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So long, Pop! I'm off to check my tiger trap!

So long, Pop! I'm off to check my tiger trap!

Bill Watterson

Long, Checks, Traps

"Calvin and Hobbes". Book by Bill Watterson, April 1987.

I'm crying because out there he's gone, but he's not gone inside me.

Bill Watterson

Gone, Cry

If you've got more ambiguous characters or stock stereotypes, the plastic comes through and they don't work as well.

Bill Watterson

Character, Stereotype, Plastic

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Mom’s not feeling well. So I’m making her a get well card.” “That’s thoughtful of you.” "See, on the front it says, ‘Get Well Soon’ … and on the inside it says,’Because my bed isn’t made, my clothes need to be put away and I’m hungry. Love Calvin.’ Want to sign it?” “Sure, I’m hungry too

Bill Watterson

Mom, Get Well Soon, Thoughtful

United Features had given me a development contract, which meant I was to work exclusively with them and rather than completing everything on my own and turning it in to them and having it rejected or accepted, I was working much more directly with the syndicate, turning in smaller batches much more frequently, and getting comments on them. The idea was that they would help me develop the strip and then, assuming that they liked it, it would flow into a normal contract for syndication.

Bill Watterson

Ideas, Development, Flow

You are demoted from First Tiger to bulk rate.

Bill Watterson

Firsts, Rate, Tigers

Calvin is hammering nails into coffee table. Mom: CALVIN WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE COFFEE TABLE?!? Calvin: Is this some sort of trick question, or what?

Bill Watterson

Mom, Coffee, Nails

I must follow the inscrutable exhortations of my soul.

Bill Watterson

Soul, Inscrutable, My Soul

Specifically, I’d like to debate whether cannibalism ought to be grounds for leniency in murders, since it’s less wasteful.

Bill Watterson

Cannibalism, Debate, Murder

"Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat". Book by Bill Watterson, October 1994.

You can make your superhero a psychopath, you can draw gut-splattering violence, and you can call it a "graphic novel," but comic books are still incredibly stupid.

Bill Watterson

Stupid, Book, Superhero

If you've ever compared a film to a novel it's based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It's inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie's needs get served.

Bill Watterson

Media, Different, Needs

Source: mentalfloss.com