Re:Bill Watterson's Life After "Calvin and Hobbes"
by OfSanguineFire on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @07:47PM
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Watterson himself was inspired by comic strips from the early 20th century. There were no cartoons or film adaptations of those around, but nevertheless they remained around for him to discover through books.
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Re:Bill Watterson's Life After "Calvin and Hobbes"
by boomboomsubban on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @08:01PM
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From Wikipedia,
>(Calvin and Hobbes) borrows several elements and themes from three major influences: Walt Kelly's Pogo, George Herriman's Krazy Kat and Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts.
Pogo ran until ten years before Calvin and Hobbes started, and had several animated adaptations, including one in 1980.
Krazy Kat had ~100 cartoons made between 1916 and 1965.
And Peanuts has been marketed to death.
I wouldn't be surprised if he read more early 20th century comics without adaptations, but that likely happened after he already had a deep interest in the medium. People that get really into comics can independently discover Calvin and Hobbes, but they're going to be a minority