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Childhood-ruining pictures
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viciouskillersquirrel
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...Lost Fragment said:
Dare I ask what Buttercup looks like now? Or Maid Marion from Robin Hood: Men in Tights?
Then again, it isn't fair to show what happened to people in the meantime. Look at the original John Connor. Look at Audrey Hepburn (before she died).
Ben Pierce
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blame space said:senior picture
edit: don't worry, i'm better looking now.
Revolutionary
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You need not worry - Buttercup could still get it.viciouskillersquirrel said:
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I have to admit I thought that senior pic was a joke as well. lol
VeritasVierge
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Robin Wright Penn (she married Sean Penn) looks just fine. Still can't believe how badly Carey has aged.viciouskillersquirrel said:
Botolf said:
I realize I'm in the minority, but this huge C&H fan never liked the final strip. The dialogue is ham-handed and corny, doesn't sound anything like Calvin, and telegraphs the "FINAL STRIP BYE EVERYONE" through the whole thing. Always felt like a cop-out to me that reads as far too self-aware and precious. I think if the "Isn't it wonderful?" line wasn't there, it would work a lot better. I can't picture Calvin (or really anyone) saying that convincingly.
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grandjedi6
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That's not even the worse one. I remember browsing one of Something Awful's "Lets mock these shitty webcomics" threads and one of the shitty webcomics had made a calvin and hobbes parody that... just.... ughhhcaptmorgan said:
platypotamus
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Cyan said:
But that kind of made it MORE powerful, because Calvin getting drugged would pretty much be the epitome of the failure of the overly drug-based parenting solutions of society.
I don't know the whole story behind it, but I doubt the author of the fan comic wanted it to be taken for the real thing. I think he saw Calvin as the perfect example of the tragedy of over-drugging kids, and I totally agree with him.
tzp2gameknight
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Oh man, Calvin and Hobbes. A major part of my childhood.
platypotamus
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tzp2gameknight said:
I missed the original thread, but your tag story/avatar are pretty sad and hilarious :lol
platypotamus
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Cyan said:
I agree, I just don't think this particular comic is misuse, unlike the fucking peeing Calvin stickers that fill my heart with the rage of 1000 F-14 piloting T-Rexes.
As a European, I never knew that C&H was such a big part of many American childhoods. I mean, they made translations of the comics for Europe and I read several of them, but it doesn't have the same nostalgic factor as it seems to have in America. I guess much of the underlying message and charm didn't translate over well to other languages, so it more or less turned into a fairly standard humorous comic over here.
Reading the english version really makes it sound more powerful and interesting. A perfect supplement to any childhood.
Reading the english version really makes it sound more powerful and interesting. A perfect supplement to any childhood.
R0nn said:
I think part of it is that a lot of the other comic strips here suck ass.
But anyway:
http://progressiveboink.com/archive/calvinhobbes.htm
But in addition to being simply humorous, some of the strips were serious and sad, while others were plain out there. The series did a fantastic job at covering so many aspects of childhood: imagination, wonderment, rebelling against your parents/teachers/those in charge, and learning how to deal with life in general. I don't think there's another comic strip that has successfully done all those things.
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Hentai pics of popular cartoon characters :lol
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Hmm, regarding Calvin & Hobbes, especially some of the things AniHawk posted, while it's amazing that Calvin & Hobbes did all that it did and I love the comic dearly, I think some people need to relax their opinions of it slight, that is to say don't keep putting everything else down because it isn't what C&H is. While the next great comic may not have hit yet, you wouldn't want to miss it because you were clouding yourself and your standards with another great work, would you?
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â Narayan
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Ah... Fuck, man...captmorgan said:
I'm not crying! There's -- there's just...
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Forkball said:COUNTERATTACK
I find this sad, actually.
Hobbes - looking back at Calvin with longing, dissatisfied with his current situation
Calvin - oblivious to Hobbes' feelings, thinking he's doing the right thing
Calvin's daughter - happy to have a new imaginary friend, but naive to her friend's longing for her father over her
aerts1js said:Well not childhood-ruining... I honestly had a few sleepless nights after reading these alone as a kid.
God, I LOVED that art. That brings up so many memories from my childhood that were actually PLEASANT. I loved scary stories.
ChackanKun
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:Motorbass said:
Damn, wtf?! :lol
When I was growing up at home, I'd spend entire afternoons going through my Calvin and Hobbes books. Mom would steal them from me and read them, and we'd die laughing together at 'em.
When I moved away to college, I took my books with me. And for the first Valentine's Day away from home, mom got a big box of new Calvin and Hobbes books in the mail from me. I got a phone call from my sister that afternoon, telling me that Mom had just received her gift, and that she was bawling her eyes out in my old bedroom. The allusions we make to Watterson's comic are like a secret language between the two of us.
Thanks for this thread. Calvin and Hobbes means a lot to me.
(side note: still homesick. Dammit.)
When I moved away to college, I took my books with me. And for the first Valentine's Day away from home, mom got a big box of new Calvin and Hobbes books in the mail from me. I got a phone call from my sister that afternoon, telling me that Mom had just received her gift, and that she was bawling her eyes out in my old bedroom. The allusions we make to Watterson's comic are like a secret language between the two of us.
Thanks for this thread. Calvin and Hobbes means a lot to me.
(side note: still homesick. Dammit.)
Manabanana
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Darko said:didnt know this, but according to google.
WHAT THE FUCK!
:l
Those aren't separate pokemon, I assume they're just various things "possessed" by Rotom; a ghost/electric pokemon found in a tv. Fuck, how old am I?
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