Calvin and Hobbes was basically the only newspaper comic that was any good and still holds up.
this post was submitted on 26 Jun 2023
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Hello fellow Calvin and Hobbes fans!
About this community and how I post the comic strip… The comics are posted in chronological order on the day (usually) they were released. Posting them to match the release date adds a bit of fun and nostalgia to match the experience of reading them in the newspaper for first time. Many moons ago, I would ask my Dad to save the newspaper for me everyday so I could read my favorite comic strips. It really sucked when I missed a day. Only years later, when I got the books was I able to catch up on the missed strips.
Calvin and Hobbes is a daily American comic strip created by cartoonist Bill Watterson that was syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995. Commonly cited as "the last great newspaper comic",[2][3][4] Calvin and Hobbes has enjoyed broad and enduring popularity, influence, and academic and philosophical interest… Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes
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I was partially to a few others, but C&H was really good the entire run. I think Bill was really smart to stop when he did.
I also love Beule by David Gilbert at Carlsen. It nearly always made me go aww and smile reading a strip of it in the newspaper.
That said, I can't recommend binge-reading it, it loses its charm that way.
Beule is the German name. I wasn't able to find out how it's called in any other language, even though it being published by Carlsen implies German is probably not the original language (I primarily associate Carlsen with Spirou/Gaston by Hergé, who is francophone Belgian, iirc)
Edit: it's -> its
I think it's called "Buckles" in English. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckles_(comics)
"Chiffon" in French.
I was so happy when I saw this community, thank you for creating it ☺️
Far Side ranks up there too.