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Calvin and Hobbes is a great comic, but I will never understand the level of hero worship Bill Watterson enjoys on the internet. People pour over his work like
by Causality1 6y ago
Calvin and Hobbes is a great comic, but I will never understand the level of hero worship Bill Watterson enjoys on the internet. People pour over his work like religious texts, looking for new lessons and ways to apply his wisdom. It's a bit weird, frankly.
- irrational 6y agoBlasphemy! Next you will be saying that Carl Barks is not a god among men!
- maverick74 6y agoOr that Don Rosa is not a Semi-God among men... ( Believing Bill Watterson is the God-King, naturally ahahah)
- brianjunyinchan 6y agoIt tells people what they want to hear but don’t consciously realize
- imgabe 6y agoI think a large part of the respect for Watterson comes from the fact that he never "sold out". He made his comic and when he felt it was done, he stopped. He didn't do a Saturday morning cartoon, and lunchboxes, and t-shirts, etc. What merchandising there is for C&H is, afaik, unlicensed. Watterson is an artist, and he did it for the art, not just to make money. It lends a lot more credibility in some people's eyes. It also shows that the strident anti-commercialism stance he takes in many of the comics isn’t just talk. He actually believes and lives it.
- maverick74 6y agoYeah, that's one of the things that made me like the guy A LOT!!! He didn't milk the cow! He is a TRUE ARTIST!!!
- _coveredInBees 6y agoYup, I still feel bad that the one thing I asked my parents for when they visited the US when I was a kid was for a Calvin and Hobbes t-shirt. I knew nothing about Bill Waterson's stance on licensing at the time and my poor parents spent hours in NYC looking for a t-shirt till they finally found a bootlegged t-shirt. I can't wait to share my entire set with my kids but I'm waiting for them to mature a bit more before getting them into it since a lot of the humor is lost in very young kids.
- shortandsweet 6y agoWhy do you feel he shouldn't be considered a hero?
- Causality1 6y agoI don't. I'm saying there's a point at which fandom becomes toxic and, for example, can't tolerate the slightest criticism without downvoting that person into oblivion.
- bryanrasmussen 6y agopeople often pour over great art to find new lessons and ways to apply its wisdom - why would you find it weird?
- phaemon 6y agoJust a note that the phrase is "pore over", not "pour over".
- bryanrasmussen 6y agoyes, sorry writing quickly.
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