No Right Answer: Best Sunday Comic
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A discussion of Calvin and Hobbes with out Calvinball? Argument invalid, C&H is by far superior. The Far Side is as good in humor but C&H is introspective alongside its antics.
Oh good, I was glad to see that some americans thought the same way about American Wilfred that I do.
They completely dropped any parts of the concept that made the Australian Wilfred fantastic.
They tried to give wilfred a reason for doing what he does, WILFRED IS A DOG.
That's what I logged in to say, the video was alright too I guess.
They completely dropped any parts of the concept that made the Australian Wilfred fantastic.
They tried to give wilfred a reason for doing what he does, WILFRED IS A DOG.
That's what I logged in to say, the video was alright too I guess.
Only one way to settle this: Spaceman Spiff vs. the World War I Flying Ace in a winner take all showdown.
Calvin and Hobbes, I say, trumps the Peanuts. Why? Well...
1. Calvinball. Everyone loves this. I still say it needs to be an Olympic sport.
2. It didn't sell out. Peanuts got commercial, which I think contributed to it getting as big as it did. Watterson said C&H was good enough to stand on his own and damn if he isn't right.
3. Heart. For as smart a strip as Calvin and Hobbes is, it had just as much heart. Peanuts had heart, yes, but it never did much outside of that.
4. The impersonator. Maybe it's just me, but I don't see any impersonators of the Peanuts gang running around. Calvin and Hobbes, though, has a very good impersonator in the Sunday comics; specifically, Red and Rover.
1. Calvinball. Everyone loves this. I still say it needs to be an Olympic sport.
2. It didn't sell out. Peanuts got commercial, which I think contributed to it getting as big as it did. Watterson said C&H was good enough to stand on his own and damn if he isn't right.
3. Heart. For as smart a strip as Calvin and Hobbes is, it had just as much heart. Peanuts had heart, yes, but it never did much outside of that.
4. The impersonator. Maybe it's just me, but I don't see any impersonators of the Peanuts gang running around. Calvin and Hobbes, though, has a very good impersonator in the Sunday comics; specifically, Red and Rover.
I could never get into Peanuts. The characters were all too depressing for my pre-pubescent brain. Ended up just being vaguely annoyed with the shows and avoided the comics.
Loved Calvin & Hobbes and wished Watterson would try doing more or making a new project.
Loved Calvin & Hobbes and wished Watterson would try doing more or making a new project.
Calving and Hobbs without a doubt. Peanuts is fine and may be more well known, but Calvin and Hobbs (like so many have said already) has way more depth. Enough that it's still quite enjoyable for me to pull out my big book of those comic strips and enjoy them as an adult. They are also more funny than peanuts and often have better art.
Side note:
Hobbs is not imaginary. Calvin simply sees him one way (as a real tiger) and everyone else sees him the other (as a stuffed tiger). Hobbs is completely real to Calvin and is not simply a figment of his imagination. Bill Watterson said this himself.
Side note:
Hobbs is not imaginary. Calvin simply sees him one way (as a real tiger) and everyone else sees him the other (as a stuffed tiger). Hobbs is completely real to Calvin and is not simply a figment of his imagination. Bill Watterson said this himself.
I love how Calvin and Hobbes really connects me to my childhood. I remember reading it when I was pretty young, so I couldn't understand much of what Calvin and his big words were talking about, yet the situations he would get into, and his carefree Summer days are similar to my own childhood. I read it now with full understanding of the philosophical intrigue, yet Calvin's childish antics still speak to me.
Peanuts is a very similar comic to me, however not as intellectual, which is perfectly fine. The subjects were great, dialogue reads like a kid would speak(yet they had bouts of intelligence), characters were memorable, and the humor was great. It captures so much about life that's kinda hard to explain, plus Charlie Brown is the definition of a sympathetic character.
Garfield is just Garfield, and I would not have the comic any other way.
Peanuts is a very similar comic to me, however not as intellectual, which is perfectly fine. The subjects were great, dialogue reads like a kid would speak(yet they had bouts of intelligence), characters were memorable, and the humor was great. It captures so much about life that's kinda hard to explain, plus Charlie Brown is the definition of a sympathetic character.
Garfield is just Garfield, and I would not have the comic any other way.
I cut that strip out of my local paper and I still have it as one of my favorite pieces of art. I also own several compilations of Calvin and Hobbes, and I find it interesting that Watterson himself liked the Peanuts strip. As for Garfield, I think this one says it all:One of Many said:I'll give Peanuts credit, it's holiday specials hold a place in my heart but no other comic, not in newspaper or a webcomic, has made me cry, other then the last Calvin and Hobbes strip, which was published on December the 31st 1995.
And Chris is a longtime fan of Garfield and The Far Side. But there can be only two in a debate and so he picked the side he thought everyone would choose! No disgrace to any comics left out!Firefilm said:
Except for Dilbert. Dilbert knows why.
Call cynisim by it's real name, realism.
I think Chris won, Peanuts are just not funny, sometimes they are but I find them funny in a depressing way. Calvin & Hobbes makes you think.
I think Chris won, Peanuts are just not funny, sometimes they are but I find them funny in a depressing way. Calvin & Hobbes makes you think.
On the one hand, there's a single-frame Calvin and Hobbes comic that's just the two of them staring at a tree stump as Calvin says "I think the surest sign that there's intelligent life out in space is the fact that it hasn't tried to communicate with us." And that's always been one of my favorite quotes of all time.
On the other hand, there's this:
On the other hand, there's this:
What DOES make it a good comic is the almost painfully good aim it has. It's one thing to poke fun at your idiot boss, it's another to do it and make the reader think "Oh God, I had that exact boss doing that exact thing." Scott Adams is so good at it that "Pointy-Haired Boss" is now a popular description of an oblivious manager.Avaholic03 said:
Plus, it's not afraid to take things to their logical extreme for genuinely funny effect (travel budget got cut again, time to get out the giant slingshot...)
OT: Calvin and Hobbes all the way, if only because I have endless respect for Bill Watterson after the Great No-Franchising War.
...So many feels.One of Many said:I'll give Peanuts credit, it's holiday specials hold a place in my heart but no other comic, not in newspaper or a webcomic, has made me cry, other then the last Calvin and Hobbes strip, which was published on December the 31st 1995.
I have the entire ten years of strips in one three-book collection (Sundays are all in full color, too!). I've read through it four times. And every time I reach the last page, I get this bittersweet hollow feeling. And tears. I get tears.
;___;
Oh c'mon. C&H wins and everybody knows it. Peanuts may have some emotional depth and a little funny to it but it seems like that's all it has. C&H combined great art, awesome humor, incredible philosophy, and touching moments all into one endearing package that is timeless. When you first read it when you were young, you wanted a friend just like Hobbes. When you read it, you wish you could explore all the neat worlds that Watterson loved to draw. You may not have understood even any of the philosophical parts of the comic at the time when you were young but it didn't matter because C&H isn't a one-trick pony. Peanuts was licensed. C&H was not and yet its popularity still reached legendary heights. I, myself, owe Watterson something for helping me make my childhood more awesome with C&H.
Dang, I'm probably biased but I regret nothing all the same. There may be some darkness but man, it really is a magical world as well.
Oh, and BTW: Bloom County's also really great but it's got some issues with it that C&H doesn't have.
Dang, I'm probably biased but I regret nothing all the same. There may be some darkness but man, it really is a magical world as well.
Oh, and BTW: Bloom County's also really great but it's got some issues with it that C&H doesn't have.
Image doesn't work.RJ 17 said:On the other hand, there's this:
Calvin and Hobbes easily wins it from me, it's more consistently funny and far more deep than any other of the newspaper comics. A decent measure for how funny something is is to use TvTropes and see how many pages are named after it, C&H-7 Peanuts-1.
Although I will always have a soft spot for Insanity Streak.
Although I will always have a soft spot for Insanity Streak.