• the dopamine fiend@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I have this image of Bill Watterson keeping tabs on this community, and when he sees us reacting to decades-old pieces like “ohhhh shit the raccoon story fuck” he feels a swelling of pride. His work is immortal in our memory and inimitable in our estimation, and I hope he knows that.

    Thank you, Mr. Watterson.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      I still have every single one of the first edition books that were available when I was a kid. I spent my paper route money on them, and I’ll never part with them. They were such special books to me back then. I saw so much of myself in Calvin.

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      4 months ago

      It’s a tough storyline, especially when I was a kid reading it in the paper.

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    4 months ago

    I remember reading this as a kid, and hoping the raccoon would be okay. Looking at it as an adult, I’m surprised Watterson was able to make a joke at the end. So much story in just four panels.