Comments on: First Bill Watterson interview in 15 years http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 02:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-702723 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-702723 That strip was as awesome as a Tyrannosaur in an F-14. That strip was as awesome as a Tyrannosaur in an F-14.

]]> By: warreno http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-703278 warreno Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-703278 There is some good comic content out there - <i>Lio</i>, for instance, and <i>Boondocks</i>* - and, while I miss C&H (or, for that matter, <i>Bloom County</i>), I think Waterson made the right choice. For instance, consider that you can still find <i>Peanuts</i> running in some papers. <i>Peanuts</i>! A strip that was past its prime long before its creator died. Featuring a nebbish as its lead character, whose one abiding response to <i>anything at all in life</i> is "good grief". I've got the C&H books for when I need my fix, but Waterson's right that he quit at the proper time. == * Wherever that's got to... There is some good comic content out there – Lio, for instance, and Boondocks* – and, while I miss C&H (or, for that matter, Bloom County), I think Waterson made the right choice.

For instance, consider that you can still find Peanuts running in some papers. Peanuts! A strip that was past its prime long before its creator died. Featuring a nebbish as its lead character, whose one abiding response to anything at all in life is “good grief”.

I’ve got the C&H books for when I need my fix, but Waterson’s right that he quit at the proper time.

==

* Wherever that’s got to…

]]> By: skeletoncityrepeater http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-703541 skeletoncityrepeater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-703541 The headline misspells Watterson, and the post soon after this misspells Arthur C. Clarke. Lovely. The headline misspells Watterson, and the post soon after this misspells Arthur C. Clarke. Lovely.

]]> By: skeletoncityrepeater http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-703542 skeletoncityrepeater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-703542 The most important thing is, the 'Calvin Praying' window sticker exists. The most important thing is, the ‘Calvin Praying’ window sticker exists.

]]> By: Tim http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-703062 Tim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-703062 I was kind of hoping for some mention of the new biography (http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/free-chapter-of-fort.html) by Nevin Martell. The interview seemed pretty much the same as previous I've read. It surely doesn't dampen my love for Calvin and Hobbes, I'm just not sure why he even bothers giving interviews at all. I was kind of hoping for some mention of the new biography (http://boingboing.net/2009/07/07/free-chapter-of-fort.html) by Nevin Martell. The interview seemed pretty much the same as previous I’ve read. It surely doesn’t dampen my love for Calvin and Hobbes, I’m just not sure why he even bothers giving interviews at all.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-703594 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-703594 When you say 'lovely' do you mean a phenomenological 'lovely' or an epistemological 'lovely'? When you say ‘lovely’ do you mean a phenomenological ‘lovely’ or an epistemological ‘lovely’?

]]> By: Steaming Pile http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-703085 Steaming Pile Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-703085 I'm so old, I remember when Garfield was cutting edge. Read any random Garfield strip from the past 20 or so years, and you can plainly see why Bill Waterson let Calvin and Hobbes ride off into the...uh...sunrise of the New Year on his sled. I’m so old, I remember when Garfield was cutting edge. Read any random Garfield strip from the past 20 or so years, and you can plainly see why Bill Waterson let Calvin and Hobbes ride off into the…uh…sunrise of the New Year on his sled.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-702849 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-702849 Every time I read about Waterson's frustration with publishers, newspapers, arbitrary space and color limitations, merchandising, etc. - I find myself thinking "Webcomic. Webcomic. Webcomic." It seems to be such a perfect and obvious fit for him that I'm shocked the interviewer didn't ask about it. Every time I read about Waterson’s frustration with publishers, newspapers, arbitrary space and color limitations, merchandising, etc. – I find myself thinking “Webcomic. Webcomic. Webcomic.” It seems to be such a perfect and obvious fit for him that I’m shocked the interviewer didn’t ask about it.

]]> By: lakelady http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-703105 lakelady Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-703105 While I respect and understand his decision to end C&H, since that time I have yet to see any "fresher, livelier talent" that even comes close to his brilliance. While I respect and understand his decision to end C&H, since that time I have yet to see any “fresher, livelier talent” that even comes close to his brilliance.

]]> By: skeletoncityrepeater http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-703637 skeletoncityrepeater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-703637 It was a misspelling. I meant to say 'lobely' Everything reminds me of ear lobes. It was a misspelling. I meant to say ‘lobely’ Everything reminds me of ear lobes.

]]> By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-702874 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-702874 Such a long interview! How does anyone find the time to read the whole thing? Such a long interview! How does anyone find the time to read the whole thing?

]]> By: benher http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-703899 benher Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-703899 "Exactly how hot would you say your blood boiled each time you saw a sticker of Calvin pissing on a Chevy logo? (Feel free to answer in C, F, or Kelvin)" Sorry, I guess that classifies me as "rabid fan stuck with Seinfeld and Bill in the 90s." “Exactly how hot would you say your blood boiled each time you saw a sticker of Calvin pissing on a Chevy logo? (Feel free to answer in C, F, or Kelvin)”

Sorry, I guess that classifies me as “rabid fan stuck with Seinfeld and Bill in the 90s.”

]]> By: hubbledeej http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-702889 hubbledeej Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-702889 More importantly, what does Bill Watterson think of the proliferation of Calvin decals on pickup trucks? Peeing on Ford logos, peeing on ex-wives, praying at shadow-casting crosses? More importantly, what does Bill Watterson think of the proliferation of Calvin decals on pickup trucks? Peeing on Ford logos, peeing on ex-wives, praying at shadow-casting crosses?

]]> By: JohnRomeoAlpha http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-702895 JohnRomeoAlpha Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-702895 I would think that eventually it would dawn on the cartoonists who throw in the towel that inking a strip day after day and sweating to reinvent it in a largely futile effort to get people to see it with new perspective is the worst job in the world, except for all the other jobs. When you switch from "cartoonist" to "quitter," what do you do next? I would think that eventually it would dawn on the cartoonists who throw in the towel that inking a strip day after day and sweating to reinvent it in a largely futile effort to get people to see it with new perspective is the worst job in the world, except for all the other jobs. When you switch from “cartoonist” to “quitter,” what do you do next?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-702907 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-702907 There was a fan interview in 2005. http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/calvinandhobbes/interview.html There was a fan interview in 2005.

http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/calvinandhobbes/interview.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-702920 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-702920 << How do you want people to remember that 6-year-old and his tiger? I vote for "Calvin and Hobbes, Eighth Wonder of the World." >> Indeed! Thanks for all the laughs and a few sweet tears, Mr. Watterson (oh, and Gary Larson, too)! "Is it a right to remain ignorant?" (Hobbes) "I don't know, but i refuse to find out!" (Calvin) < < How do you want people to remember that 6-year-old and his tiger?
I vote for "Calvin and Hobbes, Eighth Wonder of the World." >>

Indeed! Thanks for all the laughs and a few sweet tears, Mr. Watterson (oh, and Gary Larson, too)!

“Is it a right to remain ignorant?” (Hobbes)
“I don’t know, but i refuse to find out!” (Calvin)

]]> By: pencilbox http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-702924 pencilbox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-702924 Just a few days after Salinger died. Coincidence?! It's always refreshing to hear the cooler heads prevail on the subject of success. Fifteen years from now, I hope to read another Watterson interview, with similar answers (the questions will, of course, be the same). Just a few days after Salinger died. Coincidence?!

It’s always refreshing to hear the cooler heads prevail on the subject of success. Fifteen years from now, I hope to read another Watterson interview, with similar answers (the questions will, of course, be the same).

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-703963 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-703963 The problem with papers that still have Peanuts is that when reading through the other strips, then reading Peanuts, you realize that a) nothing will ever touch that strip, and b) nobody besides perhaps Watterson (and a few others) understands subtle humor anymore. The problem with papers that still have Peanuts is that when reading through the other strips, then reading Peanuts, you realize that a) nothing will ever touch that strip, and b) nobody besides perhaps Watterson (and a few others) understands subtle humor anymore.

]]> By: readsalot http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-702943 readsalot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-702943 He's got an very dispassionate take on it all, doesn't he? Very admirable. I wonder what he's working on these days? He’s got an very dispassionate take on it all, doesn’t he? Very admirable. I wonder what he’s working on these days?

]]> By: Shay Guy http://boingboing.net/2010/02/01/first-bill-waterson.html#comment-702716 Shay Guy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-702716 I would've asked for his opinion on the state of newspaper comics today and especially his opinions on webcomics. A lot of his frustrations, at least as voiced in the 10th Anniversary Book, don't apply to the Web -- no editors, comics can be any size you want -- but on the other hand, most webcomics have to be heavily merchandised to be successful. He might also have had some interesting thoughts on manga. C&H was written during the Dark Age of Comic Books and often satirized it. Now? There are comic books in major bookstore chains that <i>Susie</i> might read. I would’ve asked for his opinion on the state of newspaper comics today and especially his opinions on webcomics. A lot of his frustrations, at least as voiced in the 10th Anniversary Book, don’t apply to the Web — no editors, comics can be any size you want — but on the other hand, most webcomics have to be heavily merchandised to be successful.

He might also have had some interesting thoughts on manga. C&H was written during the Dark Age of Comic Books and often satirized it. Now? There are comic books in major bookstore chains that Susie might read.

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