Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 02, 2020

Calvin, YouTube is only 15 years away.

Ask the “Agony of Defeat” guy what he thinks of your philosophy, Calvin!

Everybody’s looking for a moment of fame and far too many will settle for a moment of infamy.

But your fame will last only 15 minutes and is fleeting.

You’re no Evel Kneivel, Calvin.

Another phlosiphical Sunday

I came here after binge watching ballet vids on youtube for no apparent reason. At least i now know i am not high-brow!

The plus side of TV is that only your brain turns to rot.

You are anything and everything but boring, Calvin. You don’t need a suicide sleigh ride to prove it.

They already are cultural icons.

Calvin and especially Hobbes are already cultural icons.

Sort of like the ski-jumper wiping out in the WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS intro…

How about the newspaper funny pages? Imagine the fame that would come with being the subject of a daily strip, especially in those days, before the Internet, when newspapers were still widely read.

I see a big impact coming in Calvin’s future. And sooner than he thinks.

Before viral became viral!

Very “meta”- this is probably Watterson explaining why he doesn’t want there to be a TV show based on his work. “I never wanted to see an actor auditioning to voice Hobbes”, I believe he said.

So Calvin grew up to be Mark Zuckerberg.

This kid just described YouTube so perfectly over a decade before it became real!

I am not going sledding with that nut.

“And on TV, the impact of an event is determined by the image, not its substance.”

One of the important reasons why you shouldn’t watch TV/video for your news.

even in print, the sled rides made them icons.

Long Live Calvin & Hobbes.many thanks to gocomics for bringing these back.and, of course, to Bill Watterson for creating them and allowing them to be shown here again.

Rather astute observations about mass consciousness and the power of media, considering it came from a 6 year old mind. Of course, in just a few seconds, consciousness was about to become a moot point.

Go for it, the TV is full of idiots. Try not to watch too much, it will suck your brains out.

Watterson clearly loves to create strong visuals.

Watterson has an uncanny ability to have his audience experience the Calvin & Hobbes adventure as it happens. For example; as you read today’s strip, when they went airborne, off the cliff, didn’t you feel something yourself? I didn’t think it was possible to be empathic with cartoon characters. Thank you Bill.

I wish they were on TV.

It could be forever in the reruns.

I thought Cal lived in the suburbs.

Remember, Calvin, that it is not the fall off the cliff that is bad, but it is the sudden stop at the end. Choose a nice, fluffy snowdrift.

Fortunately, comic strips perform much the same function. “Calvin and Hobbes” will be on that sled forever.

I’ve been on TV numerous times. And, yet, still no Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Interesting how Watterson predicted the future of YouTube.

Ah, the layers of Metaphor. Dream big, Calvin. We need you.

Brilliant treatise on “TV” and, yes, you are cultural icons now!

A good subject for SuperBowl Day. Sadly, Calvin, you are also losing views to a groundhog. Semper Phil!

wow, this comic basically predicted internet culture

How prescient Watterson was 30 years ago, IE: “On TV the impact of an event is determined by the image, not its substance.” Eloquently speaks of the politicians of today, does it not?

His vocabulary: validates existence, fleeting and elusive, mass consciousness, conceivably… This is a large part of what makes Calvin so interesting. The creator is telling us that this is a very smart kid, more bored at school than failing it. Watching a dumb kid do dumb things would not be nearly so interesting.

Perfectly describes the thing called “Trump.”

Over at Pearls Before Swine, Rat also wishes he had anonymity.

Ironically, the image of Calvin and Hobbes flying on a sled became iconic without any assistance from television.

Imagine Calvin with a Gopro

And now, Calvin would have a GoPro and post his vid to YouTube or social media. Watterson saw the future.

Well you are on the internet and in books so this ride has been viewed by 1000s of people – ergo validated – right?

Imagine Calvin with a Big Bang Theory laugh track… and crappy writers… and crappy characters… NO, DON’T!

Palindrome day!

02.02.2020

The last one was 900 years ago, remember?