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Bill Watterson Commencement Speech (1990)
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Re: Bill Watterson Commencement Speech (1990)
#12Link to a Calvin and Hobbes collection:
Re: Bill Watterson Commencement Speech (1990)
#13For those who want to learn more about Watterson, I read “Chasing Calvin and Hobbes” a few years ago and recently re-read it, really enjoying it both times. It’s a more in-depth view of the strip and Watterson as a person.
I am not familiar with the story, what's your pitch for the book (without spoilers)?
Re: Bill Watterson Commencement Speech (1990)
#14For those who want to learn more about Watterson, I read “Chasing Calvin and Hobbes” a few years ago and recently re-read it, really enjoying it both times. It’s a more in-depth view of the strip and Watterson as a person.
That sounds interesting, could you share a link? I couldn’t find anything obvious by Googling. Thanks!
Re: Bill Watterson Commencement Speech (1990)
#15The ol’ recurring dream! Freak me out too. And Randall I assume: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/557:_Students
Re: Bill Watterson Commencement Speech (1990)
#16For those who want to learn more about Watterson, I read “Chasing Calvin and Hobbes” a few years ago and recently re-read it, really enjoying it both times. It’s a more in-depth view of the strip and Watterson as a person.
That sounds interesting, could you share a link? I couldn’t find anything obvious by Googling. Thanks!
I'm curious too. Nothing on Google, except this thread haha.
Re: Bill Watterson Commencement Speech (1990)
#17For those who want to learn more about Watterson, I read “Chasing Calvin and Hobbes” a few years ago and recently re-read it, really enjoying it both times. It’s a more in-depth view of the strip and Watterson as a person.
That sounds interesting, could you share a link? I couldn’t find anything obvious by Googling. Thanks!
could it be "Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and his Revolutionary Comic Strip"?
Re: Bill Watterson Commencement Speech (1990)
#18A piece I read at least twice a year to understand how creative work is done - "Some thoughts on the real world by one who glimpsed it and fled"
I don’t know if I got anything very profound from it tbh - this sounds like just another commencement speech from someone who has very little in common with almost every person in their audience asking them to do something they would never do. Similar initially inspiring but later on making you question speeches include the ones from Neil Gaiman, Steve Jobs and Conan O’Brien.
Honestly the most amazing speech is from David Foster Wallace. Some great wisdom that’s not easily found elsewhere that applies to the common man instead of the exceptional creative.
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#19"my fondest memories of college are times like these, where things were done out of some inexplicable inner imperative, rather than because the work was demanded."
Re: Bill Watterson Commencement Speech (1990)
#20One of the smartest things I've done in recent years is to buy the complete Calvin and Hobbes and put it prominently on a table that I walk by daily.
I turn a page a day...
In the morning before I get coffee usually, though it's often too dark and I'll come back to read the two facing pages later. Depending on the day that means I'll read a Sunday strip and three daily strips or six daily strips. Once in a great while it's one Sunday strip and some custom art -- I presume from one of the books. Those days are a little disappointing but it's still one page turn a day.
I'm re-reading Calvin and Hobbes at somewhere around 5x original speed but somewhere about 50x slower than if I were to sit down with it and turn pages willy nilly. I've been doing it about six months and I'm still in the first book of the three that comprise the complete set.
It's a real added joy in my day and will be for some time. Some of the best money I've spent in a long long time.