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Awesomeness: Calvin & Hobbes

Awesomeness - Calvin and Hobbes

… awesomeness … watterson was a genius comics creator … i love everything about calvin & hobbes … the drawing, watercolors, hand lettering, character development, everything.

… never met watterson, so i can’t say i know the guy … but i always respected him for his decision not ‘commercialize’ calvin & hobbes (t-shirts, lunch boxes, etc.) … he did sell books, though, which is respectable.

Awesomeness: Snoopy & Woodstock

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… yesterday was charlie brown … today, snoopy and woodstock … total awesomeness.

Awesomeness: Charlie Brown

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… some of the best cartoon lines ever drawn! … an american cartoon icon … charles schulz’s “charlie brown.”

Awesomeness: Gary Larson – The Far Side

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… as a kid, and even today, i loved gary larson’s “the far side” … along with probably 1 billion other people on the planet … bought and still have all his books … pure awesomeness.

Awesomeness: The Rendering of Zombie Knights, Part 3

… awesome line art … awesome coloring technique … just pure awesomeness.

Awesomeness: Garth Ennis – Punisher

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… always loved garth’s stuff … awesomeness … punisher, hellblazer … excellent.

Awesomeness: Frank Miller

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… i probably join at least a million people in saying that frank miller is my favorite comic book artist of all time … pure awesomeness.

Awesomeness: Frank Frazetta’s Conan

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… i love frank frazetta’s conan entourage … awesomeness … read every book by robert e. howard … these images are immortal.

Dilbert – Awesomeness

Dilbert - Awesomeness

What can I say? Dilbert is awesome. After all these years, I still love this comic. Read it every day … but not in the newspaper anymore, but in my RSS feed. Times have changed. A long while ago, I aspired to be a newspaper comic strip artist … never really gave it a very good shot. Have some regrets about that, but likely it would have been a tough road. Scott Adams got in when the timing was good, but he also managed to get ahead of the industry and established an online presence almost as soon as the internet came out. Good on him. He’s a survivor. Others, well … they’re probably having a tough time, but there are the elite few that are still enjoying the joys of broad national newspaper syndication and endorsements.