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kimcheeking
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 Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 1:03 am Post subject: calvin & Hobbes |
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katydid
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Location: Here kitty kitty kitty...
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 1:17 am Post subject: |
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| I like the one where he really annoys her and the last frame is "I think it's really gross when she drinks Maalox right from the bottle." |
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weatherman
Joined: 14 Jan 2003
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, How to relieve stress. Thankfully I don't smoke, but I think I go out for beer too much. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 2:53 am Post subject: |
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| Genius strip, much missed. I wonder what Watterson's up to nowadays? |
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Moldy Rutabaga
Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 4:40 am Post subject: |
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Cool stuff. Watterson can be kind of sanctimonious in interviews, but I still miss the strip.
More Calvin: http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2003 8:39 am Post subject: |
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Can you really discuss Calvin & Hobbes without mentioning The Far Side? That would be like talking about Kathy without mentioning Ziggy!!! 
And in deference (or perhaps even reverence) to Gary, here is why you won't find too many of his cartoons on-line:
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Re: On-line Use of The Far Side Cartoons
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I'm walking a fine line here. On the one hand, I confess to finding it quite flattering that some of my fans have created Web sites displaying and/or distributing my work on the Internet. And on the other, I'm struggling to find the words that convincingly but sensitively persuade these Far Side enthusiasts to "cease and desist" before they have to read these words from some lawyer.
What impact this unauthorized use has had (and is having) in tangible terms is, naturally, of great concern to my publishers and therefore to me -- but it's not the focus of this letter. My effort here is to try and speak to the intangible impact, the emotional cost to me personally, of seeing my work collected, digitized and offered up in cyberspace beyond my control.
Years ago, I was having lunch one day with the cartoonist Richard Guindon, and the subject came up of how neither one of us ever solicited or accepted ideas from others. But until Richard summed it up quite neatly, I never really understood my own aversion to doing this: "It's like having someone else write in your diary," he said. And how true that statement rang with me. In effect, we drew cartoons that we hoped would be entertaining or, at the very least, not boring; but regardless, they would always come from an intensely personal, and therefore original, perspective.
To attempt to be "funny" is a very scary, risk-laden proposition. (Ask any stand-up comic who has ever "bombed" on stage.) But if there was ever an axiom to follow in this business, it would be this: Be honest to yourself and -- most important -- respect your audience. So, in a nutshell (probably an unfortunate choice of words for me), I ask only that this respect be returned, and the way for anyone to do that is to please, please refrain from putting The Far Side out on the Internet. These cartoons are my "children" of sorts, and like a parent I'm concerned about where they go at night without telling me. And seeing them at someone's Web site is like getting the call at 2:00 a.m. that goes, "Uh, Dad, you're not going to like this much, but guess where I am."
I hope my explanation helps you to understand the importance this has for me personally, and why I'm making this request.
Please send my "kids" home. I'll be eternally grateful.
Most respectfully,
Gary Larson |
So, after having read the above, am I a hypocrite for linking one of his cartoons here?
Yea or nay? |
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