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You are mischaracterizing the position. It's not "Calvin and Hobbes is done," it's "Calvin and Hobbes is Bill Waterson and he's done with it." If lost strips ca

You are mischaracterizing the position. It's not "Calvin and Hobbes is done," it's "Calvin and Hobbes is Bill Waterson and he's done with it." If lost strips came out or he announced a continuation, fans would be excited. If some MBA pit got their claws on it and made their own continuation, fans would hate it. This is why Watterson's new book is at the front of every bookstore in the country, despite having nothing to do with C&H and being impossible to market. Despite the ongoing poison of franchises, people do still care about stories from authors they trust.

Obscurity4340 3y ago
Thank you, I understand and actually sort of agree with you now that I understand where you are coming from. I feel very similarly and perhaps I was not dilligent enough in fleshing out that I also want the author/creative force behind it to be involved and for it to more or less continue at their pleasure. My issue was merely with the notion that something that was "finished" or ended previouslu could never be continued or elaborated on due to what I perceived as an obsession with the "sanctity" of a completed or discontinued creative work. I don't know if this resonates at all but I feel the deep need to keep things open and I just can't thumb my nose when a series I enjoyed offers to continue that experience and pick back up where "we" last left off and that I so enjoyed prior. I get attached to the franchise/show/whatever and crew and its hard to accept the notion that at some point they go away with any finality or that they will necessarily remain frozen in time where nobody can move forward or I don't feel like we can grow and abstractly interact anymore. This probably sounds really stupid and maudlin but there you have it. I'm sorry and I'm glad we could get to this point :)

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You are mischaracterizing the position. It's not "Calvin and Hobbes is done," it's "Calvin and Hobbes is Bill Waterson and he's done with it." If lost strips ca

by Miraste 3y ago

Obscurity4340 3y ago
Thank you, I understand and actually sort of agree with you now that I understand where you are coming from. I feel very similarly and perhaps I was not dilligent enough in fleshing out that I also want the author/creative force behind it to be involved and for it to more or less continue at their pleasure. My issue was merely with the notion that something that was "finished" or ended previouslu could never be continued or elaborated on due to what I perceived as an obsession with the "sanctity" of a completed or discontinued creative work. I don't know if this resonates at all but I feel the deep need to keep things open and I just can't thumb my nose when a series I enjoyed offers to continue that experience and pick back up where "we" last left off and that I so enjoyed prior. I get attached to the franchise/show/whatever and crew and its hard to accept the notion that at some point they go away with any finality or that they will necessarily remain frozen in time where nobody can move forward or I don't feel like we can grow and abstractly interact anymore. This probably sounds really stupid and maudlin but there you have it. I'm sorry and I'm glad we could get to this point :)