, I miss my childhood.
- aaronm67, on 10/21/2007, -0/+12EDIT: working mirror
http://babbage.missouri.edu/~agm257/mirror/25%20Gr ... - futzy99, on 10/22/2007, -2/+13Although I've seen this page numerous times on Digg, it never gets old.
- inactive, on 10/22/2007, -0/+10Bill Watterson is the reason I can read. These comics taught me to read
- nihility, on 10/22/2007, -1/+11Would've grouped the snowmen comics altogether and added a few Calvinball strips and I'd say its a set. Also would've added the final strip. It's a magical world, lets go exploring...
Hard to pick 25 when basically all 4000 of them are gold. - solarwind24, on 10/22/2007, -2/+12http://web.archive.org/web/20061224133727/http://w ...
- Vorin, on 10/21/2007, -1/+11dugg, but i still disagree.
there are WAAAY more than 25 C&H comics that deserve to be on the "top" page - ophello, on 10/22/2007, -3/+12when will people realize that not everyone who reads a story diggs it?
I never digg anything. I just read and comment. 70 diggs means 70 people clicked the digg button. For all you know, 2000 people logged on to the site. - JustinAiken, on 10/22/2007, -1/+10The best one is the one about war ("kind of a stupid game, isn't it?") and the very last one.
- MotherFraker, on 10/21/2007, -0/+8That is a great fantasy. Now I'll always wonder.
- Waynerz99, on 10/22/2007, -2/+10Whats wrong with the mirror? only half the pics load?
- JCPahl, on 10/21/2007, -0/+7Hm, a philistine on the sidewalk.
- r0b0, on 10/23/2007, -0/+7Calvin and Hobbes is the one comic that I've liked enough to buy the books of it. I was only two when the comic stopped, and never saw it in any news papers, but I have bought every single soft cover book, and even spent the $150 on the 3 book hardcover edition. I've read them all multiple times too... I really wish that Watterson continued to make them.
- tomzvrl, on 10/21/2007, -1/+8You don't have to read it if you don't want to. Besides, I think it's both witty and intelligent writing. I love the P-Boi staff!
- jtbandes, on 10/23/2007, -0/+7" 'I fold.'
Takes a little bit to pick up on..."
In my C&H collection, the page containing that comic was actually folded before it was printed. There is a fold that goes right through Calvin as he says that. - addiggt, on 07/06/2009, -2/+9Those looking for a mirror (I'm not sorry) http://progressiveboink.com.nyud.net:8080/archive/ ...
- aaronm67, on 10/21/2007, -1/+7Mirror without pictures on a comic strip = useless.
- bulletproofbra, on 10/21/2007, -0/+6Aaaaw fab :) I remember my time doing a morning paper round and reading the comics pages of every single newspaper but always saving C&H until last. I'd also agree that there is no *way* anyone could ever condense the best down to a mere twenty-five strips. Ludicrous!
(And in the UK Calvin was syndicated in The Daily Express and it remains to this day to be the only worthwhile thing that newspaper has ever printed, by a very long shot). - BOFH2, on 10/21/2007, -1/+7My vote goes for the "snowman" series. The car accident one is great.
- smacksaw, on 10/21/2007, -0/+5Well, I guess the Digg Effect is getting old for the person running the site since it's down yet again.
- chewbacca77, on 10/21/2007, -2/+7Dugg for including "KaZAM!"
- skodai, on 10/21/2007, -0/+5Actually, according to the banner that I saw on the mirror, I was the 999,999th visitor and I apparently won something....
Of course, the mirror just links to the (down) site for the images. Very helpful. - bossm4n, on 10/22/2007, -9/+14For me it's a tie for number one with C&H and The Far Side. Robotman comes in a close second.
- longbow486, on 10/22/2007, -2/+6i just wish that he still wrote them :-(
- Optimaximal, on 10/22/2007, -0/+4'Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons' and 'Revenge of the Baby-sat' are easily my two best storylines (although the wedding trip/burglary and racoon story made me cry when I read them 10 years ago). Such a fertile imagination that Watterson has.
- kkring24, on 10/22/2007, -1/+5This brought back soooo many memories...but im glad that he's left his work alone and hasn't cheapened it in any way
- Asianwaste, on 10/21/2007, -0/+4Doesn't seem to load them anymore... maybe it'll work later.
- digrboi, on 10/21/2007, -1/+4the "snowmen crossing" one never gets old!
- hmunkey, on 10/21/2007, -0/+3I loved C&H. Now my favorite comic is Pearls Before Swine. Check it out, it's funny in a different way, a little more crude, but it's still G-rated,
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