i grew up on a steady diet of calvin and hobbes. steady like a long term marriage with two children and not a hint of gay scandal in the air. it was thick on the ground. it took over where the low end atrocities of garfield and footrot flats left off (jesus christ, those two smack of mis-spent youth) and worked in double tandem (trandem?) with the far side and herman for the rest of my print cartoon reading life. but fuck: calvin and hobbes man. the characters, humour, artwork, ideas, commentary and emotion were, and remain, so far beyond anything else i've seen in the medium, and bill watterson's commitment to his artistic integrity was refreshing when set against jim davis' regurgitated lasagne shtick hell smear. now there's a phrase you're probably never going to see again. but anyway, the point of all this nostalgic frippery?
here is a collection of every calvin and hobbes strip, presented terribly and arrayed by month, but that is, nonetheless, pretty fucking awesome. of course if one was really committed, one would purchase the three volume hardcover collection, but that would likely depend on one's financial status. or lack thereof. FUND ME.
p.s. fuck i hate garfield. it's a bit old now, but this 'random garfield generator' gives you a fair idea why it deserves our loathing. and is also markedly more entertaining than the real thing.
