Webcomic: Calvin & Hobbes mashup with Breaking Bad
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Washington City Paper’s Alexis Hauk talks to Clayton Hanson, a legislative information editor in Washington DC, who has started posting a mashup of the AMC television series Breaking Bad and Bill Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbes.
WCP: And you are a rabid Breaking Bad fan, I assume?
CH: I started watching when it first came out. I remember the first episode, it just kind of blew my mind. It starts with Walter White in his underwear?it?s such a confusing thing, the first time you watch it. It didn?t have that much hype; they only had seven episodes the first season. Every time I watch it, I want to say, “Did you see this? Is this happening?”
When I started working on “Breaking Calvin,” it was storytelling in short form, so I had to find a way that one line could cover a whole episode. It has really helped me as an author?if you can sum up the whole 45 minute show online…
WCP: Where did you get the idea for “Breaking Calvin”?
CH: I did it for myself the first time?the juxtaposition of a child saying these extremely adult things with a tiger was extremely amusing. I sent it to a friend and they thought it was really funny and they didn?t even watch the show. So I wondered if I could keep doing that. It was sort of strange, but the inspiration was … thinking about both of them together.
Hat Tip: Mike Rhode (Comics DC)
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