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Ever Wished Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Page? He Just Did

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Re: Ever Wished Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Page? He Just Did

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Post by jsmthrowaway »

fernly wrote: post #10

I wonder if Watterson really believes the gag line for the third strip, "Nah, the art form's dying"? He might, being (apparently) a neo-luddite of some sort. But there has never been as many, or as good, comics as there are now, or as many busy, thriving comic artists. Hint: they are not found at gocomics.com.

Watterson was very outspoken about his displeasures with the art form and the grinding newspaper production process throughout the life of C&H. His beliefs, then, predated almost all online comics, but he discussed a modern take recently:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/53216/mental-floss-exclusive-...

Re: Ever Wished Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Page? He Just Did

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Post by ISL »

whatshisface wrote: post #4

Is it just me or are the strips... just not that funny? All three of them are basicly the same joke, with one containing a minor reference to Watterson's page formatting preferences. Now that I think of it, that's really par for the course (or maybe a birdie) for newspaper comic strips in general. I guess it just seems strange to see the world's best living cartoonist come out of the fortress of solitude and do somet…

Perhaps he just misses it. I would.

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Post by tesseract »

fernly wrote: post #10

I wonder if Watterson really believes the gag line for the third strip, "Nah, the art form's dying"? He might, being (apparently) a neo-luddite of some sort. But there has never been as many, or as good, comics as there are now, or as many busy, thriving comic artists. Hint: they are not found at gocomics.com.

"I could do better if I had more space"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes#Syndication_a...

Re: Ever Wished Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Page? He Just Did

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Post by JoshTriplett »

fernly wrote: post #10

I wonder if Watterson really believes the gag line for the third strip, "Nah, the art form's dying"? He might, being (apparently) a neo-luddite of some sort. But there has never been as many, or as good, comics as there are now, or as many busy, thriving comic artists. Hint: they are not found at gocomics.com.

I seriously doubt it. As an art form, newspaper comics are going the way of newspapers, but comics in general are thriving more than ever. The Internet has provided the perfect platform for them, and crowdfunding works quite well for strips with a following.

Re: Ever Wished Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Page? He Just Did

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Post by mherdeg »

Shinkei wrote: post #8
whatshisface wrote: post #4

Is it just me or are the strips... just not that funny? All three of them are basicly the same joke, with one containing a minor reference to Watterson's page formatting preferences. Now that I think of it, that's really par for the course (or maybe a birdie) for newspaper comic strips in general. I guess it just seems strange to see the world's best living cartoonist come out of the fortress of solitude and do somet…

Were you a fan of C&H? I think that the lens of nostalgia strengthens our pleasant memories of the books and can't really ever compare to these new strips. You need character development, plot... most of his stories would extend across the entire week or longer. (Oh man, the family camping trips in C&H were hilarious) Just appreciate it for what it is--a window into our fond memories of Watterson's work.

After spending years reading Web comics I now find that "C&H" maps to Cyanide & Happiness rather than Calvin & Hobbes. (Which is crazy; I read all the Calvin & Hobbes strips and grew up in Cleveland Heights for pete's sake!)

It didn't used to be that way. Modern Webcomics are starting to be big cultural phenomena (income comparable with a comfortable full-time job or better for the stars in the industry)

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