Sunday, March 27, 2022

Spaceman Spiff Vs. Darkseid

 

If you are a huge Calvin & Hobbes fan like me, I cannot recommend the book Exploring Calvin and Hobbes highly enough.  It starts out with an incredible 35-page interview with the reclusive Bill Watterson and goes on to an in-depth exploration of this strip, detailing Watterson's development, tools, themes, influences and inspirations.  It's a fantastic read.

8 comments:

  1. great cover, as always Ross....
    in your intro writings it should read "starts" not "stars".....
    but otherwise flawless....

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  2. WHOA!

    This is even better than my occasional suggestion of "Darkseid vs. Pureheart of Riverdale!" It gives me even greater hope of someday seeing the Punisher take on Stupendous Man and/or Officer Hobbes of Cat Precinct.

    :-)

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  3. And this looks like just the sort of adventure that Calvin would come up with for Spaceman Spiff. Nice!

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  4. And in the meantime, Hobbs is having fun while he's harassing Granny Goodness!

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  5. @Ken: Yeah! Probably by running her war hounds ragged. ;-D

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  6. Ha! I think many of us have grown up having dreams like this!

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  7. Thanks for the tip on the Bill Watterson book. I'm just about to order it now.

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  8. @Bhagpuss: I'll wait for the movie.

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