Its so weird.
The older I get, the more I relate to Calvin's parents.
I dont relate to Calvin any less mind you, its just that the bone-dry subtlety of their tolerance (or intolearnce) of his hijinx has begun to really sink in... and amuse the hell out of me.
I have always been a Calvin and Hobbes fan, since the strip's initial syndication in the LA Times at my then-tender age of 6; since I was Calvin's age, essentially. Watterson's subjectivist worldview has played a huge part in shaping my own. C & H also made a significant developmental contribution to my vocabulary, cartooning aesthetics, and love of space travel.
Reading The Days Are Just Packed, released at the height of the strip's popularity and dynamicism, is a wealth of insight. Not just into the human condition, but into my own formative influences. My mistrust of authority, my blind ambition, my cynicism, my desire for instant gratification, my overactive imagination, and yes, my love of Krazy Kat... it all comes down to the bratty little kid and his tiger.
Bill Watterson, wherever you are, thank you.
I dont relate to Calvin any less mind you, its just that the bone-dry subtlety of their tolerance (or intolearnce) of his hijinx has begun to really sink in... and amuse the hell out of me.
I have always been a Calvin and Hobbes fan, since the strip's initial syndication in the LA Times at my then-tender age of 6; since I was Calvin's age, essentially. Watterson's subjectivist worldview has played a huge part in shaping my own. C & H also made a significant developmental contribution to my vocabulary, cartooning aesthetics, and love of space travel.
Reading The Days Are Just Packed, released at the height of the strip's popularity and dynamicism, is a wealth of insight. Not just into the human condition, but into my own formative influences. My mistrust of authority, my blind ambition, my cynicism, my desire for instant gratification, my overactive imagination, and yes, my love of Krazy Kat... it all comes down to the bratty little kid and his tiger.
Bill Watterson, wherever you are, thank you.