Happy anniversary, guys

[beer_good_foamy]

30 years ago today, 18 November 1985, an unknown cartoonist named Bill Watterson got this strip published in a couple of dozen newspapers in the US.


I could post dozens and dozens of Calvin & Hobbes strips, but we'd be here all night. But I just thought the premiere of the last great newspaper comic, and one of the cleverest and most affecting serial stories I know, was worth marking. I still miss those little guys, but I still have nothing but respect for Watterson for refusing to let them become less than what they were when they were great.

Calhobinists unite!

"It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy ... Lets go exploring!"

Comments

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

I'm so not a comics person, so I'd never call myself a C&H fan. And yet, whenever I've chanced on one (or more) of them, it has made me very happy.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

They have that effect. :)