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I grew up reading newspaper comics during the “Calvin and Hobbes” era. I read Peanuts but I never understood its appeal as seemed extremely dull. Later I read a collection of Peanuts from around 1955 and it was incredible. Kinda like early Simpsons
I grew up in the same era, thinking the same thing. I'll have to go check that out.
Schulz should have quit in the 70's. He dragged it on for far too long.
The thing is that sometimes people crank out something amazing later in their career that no one saw coming.
So I say artists should do what they like whilst they still love doing it; leave the rest of the world to the job filtering the results into a "canon" of best work.
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I grew up in the same era, thinking the same thing. I'll have to go check that out.
Even more surprising is to go back and read early Garfield.
I read somewhere that is when Bill Waters (of Calvin & Hobbs) quit creating, when syndication was his only viable option moving forward. (I think he was burning out)
I loved Garfield as a kid, but as an adult it was really dull. I tried to even enjoy the old stuff... But this makes Garfield awesome again: (you may need some Garfield experience before appreciating this)
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Even more surprising is to go back and read early Garfield.
Maybe when a cartoon hits syndication that the quality dips? I read somewhere that is when Bill Waters (of Calvin & Hobbs) quit creating, when syndication was his only viable option moving forward. (I think he was burning out) I loved Garfield as a kid, but as an adult it was really dull. I tried to even enjoy the old stuff... But this makes Garfield awesome again: (you may need some Garfield experience before apprec…
Unrelated but I'd like to plug this which is brilliant, though it seems the author burned out a while ago. One of the best comics I've come across https://abstrusegoose.com/
Hit Random a few times and you'll start getting some good ones. He seems to be a high level physicist so there are some impenetrable bits of maths etc. which you can safely skip.
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Maybe when a cartoon hits syndication that the quality dips? I read somewhere that is when Bill Waters (of Calvin & Hobbs) quit creating, when syndication was his only viable option moving forward. (I think he was burning out) I loved Garfield as a kid, but as an adult it was really dull. I tried to even enjoy the old stuff... But this makes Garfield awesome again: (you may need some Garfield experience before apprec…
I guess people just get tired of having to be machines of continual creation. It must be terribly wearing. I'm not surprised it becomes just crank-turning after a while. Unrelated but I'd like to plug this which is brilliant, though it seems the author burned out a while ago. One of the best comics I've come across https://abstrusegoose.com/ Hit Random a few times and you'll start getting some good ones. He seems to…
Gary Larson (Far Side) [0] is a great example of a great cartoonist who quit while he was ahead. I was both sad and appreciative when he stopped. Fawlty Towers [1] is an example of a series whose creators also intentionally stopped it before it jumped the shark.
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Even more surprising is to go back and read early Garfield.
Maybe when a cartoon hits syndication that the quality dips? I read somewhere that is when Bill Waters (of Calvin & Hobbs) quit creating, when syndication was his only viable option moving forward. (I think he was burning out) I loved Garfield as a kid, but as an adult it was really dull. I tried to even enjoy the old stuff... But this makes Garfield awesome again: (you may need some Garfield experience before apprec…
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Maybe when a cartoon hits syndication that the quality dips? I read somewhere that is when Bill Waters (of Calvin & Hobbs) quit creating, when syndication was his only viable option moving forward. (I think he was burning out) I loved Garfield as a kid, but as an adult it was really dull. I tried to even enjoy the old stuff... But this makes Garfield awesome again: (you may need some Garfield experience before apprec…
Calvin and Hobbes was syndicated. What do you mean?
I may be off on this a little, as I did a little reading to verify. Waterson was opposed to having other people write and draw the Calvin & Hobbs cartoon for him. He noted that so many other cartoons had done this and their quality had plumetted.
From memory (because it was written in his last book, and I can't find it online) he said that when he couldn't make a new cartoon every day and be happy with the quality, he would be done.
Edit: I may be conflating syndication with licensing.... :P
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Maybe when a cartoon hits syndication that the quality dips? I read somewhere that is when Bill Waters (of Calvin & Hobbs) quit creating, when syndication was his only viable option moving forward. (I think he was burning out) I loved Garfield as a kid, but as an adult it was really dull. I tried to even enjoy the old stuff... But this makes Garfield awesome again: (you may need some Garfield experience before apprec…
I guess people just get tired of having to be machines of continual creation. It must be terribly wearing. I'm not surprised it becomes just crank-turning after a while. Unrelated but I'd like to plug this which is brilliant, though it seems the author burned out a while ago. One of the best comics I've come across https://abstrusegoose.com/ Hit Random a few times and you'll start getting some good ones. He seems to…
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I guess people just get tired of having to be machines of continual creation. It must be terribly wearing. I'm not surprised it becomes just crank-turning after a while. Unrelated but I'd like to plug this which is brilliant, though it seems the author burned out a while ago. One of the best comics I've come across https://abstrusegoose.com/ Hit Random a few times and you'll start getting some good ones. He seems to…
If you skip the abstruse stuff, it's just goose.