Introduction to Calvin and Hobbes: Sunday Pages 1985-1995 (2001)

Post by ndsipa_pomu » Sat, Jul 13, 2024, 9:06 AM UTC

bdjsiqoocwk wrote: post #12

tomrandle wrote: post #8

I was introduced to Calvin and Hobbes (as well as Sam and Max) as a kid by a taxi driver when on holiday in Florida in the 90s. Loved both. It’s been a delight to re read them with my son recently. I somewhat lament it’s not possible to by any merchandise though! I’d love to have a big print of the pair in their radio flyer crashing down the hill!

Ah!, speaking of merchandise. I once read an essay about the idea of, if you have a successful artistic creation, should you exploit it financially, for example by selling rights for someone else to find new income streams (Bill Waterson famously never did.) The essay argued that even if you are primarily motivated by art and not money, you should for the reason that money being the motivating factor for so many acti…

Post by bdjsiqoocwk » Sat, Jul 13, 2024, 9:28 AM UTC

ndsipa_pomu wrote: post #21

bdjsiqoocwk wrote: post #12

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Ah!, speaking of merchandise. I once read an essay about the idea of, if you have a successful artistic creation, should you exploit it financially, for example by selling rights for someone else to find new income streams (Bill Waterson famously never did.) The essay argued that even if you are primarily motivated by art and not money, you should for the reason that money being the motivating factor for so many acti…

I'm not convinced that merchandising would keep an artistic creation relevant in society. It'd be just as likely to reduce the artwork to the lowest common denominator and it'd become just another slogan/logo.

Post by 082349872349872 » Sat, Jul 13, 2024, 10:36 AM UTC

bdjsiqoocwk wrote: post #23

ndsipa_pomu wrote: post #21

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I'm not convinced that merchandising would keep an artistic creation relevant in society. It'd be just as likely to reduce the artwork to the lowest common denominator and it'd become just another slogan/logo.

The idea you're conveying is very well known but in my opinion poorly argued for. This essay I mentioned on the other hand had a minority view and well argued for, which is why I was trying to find it in order to reread it. Anecdotally let's look at one data point. Spider-Man is in comparison garbage, but it's everywhere to this day. Why, because some company calculated they could milk it. C&H in comparison is much b…

Post by bazoom42 » Sat, Jul 13, 2024, 10:46 AM UTC

lostlogin wrote: post #18

bazoom42 wrote: post #15

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Dylan got the nobel price in litterature, which is awarded for a work of litterature, not for political influence. (Infamously Peter Handke won the litterature price despite his support for Milošević.) You are probably thinking of the peace price, but that is a different thing.

This is a good point. But his award is most definitely political both in how it was awarded and in the positions Dylan took in various events, songs and lyrics.

Post by bell-cot » Sat, Jul 13, 2024, 10:54 AM UTC

mdp2021 wrote: post #10

putlake wrote: post #9

Since influential people are on this forum, someone should get Bill Watterson nominated for the Nobel prize in literature. His work deserves that honor as much as, if not more than, Bob Dylan.

Berkeley Breathed could feel left out - and one of his collections was named "Classics of Western Literature".