These are two of my favorite properties ever - but I don't think I want either to return. The Iron Giant is a flawless animated film, and I just can't see how a sequel would be able to live up to it (I wasn't even crazy about the Giant showing up in Ready Player One). Bill Watterson finished Calvin & Hobbes while it was still at its peak, and nobody else is qualified to take it over for him. Even if he wanted to return to the strip himself, so much time has passed that I don't know if it would be able to capture the same magic as the first time around. I could be wrong - I keep liking Toy Story sequels after I think they should have stopped, after all!
I don't know, a certain Spaceman might have more in common with IG than they know.
ReplyDeleteI think part of the Giant's charm was in all the new characters we met. Freshness, and seeing twists become turns and the usual became loop-de-loops.
Love how you can take C&H, hook them up with wild and totally unexpected co-stars and make the cover work absolutely perfectly!
ReplyDeleteWell, it looks like Bob Greenwade got two-thirds of his recent wish.
ReplyDeleteBut, instead of going up against the Black King, how about these two being stalked by Manhunter Mark? That way, you could still call it...
"Calvin & Hobbes & Shaw (Oh, My)!"
@MHS: Amen to that!
ReplyDelete@Cary: Hey, that could work too.
@Ross: For some reason I now want to see Spaceman Spiff with a certain World War I Flying Ace. (Yes, I know that the two characters have met, in the broader sense; I mean those specific personas.)
Or... Joe Cool and the Fonz!
love it, love it....
ReplyDeletewhenever you use Calvin & Hobbes, Ross, your covers are magical....
now on to my idea for a cover either E.T. and Calvin & Hobbes or E.T. and the Iron Giant....
keep up your AMAZING body of wonder works.....
BEAUTIFUL!!!
ReplyDelete@jack-el: If anyone's to be featured with E.T., I have an even better connection. Henry Thomas, who played young Elliott in the movie, is now 48 years old and has a recurring role in the upcoming Stargirl TV series, as Doctor Mid-Nite!
ReplyDeleteActually, HT and ET are already doing a series of commercials-cum-Internet short subjects where the latter reunites with the former (who's now a family man) for the 2019 Holidays.
ReplyDeleteThe first couple were periodically telecast all day, on various stations, both on Thanksgiving and Black Friday!
P.S.---better have your cyber-security beefed up. If the Iron Giant could fool the system into thinking it was NOT a robot...!
Very magical cover Ross. Miss Calvin & Hobbes much but you can't go home again. I do have some ideas for future team ups. Have you done Thor vs Mightor? How about Thor va Luthor? Red Skull meets Red Hood? Had Squirrel Girl met Secret Squirrel yet?
ReplyDelete@Isaac: Thor WAS in an STF cover with Mightor, and in REAL comics , An Elseworld issue had Red Skull and Joker (who once was the Red Hood) team up; but also how about Mightor and He-Man, or Red Skull and The Mask (who, BTW, in REAL comics was teamed up with the Joker).
ReplyDeleteNow that Isaac has started with random suggestions, how about:
ReplyDelete* Black Bolt vs. The Phantom Blot
* Mera and Jean Grey from the times when her hair and costume were a match
Random? Those aren't random. Snoopy and the Punisher... that's random.
ReplyDelete@Isaac said...but you can't go home again.
ReplyDeleteSure you can. In fact, if you live in a motor home, you can take it with you. Look at all the shows that have been brought back over the years long after they were cancelled. Homes can be multi generational. Ask Mr Rogers or Capt Picard.
@Bob Greenwade said...
ReplyDeleteRandom? Those aren't random. Snoopy and the Punisher... that's random.
Random? Nothing of the kind. Snoopy would act as Punisher's watchdog anytime! Wouldn't be any good at it, but he'd do it.
@Horsefeathers: Yeah, I can just see the captions on Ross' cover now: "Frank Castle has a new watchdog... whether he likes it or not!"
ReplyDeleteHow about the Punisher teams up with Joe Cool?
ReplyDeleteRoss could entitle it "Cool Castle!"
For a subtle connection, Doctor Who (either 3rd or 10th Doctor) versus the Red Skull in: "Alias John Smith!"
ReplyDeleteOr even Red Skull vs. Red Tornado, with the same title
DeleteIronic that you are using Calvin & Hobbes when you don't know if it would be able to capture the same magic as the first time around.
ReplyDeleteI think a Calvin & Hobbes animated Christmas special would be very, very cool as long as Bill Watterson was involved as both writer and as producer who could override any studio decisions.
"...as long as Bill Watterson...could override any studion decisions..."
ReplyDeleteSadly, that would be about as unlikely as Ross depicting a Moore or Brosnan 007.
Well since you guys want random, how about Vandal Savage vs Doc Savage vs The Savage Dragon?
ReplyDeletevs. Calvin, for the random part.
DeleteOnly if its Calvin vs. Charlie Brown.
ReplyDelete@Carycomic: Ross already did that circa STF #1717.
ReplyDeletei can't wait to see it
ReplyDeletewhen dose it come
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