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MikeWaters · 02-01-2010, 10:19 PM

http://www.cleveland.com/living/inde...r_of_belo.html

Levin · 02-02-2010, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

http://www.cleveland.com/living/inde...r_of_belo.html

Thanks for pointing this out. I can't believe it's been 15 years. I remember so well when Watterson announced he was stopping. A lot of grieving around my house.

Have you ever read Watterson's commencement speech at Kenyon?

http://www.ankitsrivastava.net/tchot...kenyon-speech/

MikeWaters · 02-02-2010, 09:25 PM

I have two feelings about Watterson:

That he is to be commended for fearlessly pursuing what interests him.

And also that he is a narcissistic schmuck living off royalties, making crap paintings, and not contributing to the greater good.

At least Berkeley Breathed is writing kids books.

I find it a bit sad that what I consider a modern golden age of comics (Calvin & Hobbes, The Far Side, and Bloom County) is passed, with the artists now completely out of comics. That just tells you that it has be grueling.

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MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	I have two feelings about Watterson: That he is to be commended for fearlessly pursuing what interests him. And also that he is a narcissistic schmuck living off royalties, making crap paintings, and not contributing to the greater good. At least Berkeley Breathed is writing kids books. I find it a bit sad that what I consider a modern golden age of comics (Calvin & Hobbes, The Far Side, and Bloom County) is passed, with the artists now completely out of comics. That just tells you that it has be grueling.