Erin and Hobbes
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It's not semantics, you completely misunderstood what I wrote. People always assume Penny Arcade is our central influences. It isn't. I never said anything about being mistaken for either strip.rhodo said:
As for the point you're trying to make; Critical Miss (which has been running for two years) isn't as good as Penny Arcade (15 years) and Calvin and Hobbes (a decade), the latter of which is widely considered the best comic strip of all time? I never noticed.
Evidently I've been sucked into some kind of terrible troll vortex, but I'm going to take one last shot at this.
And again, you're putting words in my mouth. I never compared Critical Miss to either of the strips mentioned. The point I was making is how incredibly asinine your original comment was. You're comparing my work, negatively, to two of the greatest comics ever made, and this supposed to be either a: insulting or b: a critical observation. It's neither. It's the equivalent of going to see a local band and pointing out they're not as good as Led Zeppelin. Which is really about as informative as pointing out water is wet.
No, because that's not how the English language works. Saying something is a "rip off of" or is "inspired by" product x does, in no way shape or form, imply it's as good as, indistinguishable from or easily mistaken for said product in terms of quality. If you think it does, you're wrong. If I wanted to say "my comic is just like Calvin and Hobbes!" I would write exactly that. I didn't write that. You misunderstood. I can't possibly make this any clearer.rhodo said:
Do you mean I'm telling you that sometimes things get better over time? Yes. [http://penny-arcade.com/comic/1998/11/18] Yes, I am. [http://penny-arcade.com/comic] Do I think Critical Miss gets better as Cory and I hone our craft? Yes.
And again, you're putting words in my mouth. I never compared Critical Miss to either of the strips mentioned. The point I was making is how incredibly asinine your original comment was. You're comparing my work, negatively, to two of the greatest comics ever made, and this supposed to be either a: insulting or b: a critical observation. It's neither. It's the equivalent of going to see a local band and pointing out they're not as good as Led Zeppelin. Which is really about as informative as pointing out water is wet.
Um, she's not named after the food. She's named after Sir Francis Bacon, the philosopher. You know how Calvin and Hobbes were both named after famous European philosophers? (John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes, respectively.) The author of that comic obviously wanted to keep the theme going. I think it's a very fitting name for her, actually.SweetShark said:Yeah....I want to feel the happiness and sadness for these specific comics, but I havetwo reasons not:Rainboq said:On the topic of tributes to Calvin & Hobbes, here have some Bacon & Hobbes.
1. RobotChicken alternative ending of Calvin & Hobbes:
2. Calvin and her wife named their girl.........Bacon? Really?
A more suitable title it would be "Bacon and Tiger", cause, you know, Tigers love meat, hehehehehehehe....
Also, the RC video is funny and all, but do you let every movie, TV show, or comic become ruined for you just because Robot Chicken skewered it? If you do that, you'll have pretty much nothing left at all!
*waits to see how convoluted this will get and then starts handing out tissues to all the people who looked at Bacon and Hobbes*Quazimofo said:
Actually...I wonder how Watterson would react to Bacon and Hobbes?