Day Eleven of A Classic Comics Christmas
Dec. 24th, 2010 11:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jkcarrierYou know the drill. Other choices here:
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=351568
My penultimate pick:
Calvin & Hobbes
by Bill Watterson
I'm generally not a big fan of either cuteness or sentimentality. Calvin & Hobbes has plenty of both, but somehow it works for me. Watterson doesn't ignore the darker end of the emotional spectrum, so when he goes for the cute & heartwarming stuff, I feel like he's earned it. There's a real genuine quality to Calvin, whether he's being precocious or oblivious, cynical or naive. And Watterson does pure, kinetic slapstick better than any cartoonist in recent memory.
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=351568
My penultimate pick:
Calvin & Hobbes
by Bill Watterson
I'm generally not a big fan of either cuteness or sentimentality. Calvin & Hobbes has plenty of both, but somehow it works for me. Watterson doesn't ignore the darker end of the emotional spectrum, so when he goes for the cute & heartwarming stuff, I feel like he's earned it. There's a real genuine quality to Calvin, whether he's being precocious or oblivious, cynical or naive. And Watterson does pure, kinetic slapstick better than any cartoonist in recent memory.
