Calvin & Hobbes: Way ahead of its time.

[MattSh]

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. He sure was way ahead of his time...

I miss him.

[hfojvt]

33. I would not say "ahead" of his time

plenty of other people were saying similar things much earlier than he was.

Barry Commoner "The Closing Circle" 1971
EF Schumacher "Small is beautiful" 1973
Paul Wachtel "The Poverty of Affluence" 1989
Erich Fromm "The Sane Society" 1955
R H Tawney "The Acquisitive Society" 1920
Paul Goodman "Growing up absurd" 1960

and so on.

[Oscarmonster13]

2. wow

I missed that one...but it is spot on.

[spin]

3. That cartoon strip sums up things nicely. (n/t)

[Helen Borg]

16. So true.

Plus, these days, big pharma has decided that we all have a bunch of syndromes that need treating. Especially kids.

[B2G]

4. My favorite strip ever.

Thanks for posting!

[rhett o rick]

5. k&r thanks for posting. nm

[Mnemosyne]

6. K&R! nt

[Jgarrick]

7. Calvin & Hobbes is arguably the best comic strip in the last 50 years.

[Jackpine Radical]

9. Tied with Pogo, IMHO.

[Lizzie Poppet]

11. Calvin & Hobbes' only real competition for G.O.A.T comic, I'd say.

That to which comic artists aspire...

[Jackpine Radical]

20. Berke Breathed also did some nice stuff.

And for just memorably off-the-wall humor with no particular political content, Gary Larson & the Far Side.

[awoke_in_2003]

26. No doubt...

Pogo can't not even be mentioned in the same sentence as Bloom County.

[longship]

8. And here in Michigan we're still up to our asses in snow.

The forecast low tomorrow is 0F! No relief in sight.

Here's some Calvin and Hobbes snow men to celebrate a never ending winter.

[calimary]

10. TOO EXCELLENT!!!

I miss Calvin & Hobbes!

These are GREAT!!!!!

[longship]

13. You can't mention Calvin and Hobbes without snow men.

They are iconic. Literally.

[Auggie]

14. No cartoonist has been more creative ...

For those Bloom County fans, Watterson ties Breathed

[flying rabbit]

22. "Watterson ties Breathed"

and Larson completes the trinity.

[awoke_in_2003]

28. Very true. nt

[Auggie]

34. Yes! I forgot about Larson.

[hfojvt]

32. of course there are many more

like the killer monster snow goons.

Once he was making a bunch of snowmen and Hobbes asked him what he was doing. He said "I am making effigies of all the people I hate, so I can watch them melt in the sun."
"The ones I really hate, I make small, so they will melt faster"
Hobbes looks around and says
"I didn't know you even KNEW this many people."

[struggle4progress]

12. .

[MirrorAshes]

15. That last one. Wow. n/t

[joeybee12]

17. I really miss Calvin and Hobbes...knr

[Hekate]

18. Thanks! I miss Calvin & Hobbes. nt

[reddread]

19. There was a dynamite gallery exhibition at SF Cartoon Art Museum a few years ago

Very special to walk past so many originals including the last one published.
He doesnt let loose of those, much like Gary Larson, who had many originals at Steinhart/Cal Acad back when.
Any strays would bring truly insane prices on the open market.

[L0oniX]

21. K & R

[alfredo]

23. He speaks the truth about capitalism in this toon.

[awoke_in_2003]

29. Woah, never saw that one. nt

[alfredo]

37. My wife saved that strip.

[DeSwiss]

31. We were scheduled......

...to have a galactic freeway off-ramp put in anyways.

[alfredo]

36. Ha! Maybe AudreyII could eat the construction crew.

[marble falls]

24. Any Clvin and Hobbes is treasure, thanks!

[Moostache]

25. One of the greatest strips of all-time...miss it to this day! (n/t)

[joeglow3]

27. Fuckin A

Greatest comic strip of all time.

[DeSwiss]

30. He was from ''out of time.''

- K&R

[gregcrawford]

35. Genius

Bill Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes" was the best strip since Walt Kelly's "Pogo." Oops! I just gave away what an old fart I am... Whatever. I still miss Calvin and Hobbes."