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> The third most magnificent thing is it stopped whilst it was awesome The last couple of years of C&H featured increasing criticism of modern society (e.g. mo

> The third most magnificent thing is it stopped whilst it was awesome The last couple of years of C&H featured increasing criticism of modern society (e.g. modern art, advertising) that seemed rather grumpy and “old man yells at cloud”. Sure, Watterson stopped before the strip could have gone in an overtly sociopolitical direction like some of its peers, but the strip was no longer quite as timeless and innocent as it had been.

windowshopping 3y ago
Strong disagree. Loved every comic from beginning to end and did not observe any such trend.
syndicatedjelly 3y ago
I was a kid when the series finished, and got my first comic “The Indispensable Calvin & Hobbes” when I was 6. Granted I was young, but the “political” stuff was what made it funny. Young me found the storylines totally puzzling, yet hilarious. Even after I got older and started understanding the “political” comics more, it didn’t really bother me. Calvin and Hobbes explore philosophy more than politics, in my view. The main characters are named after 17th century philosophers John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes, after all
LastTrain 3y ago
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- OfSanguineFire 3y ago
  What a bizarre reaction to my post. Watterson’s complaints about modern art, for example, are conservative, and it is people on the other end of the divide who might be turned off by that. Watterson in the mid 1990s was an aging Midwestern white male, and some traits of conservatism are exactly what one would expect from that demographic.
  - LastTrain 3y ago
    The political views in Calvin and Hobbes, where they exist at all, are much more in line with 60's counter-culture: anti-consumerism, distrust of authority figures, labor issues. Where there are right-leaning references (e.g. "Commies") they are mocking. Think Colonel Flag in MASH. My reaction was not bizarre, I live in a deeply red place where at least once in every social gathering I get to hear some harp about "the media" or political correctness, so I know it when I see it. It is amusing because it is so enshrined in "modern" conservative culture (well, not so modern, it started in the early 90s...) to complain about this that it creeps into everything.
  - nedrylandJP 3y ago
    > aging Midwestern white male He was like... 36
WalterBright 3y ago
Rocky and Bullwinkle, ostensibly a kiddie cartoon, had quite a bit of sly political humor tossed in (and even sex humor). It would also break the 4th wall now and then. R+B is a forgotten treasure.
- imadethis 3y ago
  If you visit Wilsonville, OR or Tukwila, WA, you can go to an arcade / go-kart / mini-golf center that's Rocky & Bullwinkle themed. When I was a kid I thought R&B were on the same level as like Disneyland as every birthday party or event was hosted at one of them.

windowshopping 3y ago

Strong disagree. Loved every comic from beginning to end and did not observe any such trend.

syndicatedjelly 3y ago

I was a kid when the series finished, and got my first comic “The Indispensable Calvin & Hobbes” when I was 6. Granted I was young, but the “political” stuff was what made it funny. Young me found the storylines totally puzzling, yet hilarious. Even after I got older and started understanding the “political” comics more, it didn’t really bother me. Calvin and Hobbes explore philosophy more than politics, in my view. The main characters are named after 17th century philosophers John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes, after all

LastTrain 3y ago

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OfSanguineFire 3y ago
What a bizarre reaction to my post. Watterson’s complaints about modern art, for example, are conservative, and it is people on the other end of the divide who might be turned off by that. Watterson in the mid 1990s was an aging Midwestern white male, and some traits of conservatism are exactly what one would expect from that demographic.
- LastTrain 3y ago
  The political views in Calvin and Hobbes, where they exist at all, are much more in line with 60's counter-culture: anti-consumerism, distrust of authority figures, labor issues. Where there are right-leaning references (e.g. "Commies") they are mocking. Think Colonel Flag in MASH. My reaction was not bizarre, I live in a deeply red place where at least once in every social gathering I get to hear some harp about "the media" or political correctness, so I know it when I see it. It is amusing because it is so enshrined in "modern" conservative culture (well, not so modern, it started in the early 90s...) to complain about this that it creeps into everything.
- nedrylandJP 3y ago
  > aging Midwestern white male He was like... 36

WalterBright 3y ago

Rocky and Bullwinkle, ostensibly a kiddie cartoon, had quite a bit of sly political humor tossed in (and even sex humor). It would also break the 4th wall now and then. R+B is a forgotten treasure.

imadethis 3y ago
If you visit Wilsonville, OR or Tukwila, WA, you can go to an arcade / go-kart / mini-golf center that's Rocky & Bullwinkle themed. When I was a kid I thought R&B were on the same level as like Disneyland as every birthday party or event was hosted at one of them.