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Calvin and Hobbes Anniversary
For those who care, yesterday markes the 20th anniversary of the launch of Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes.
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November/21/2005 @ 6:20 pm
Your site is part of my weekly online reading. It’s a great resource for people seeking cartoon-related news. This is one cartoonist who thanks you.
April/16/2008 @ 2:48 pm
calvin and hobbes books are awsome if you havent read them pick one up now and read it!!!!!!NOT KIDDING!=D
May/22/2008 @ 8:03 pm
Watterson was definitely a big influence on many of today’s younger cartoonists. Hard to believe C&H has been out of the papers so long. Even harder to believe that it’s been over twenty years since it premiered.
May/22/2008 @ 8:38 pm
Even more amazing that it nearly didn’t premier at all, owing to the syndicate “experts”.
“United Feature Syndicate, however, responded positively to one strip, which featured a side character (the main character’s little brother) who had a stuffed tiger. Told that these characters were the strongest, Watterson began a new strip centered on them.[6] But United Features rejected the new strip”
In other words they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
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