Comments on: On Interviews With Bill Watterson http://botherer.org/2010/02/02/on-interviews-with-bill-watterson/ John Walker's Electronic House Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:32:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Pace http://botherer.org/2010/02/02/on-interviews-with-bill-watterson/comment-page-1/#comment-6674 Pace Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:06:44 +0000 http://botherer.org/?p=1703#comment-6674 Ian; they rerun the strips daily at the gocomics link above. I'd say Doonesbury is the overall best and smartest strip I can think of, while The Far Side was the flat-out funniest. I'd put Calvin & Hobbes up there because it's well-rounded: it has a broad appeal, as well as being smart and genuinely funny. (Offtopic; John, in case you didn't see it, there was a funny bit in Mass Effect 2 regarding that article you wrote. Ya know. http://rockpapershotgun.com/rpsforum/topic.php?id=1591 ) Ian; they rerun the strips daily at the gocomics link above.

I’d say Doonesbury is the overall best and smartest strip I can think of, while The Far Side was the flat-out funniest. I’d put Calvin & Hobbes up there because it’s well-rounded: it has a broad appeal, as well as being smart and genuinely funny.

(Offtopic; John, in case you didn’t see it, there was a funny bit in Mass Effect 2 regarding that article you wrote. Ya know. http://rockpapershotgun.com/rpsforum/topic.php?id=1591 )

]]> By: Ian http://botherer.org/2010/02/02/on-interviews-with-bill-watterson/comment-page-1/#comment-6673 Ian Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:42:14 +0000 http://botherer.org/?p=1703#comment-6673 I really need to read more Calvin and Hobbes. I got three of the little A5-ish size books years ago and loved them but then never really got around to finding more. Might have a look at both that book and more books of strips. I really need to read more Calvin and Hobbes. I got three of the little A5-ish size books years ago and loved them but then never really got around to finding more.

Might have a look at both that book and more books of strips.

]]> By: Rob Zacny http://botherer.org/2010/02/02/on-interviews-with-bill-watterson/comment-page-1/#comment-6672 Rob Zacny Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:20:00 +0000 http://botherer.org/?p=1703#comment-6672 The unfortunate part, for fans at least, of Watterson's reticence to talk about himself or his work is that he is clearly someone with so many interesting things to say. In the introduction to the Tenth Anniversary collection and the complete collection, Watterson reveals himself to be an insightful and thoughtful man. Not a surprise, of course, given the strip he created, but it is wonderful to see what a fine writer and thinker he is outside the confines of a comics page. I am always a bit blue that we do not get more opportunities to hear his voice. The unfortunate part, for fans at least, of Watterson’s reticence to talk about himself or his work is that he is clearly someone with so many interesting things to say. In the introduction to the Tenth Anniversary collection and the complete collection, Watterson reveals himself to be an insightful and thoughtful man. Not a surprise, of course, given the strip he created, but it is wonderful to see what a fine writer and thinker he is outside the confines of a comics page. I am always a bit blue that we do not get more opportunities to hear his voice.

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