Weasel
Red Skull Member
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11.27.1995
- Thread starter Weasel
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Motorcharge
Unregistered User
Bill Waterson ruled and managed to put a lot of universal truths in his comics without being political about it.
subybaja
E. Spengler
KarlVP
Not Sure
And had the class to stop when he had nothing more to say!
Yes sir. I would love to have a beer with Bill.
not2hye
Knucklehead
I'd buy the beer if he would allow it to happen, but hes always been a very private person from everything I've read about him. Might actually be the type to fit in here, ya never know.
EDIT: Just looked up his net worth, $100 million
no wonder he wants to be left alone.He never wanted to do any kind of merchandising, tv shows or anything that diluted his comics down, if he made $100mil from 10 years as an artist, can you imagine the cash flow from selling out?
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KarlVP
Not Sure
I'd buy the beer if he would allow it to happen, but hes always been a very private person from everything I've read about him. Might actually be the type to fit in here, ya never know.
EDIT: Just looked up his net worth, $100 million
He never wanted to do any kind of merchandising, tv shows or anything that diluted his comics down, if he made $100mil from 10 years as an artist, can you imagine the cash flow from selling out?
Reminds me of J.D. Salinger.
If you've read Bill Watterson's collection or the 10th anniversary book, he writes a lot about how he just wanted to be left alone and not merchandise. The first time he saw bootleg T-shirts or those Calvin "piss on xxxx" stickers, he fired his agent.
The 10th anniversary book is worth the read.
KarlVP
Not Sure
He was also a mogul in the newspaper industry keeping comics real. His idea for a strip was a full page in the newspaper. Some of his works were a huge fuck you to the newspapers that tried to dumb down, get more comic strips, or lessen the space a certain illustrator got on a page.
Ugly pumpkin
Well-known member
Had the book of their comics when I was a kid.
Got it for Christmas. Wish I still had it.
Got it for Christmas. Wish I still had it.
FJC11
# FJB
Only thing I enjoyed more was the Farside stip.
subybaja
E. Spengler
I've got the box set. My 11yo daughter reads them in bed most nights. 
...and is really, really tired of being told things "Build character."
...and is really, really tired of being told things "Build character."
Weasel
Red Skull Member
My take as well. I think he'd still be going if it wasn't for the above. Brings back alot of stuff I have forgotten about growing up and reading C&H.
bigun
Red Skull Member
Not sure where my copies of his books ended up, I know they were real mood uplifters after a hard day at work