Category Archives: Calvin and Hobbes

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Major Spoilers Podcast #520: Calvin and Hobbes

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This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast, Movies, Television Shows and Calvin and Hobbes (we don’t actually talk about comic books this week).

NOTE: There are some major spoilers in the Star Trek Into Darkness and Doctor Who reviews, so take precautions if you don’t want to be spoiled.

 

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On the Next Major Spoilers Podcast: Calvin and Hobbes

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This week, on the Major Spoilers Podcast, we continue or examination of newspaper strips with a look at Calvin and Hobbes.

Calvin and Hobbes is unquestionably one of the most popular comic strips of all time. The imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to-him tiger was first syndicated in 1985 and appeared in more than 2,400 newspapers when Bill Watterson retired on January 1, 1996. The entire body of Calvin and Hobbes cartoons published in a truly noteworthy tribute to this singular cartoon in The Complete Calvin and Hobbes. Composed of three hardcover, four-color volumes in a sturdy slipcase, this edition includes all Calvin and Hobbes cartoons that ever appeared in syndication. This is the treasure that all Calvin and Hobbes fans seek.

 

 

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ART: Calvin & Hobbes strip sells for $203,150 at auction

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The original hand-colored Bill Watterson Calvin & Hobbes artwork  from Nov. 19, 1986 – the first original Watterson Sunday strip known to have come up for public auction – brought a world record price of $203,150 (including Buyer’s Premium) on Friday, Nov.16 as part of a Vintage Comics and Comics Art event at Heritage Auctions.

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AUCTION: Heritage Auctions offers up original Calvin and Hobbes work

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An incredibly rare piece of original, published Calvin and Hobbes artwork – 1989-90 Calendar Cover Watercolor Illustration Original Art (c. 1988) – by artist Bill Watterson, is expected to bring $50,000+ when it comes to auction as part of Heritage Auctions’ Feb. 23 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature® event, at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion (Ukrainian Institute of America).

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PURE AWESOME: Calvin and Hobbes Snowman Horrors come to life (kinda)

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I understand why Bill Watterson walked away from Calvin and Hobbes, but there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t wish we still had the antics of the little boy and his tiger to read and laugh at.

Fortunately, Jim Frommeyer took it upon himself to recreate some of Calvin’s favorite snowman sculptures for us all to enjoy.

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Art Appreciation Moment of the Day: Bill Watterson

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Has it really been 16 years since we’ve seen the work of Calvin and Hobbes artist Bill Watterson?  We’ll the wait is over.  Word has hit that Watterson has contributed a painting of Petey Otterloop for an upcoming Cul de Sac fundraising project for Parkinson’s research.

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ART APPRECIATION MOMENT OF THE DAY: Francesco Francavilla

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Bill Waterson created the best characters of all time in the form of Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes.  The imaginative six year-old created all sorts of cool worlds for himself and his best friend.  Though the newspaper strip ended long ago, the love for C&H continues, with this awesome piece by Francesco Francavilla.

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25 years ago today: Calvin and Hobbes

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25 years ago today, I opened up my local newspaper and instantly fell in love with Calvin and Hobbes.  The strip mixed social commentary, side splitting comedy, and a look at the world around us from the perspective of a young kid with an over active imagination.

Bill Watterson wrapped up the Calvin and Hobbes series on December 31, 1995, and the world is a sadder place because of it.

via Go Comics