40 years ago, Calvin and Hobbes' raucous adventures burst onto the comics page

Re:40 years ago, Calvin and Hobbes' raucous adventures burst... by rkomorn on Thursday November 20, 2025 @09:58AM (#45993229)

I don't have kids so I never thought about it from that angle, but I really dislike how yell-y so many modern animated shows are. Couldn't make it through a single episode of Rick and Morty.

I'd never thought how it might impact kids, but now that you mention it, I can only dislike the trend more.

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Re:40 years ago, Calvin and Hobbes' raucous adventures burst... by amanaplanacanal on Thursday November 20, 2025 @10:22AM (#45993539)

Rick and Morty is absolutely not a kids show.

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Re:40 years ago, Calvin and Hobbes' raucous adventures burst... by rkomorn on Thursday November 20, 2025 @10:34AM (#45993686)

Yes, sorry, I had a non-sequitur between my two sentences. The first was about modern animated shows. The second was about how dialog in shows (not necessarily Rick and Morty) could affect kids.

Regardless, I also highly doubt that Rick and Morty is only consumed by people who are no longer susceptible to getting cues on how to interact with others from media.

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Re:40 years ago, Calvin and Hobbes' raucous adventures burst... by autoexec on Thursday November 20, 2025 @12:27PM (#45995172)

Invader Zim (2006) was a great cartoon but every character was basically screaming every line of dialogue

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Re:40 years ago, Calvin and Hobbes' raucous adventures burst... by Zanni on Friday November 21, 2025 @04:21PM (#46009125)

Jhonen Vasquez was previously best known for Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, an insanely dark graphic novel. I'm still stunned that the powers that be thought he should write an animated children's show. That said, I love Invader Zim. Taquitos!

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