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post #46 of 58
2/26/10 at 12:57am
when we have sorted this out can we discuss Asterix vs Tin Tin
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post #47 of 58
2/26/10 at 12:59am
i think Calvin and Hobbes captures the wonder of being a child perfectly. i dont know how he does it because i forgot that feeling long ago but reading some of the strips quickly reminds me of that sense of excitement that everything was new to be discovered.
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post #48 of 58
2/26/10 at 4:02pm
I voted C&H, but that is probably as much a format preference as anything else -- Peanuts rarely used long format cartoons effectively the way C&H did.

But they are both pikers compared to Groening's early Life in Hell books -- in particular Love is Hell and School is Hell are deliciously brutal ...
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post #49 of 58
2/26/10 at 5:46pm
C&H for me.
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post #50 of 58
2/26/10 at 11:00pm
Peanuts. You cannot overstate its cultural influence.

Peanuts even went into space.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Snoopy_award
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post #51 of 58
2/26/10 at 11:55pm
I basically learned to read with Calvin and Hobbes. I used to like Peanuts okay when I was a kid, but was never a huge fan. As a kid I never saw any of the real harsh strips that have gotten reprinted in the last few years, though I did read some collections from the 70s or so that had a little more spark than what Schulz was putting out by the 90s. Obviously Schulz was a huge influence on Calin & Hobbes, but that doesn't necessarily make it better. How about Pogo?
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post #52 of 58
2/27/10 at 12:04am
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Originally Posted by DocHolliday View Post
C&H is fundamentally optimistic, giving us an idealized version of childhood wonder. Peanuts, on the other hand, was just brutal, all about inner torment and man's cruelty to man. Set aside all the plush toys and the cutesiness of the later years, and Peanuts -- good Peanuts -- isn't really very childlike. Or at least it's unforgiving in its recollections of childhood. So I can see why folks gravitate to C&H.

Charles Schulz had to be one of the saddest people ever to draw a cartoon. Much of Peanuts was autobiographical.
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post #53 of 58
2/27/10 at 12:12am
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post #54 of 58
2/27/10 at 1:17pm
Calvin & Hobbes for me. I have their entire collection of books and a t-shirt and 2 ties.
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post #55 of 58
2/28/10 at 4:00am
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Originally Posted by mgoose View Post
"I'm a simple man, Hobbes."
"You?? Yesterday you wanted a nuclear powered car that could turn into a jet with laser-guided heat-seeking missiles!"
"I'm a simple man with complex tastes."

LabelKing?
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post #56 of 58
2/28/10 at 5:01am
Calvin > Charlie in the humor area, but Charlie > Calvin in the human aspect
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post #57 of 58
3/1/10 at 6:37pm
this thread is broken

no way peanuts < calvin and hobbes
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post #58 of 58
3/8/10 at 7:06am
Chevy Chase: Calvin Coolidge? Calvin & Hobbes brings back incredible amounts of nostalgia to me. My g/f and I still refer to any present that might also benefit the other as gifted cans of tuna fish.
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