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Hello fellow Calvin and Hobbes fans!
About this community and how I post the comic strip… The comics are posted in chronological order on the day (usually) they were released. Posting them to match the release date adds a bit of fun and nostalgia to match the experience of reading them in the newspaper for first time. Many moons ago, I would ask my Dad to save the newspaper for me everyday so I could read my favorite comic strips. It really sucked when I missed a day. Only years later, when I got the books was I able to catch up on the missed strips.
Calvin and Hobbes is a daily American comic strip created by cartoonist Bill Watterson that was syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995. Commonly cited as "the last great newspaper comic",[2][3][4] Calvin and Hobbes has enjoyed broad and enduring popularity, influence, and academic and philosophical interest… Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes
Hope you enjoy and feel free to contribute to the community with art, cool stuff about the author, tattoos, toys and anything else, as long it’s Calvin and Hobbes!
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The Far Side !thefarside@sh.itjust.works https://lemmy.world/c/thefarside@sh.itjust.works
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I've never understood this about some people. If you want to be together, why don't you suggest to do things others like - not just stuff you like?
It does seem like that would be a sensible approach
Though there are times when its also really nice to share the things you love with people and enjoy them together
I'm impressed he went in! His family's lack of interest didnt stop him from doing it anyway. Maybe the last panel should have showed him having a great time rather than remaining focused on them, though.
Doesn't quite take away that he dragged all of them to that place in the first place, though
I didn't get the impression that they were unhappy to be near the lake, just that they didn't want to swim. I guess you could read it that way, but IMO that's not intrinsic to the comic.
The comic two days prior implies otherwise.
Hah!!! Good sleuthing. I'm wrong.