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From: alberti@ux.acs.umn.edu (Timothy Fay)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Re: New Zealand Comic Strip
Date: 9 Apr 92 20:23:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: ux.alberti.702850994
Organization: Revolutionary Anarchist Bowling League

In <1992Apr9.175812.2280@ncar.ucar.edu> amanning@acd.acd.ucar.edu (Andrew Manning) writes:

>Well I have Footrot Flats 17 (the author (Murray Ball, who is a farmer
>himself) publishes one a year) sitting on my desk now. But I doubt if there
>is anywhere in the U.S. where you can buy them. Possibly in L.A. or on the
>East Coast somewhere, but I really wouldn't know. I get them sent over from
>home :-)

You can get the collections (including the "Weekenders," i.e., Sunday
Strips) at Dreamhaven Books in Minneapolis.  I know they have up to about
volume 15 or 16 of the collected strips, maybe even 17 by now...

>As for whether they would appeal to Americans - well, some people think
>they wouldn't, because you would miss most of the jokes, being related to
>farms and such. BUT, a) I have never lived on a farm; and b) my roommate
>thought it was hilarious (but then, he's from Wyoming :-) ). Americans
>definitely would miss the rugby and cricket jokes though, and would
>probably find it odd to see them all going down to the beach for a swim on
>Christmas Day!

I've known about Footrot Flats since about 1984, or so, and I think it
is one of the best comic strips of all time (I've also seen the
animated feature), and "Dog" is one of the greatest characters (I have
a "Dog" cloisonne pin :)).

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From: hucke@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Matt Hucke)
Subject: Re: Peanuts original cast
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 19:52:01 GMT

In article <1992Apr16.181429.6443@cs.brown.edu> cs132102@cs.brown.edu (Simon Park) writes:
>
>The first cartoon that I can recall has Patty and Shermy sitting on a curb
>as Charlie Brown walks by. Shermy says, (I'm going by memory here so please
>[...]
>Schultz has come a long way since then.

True, unfortunately.  In a downward direction.

Peanuts once was one of the best, but I haven't laughed at it in several years.
-- 
  "It begins here--an army--to bring sense to a world plagued by worse than
   thieves and murderers. This will be a good life... good enough."
             Bruce Wayne, "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns"
hucke@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu                             Gene Roddenberry 1921-1991
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From: ss1@bofur.unh.edu (The Rink)
Subject: Re: Calvin and Hobbes Snowmen
Organization: Turkey Hall
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 23:13:24 GMT

>>>But Calvin's snowmen are just tremendous!
>
>>My favorites:
>>The huge snowman head he made that looked like it was looking over the
>>hill at people passing by.....
>>The one with a big open mouth that he climbed into and lied in like it
>>had killed him and was about to munch away....
>
>>These two had me rotf!!
>How about the one where he built a snowman to look as if it had just been
>run down by his dad's car?
>
>or
>
>They're walking home, looking at all the snowmen whensuddenly thay see one
>which has two heads.  Then the dad says you know we're home.

or

The ones in the yard that are holding signs....  "No Baths!"  "Egad!  Bad Dad!"
etc, etc.
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From: wmorgan@stsci.edu (Windsor A. Morgan)
Subject: Baltimore Sunpapers (was Re: The Globe Rules!)
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 17:57:45 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.132206.19224@panix.com> pcg@panix.com (Paul Gallagher) writes:

>The Baltimore Sun, on Saturdays, when the morning and evening editions are
>combined, also has a fine collection.


Except that neither paper carries Foxtrot.

Another strip I have only seen in The (Baltimore) Evening Sun:
Herb 'n' Jamaal.  It is only about two or three years old, but it has
become one of my favorite strips.  Does anybody else know of/like this
strip?
-- 
'Verily, there be no leader as wise as the Vision!'
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                         Space Telescope Science Institute
                         Baltimore, MD   21218
From: ralf@cs.uq.oz.au (Ralf Muhlberger)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Re: Calvin and Hobbes
Date: 8 Apr 92 09:41:06 GMT
Reply-To: ralf@cs.uq.oz.au

In <1992Apr8.011343.20944@ncar.ucar.edu> amanning@acd.acd.ucar.edu (Andrew Manning) writes:

>In article <1992Apr7.232642.10033@newshub.ccs.yorku.ca> tony@nexus.yorku.ca (Tony Wallis) writes:
>>Actually, the Spaceman-Spiff-and-The-Booger-Monsters sub-plot is better
>>than the Calvin-and-Hobbes-and-Mum-and-Dad main theme.

>I completely disagree. If I was forced to find something which wasn't so
>good in C&H, I would say the Spaceman-Spiff-and-The-Booger-Monsters
>sub-plot. I would prefer less of this, and more of the C&H-and-M&D theme!

I don't find either of these subplots as much fun and as big a reminder of
my childhood as the subplots where Calvin imagines himself as an animal
(s.a. the Terrible Tyranosaurus Rex, or the horrid, germ spreading fly at
the picnic) and where the drawings reflect the imagination perfectly, only
to go back to a generally very funny punchline in the real world. (remember
also the one with Calvin as the trumpet on Dad's bed early in the morning :-)

>It just goes to show that different people like different things!

Doesn't it just.

>Andrew M.

Ralf

-----Ralf Muhlberger-----(ralf@cs.uq.oz.au)-----University of Queensland------
I wonder if other people can hear voices in their head. I certainly can. I can
hear one now. It's saying: "I wonder if other people can hear voices in ... "
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From: gummitch@techbook.com (Jeff Frane)
Subject: Re: For Better or for Worse
Organization: TECHbooks of Beaverton Oregon - Public Access Unix
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 23:09:11 GMT

rawdon@cabrales.cs.wisc.edu (Michael Rawdon) writes:
>changing, and very realistic world.
>Plus she's a hilarious cartoonist and wonderful artist!  I think For Better
>For Better Or For Worse is one of the most consistently entertaining strips around.

>Unfortunately, I haven't seen an installment in several months...

>-- 
>Michael Rawdon
>rawdon@cabrales.cs.wisc.edu
>University of Wisconsin Computer Sciences Department, Madison, WI

Maybe we could arrange a swap: strips for Capital beer?

--Jeff Frane
  way out in Portland OR
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From: amanning@acd.acd.ucar.edu (Andrew Manning)
Subject: Re: Needed: COMPLETE bibliography for C&H
Organization: Ntl Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmospheric Chemistry
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 01:09:38 GMT

In article <1992Apr7.231633.25333@cas.org> lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden) writes:
>
>I am in search of anyone who might have figured out a complete list of
>the Calvin and Hobbes books and how the particular cartoons are 'cross
>pollinated'?  

This is from memory, so I may miss out one or two:

There are three large size books:

-The Authoriative C&H (the combination of two of the smaller books)
-The Essential C&H (the combination of two other smaller books)
I'm not sure which small book is in which big book, but the four smaller
books are:
	-Calvin and Hobbes
	-Weirdos from Another Planet
	-Yukon Ho
	-?? (forgotten)
-The C&H Lazy Sunday Book (not quite the right title, but along those lines.
      a collection of Sunday strips only, which are in one or more of the
      other books anyway.)

And there are three other smaller books which have not (as yet) been
combined into a larger book:

-The Revenge of the Baby-Sat
-?? damn, I've forgotten this one too.
-Attack of the Deranged, Killer Mutant Snowmen (or similar - just out last
	month)

Hope this helps :-)

Andrew M.

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From: csmith@onetouch.COM (Craig Smith)
Subject: Re: Peanuts
Organization: MCS/OneTouch, Inc.
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 17:29:17 GMT

kji+@SPEECH1.CS.CMU.EDU (Kathi Iannamico) writes:

>Sorry, I forget what this was originally called.  But the little boy
>who rode on the back of his mother's bike was Linus as a toddler, wasn't it?

No, it is Linus' little brother, Rerun.
-- 
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Columbus, OH                                       orson@bluemoon.rn.com
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From: west@esd.dl.nec.com (Mike West)
Subject: Other good strips
Organization: NEC America, Engineering & Support
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 19:14:10 GMT

I haven't seen anyone mention Ernie yet.  Sometimes it is banal
(I could easily live without the parrot that dresses up as a
squid), but it is usually quite funny.  I did have to read it
for a while before I was familiar enough with the characters to
figure out some of the jokes.  There is an anthology book out
(called Trust Me! with a picture of Uncle Sid on it) that shows
many of the original strips that established their characters.
It is very funny.

Another excellent strip is called On the Fastrack.  I find it very
humorous also.  The writer has an amazing ability to represent
abstract ideas visually.  The results are usually very funny.
(And because the attempt was successful!)

Even though my paper (Dallas Morning News) doesn't carry it
anymore, I have always though that Making It (in the Modern
World) was a very well thought out strip.  It is a Sunday-only
strip, and he uses every piece he is given.  (One of the
running jokes in this strip is the copywrite notice.  It
is different every week, and is some play on the major theme.)

Also, to go with For Better or Worse and Fox Trot, does anyone
read Luann?  That can really be funny.  It can also run into
dry streaches, but that rarely lasts very long.

The last one I want to mention is Bizarro.  How about it.
It is very much a hit or miss deal, usually miss.  But when
it hits it is very, very funny.

I do want to mention that C&H and Fox Trot are my favorites, but
they have already been beaten to death.  I used to love Far Side,
but it has never been as funny since he got back (and I miss the
real big Sunday originals).  And if they are going to use reruns
on Sat and Sun why bother.  Just use something else.

Mike West
west@esd.dl.nec.com
From: monetc@milton.u.washington.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Re: Fox Trot
Date: 10 Apr 92 19:44:35 GMT
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle

In article <bored.702889182@camelot> bored@camelot.bradley.edu (Jason Romano) writes:
>Does anyone out there read Fox Trot?
>
Yes! I particularly enjoy finding the details hidden amidst things
like newspapers that people are reading and radio announcers.

		'ray for Quincy!
		monetc@u.washington.edu
From: stapleton@misvax.mis.arizona.edu (Dr. Ross Alan Stapleton)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Re: favorite comics
Keywords: Calvin & Hobbes
Date: 12 Apr 92 01:26:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: misvax.11APR199218264429
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona MIS Department
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <5025@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM>, johnst@tekig6.PEN.TEK.COM (John F Stoops) writes...
>    By the way, I think I remember reading that Waterson used to do artwork for
>Tumbleweeds or Miss Peach.  I think he is the only cartoonists that remmained as
>good after his sabbatical as before.  My office mate and I are naming our new
>workstations "Calvin" and "Hobbes"

You probably won't be surprised to hear that the program that calculates
the size of the Internet by probing domains records "hobbes" and "calvin"
in the top one hundred most common host names (in that order, too...there 
are one or two more "hobbeses" than "calvins," along with a lot of "pc1," 
"pc2"...and "mac7," "mac8," etc.).

ras
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From: BACS Data Communications Group <commgrp@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: The Best Far Side cartoon
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 22:09:41 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.082041.5986@en.ecn.purdue.edu>, 
smbaker@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Svlad Cjelli) writes:
> 
> In article <7467@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> warwick@cs.uq.oz.au writes:
> ]What is your FAVOURITE Far Side cartoon?


     "GOD AT HIS COMPUTER"

     God's screen shows a nerd walking under a safe suspended on 
     a rope.  God's finger is poised above the SMITE key!


The good news is that God doesn't use a Macintosh.  :-]

_Frank and Ernest_ are also great at picking on God!

Anybody know where I can buy a keycap labeled SMITE?

--

Frank     reid@ucs.indiana.edu

This universe is totally screwed up! <CTRL-ALT-SMITE>
From: ralf@cs.uq.oz.au (Ralf Muhlberger)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Re: My Favorite Far Side
Date: 9 Apr 92 05:58:46 GMT
Reply-To: ralf@cs.uq.oz.au

"you go home and tell Billy's mum, and I'll go get a new tire."

Ralf

-----Ralf Muhlberger-----(ralf@cs.uq.oz.au)-----University of Queensland------
I wonder if other people can hear voices in their head. I certainly can. I can
hear one now. It's saying: "I wonder if other people can hear voices in ... "
From: andy@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Andrew Hackard)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: META: Could we use subject line keywords, please?
Summary: Yipe!!
Keywords: subject line keywords
Date: 16 Apr 92 23:12:15 GMT
Organization: Leapers For a Better Yesterday

My word.

I'm more of a lurker than a poster, but I'm really impressed with the huge
response this group has.  And speaking of that huge response, might I make
a suggestion? [Too bad.]

Do you think we could, perhaps, use subject line keywords (a la misc.writing
and rec.arts.tv.soaps, among others) to differentiate between the various
discussions (and allow those of us who want to kill some of them to do so
without worrying about mutating subject lines).

I propose the following:
  GENERAL: For general strip comments, miscellaneous stuff, "who's cooler"
           polls, etc.
  META: For comments wrt the newsgroup itself.
  C&H: Calvin & Hobbes
  FBOW: For Better or Worse
  PNTS: Peanuts
  FT: Fox Trot
  TFS: The Far Side
  OUTL: Outland
  BLCO: Bloom County (I *was* going to use BC, but it seems to be taken...)
  TANK: Tank McNamara
  RIR: Rose is Rose
  DOON: Doonesbury
  FW: Funky Winkerbean

In any event, you get the idea.  Suggestions and comments are greatly 
appreciated; flames, as usual, go to /dev/null.

Long as we're on the subject, anyone think we need a r.a.c.s FAQ file?
(For things like "What ever happened to Shermy?" and "Does Lynn Johnston
have two or three children?") No, I'm not volunteering to be the Keeper of
the FAQ, although I could probably be arm-twisted into it if no one else
wants the job.

Thanks for your time!

-- 
--Andrew Hackard                    Disclaimer: As usual, I wasn't consulted.
  andy@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu           

"The U.S. is the only highly industrialized nation that teaches eight years of 
 arithmetic, while others begin to lay the foundation for algebra and geometry 
 in primary grades."                              --Iris Carl, President, NCTM
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From: hshubs@eff.org (Howard Shubs)
Subject: Re: Calvin and Hobbes
Originator: hshubs@eff.org
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 23:35:23 GMT

In article <1992Apr8.032854.14017@hubcap.clemson.edu> trev@hubcap.clemson.edu (Trevor Bauknight) writes:
>hobbes@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (timothy.j.burke) writes:
>
>>The wisdom of Hobbes goes far beyond that of a six year
>>old boy, Hobbes is REAL and IS ALIVE!!!!!
>
>Actually, I've seen the theory expounded that Calvin, Hobbes, Mom, "Dad,"
>and even Miss Derkins are merely figments of the imagination of the 
>enigmatic Mr. Bun.  It's all for His entertainment, and at His whim...
>perhaps He is toying with various philosophies or whatever, but Mr.
>Bun is the X-factor, the stationary Point around which the Universe
>revolves, the Fire of Life itself...

There's one hole in that theory: Susie.  Where does Susie come in?
Is she the "Anti-X"?
-- 
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The Denim Adept     hshubs@BIX.com      but I do agree with them.
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From: kji+@SPEECH1.CS.CMU.EDU (Kathi Iannamico)
Subject: Family Circus Mail
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 17:48:24 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Originator: kji@SPEECH1.CS.CMU.EDU

Thanks to whomever sent me the booklet, "The Dysfunctional Family Circus".
It was a very nice surprise.  Would you like to identify yourself?  


Strangely, I write in my own captions to cartoon strips I hate.  In fact,
to the cartoon featured in the booklet, where the FC is having an outdoor 
barbecue: the father is broiling hamburgers, etc.,  the mother is setting the 
table while the kids gather, and Billy is standing on a picnic bench saying 
something to his mother, I had:  "So, is Chef-Boy-Ardee going to burn the 
fucking burgers again this year too?

(I have others too)
From: dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu (David M Tate)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Re: Mother Goose and Grimm
Date: 9 Apr 92 04:57:12 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh

Best MG&G:  "Alice in Wonder Bread"

-- 
          David M. Tate            |"The man who hath no music in himself
     dtate@unix.cis.pitt.edu       | Nor is not moved by concord of sweet sound
  A poem should be dumb, / As old  | Is fit for treason, stratagems, and spoils
 medallions to the thumb.-MacLeish | 	Shakespeare, "Merchant of Venice", A.V
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From: tip@kepler.unh.edu (Timothy I Panagos)
Subject: New Cartoonist Looking for Outlet
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 21:00:21 GMT

Here's an question I've been wanting to ask for a long time.  I've been
cartooning for about a year now, and I've developed a decent strip that 
I really enjoy doing.  I use the single box (6x6) format that Larson 
popularized.  I'm looking for an outlet for this stuff.  Although it
is gratifying to do a good comic, it would be more fullfilling if actual
people could see it.

	So, OK... finally, here's the question who wants to consider publishing
	some of my comics.  I'm interested in mainly School or Community
	type papers...non-profit who would like to include some very strange,
	parody-of-real-middle-American-life-gone-askew type humor.  I
	will give my strip free (except for copy and mailing costs :-(...) 
	to any one who fits that bill.  Interested? 
	E-mail me, and I can send you a few samples by snail-mail or e-mail.

If more people are interested, I have some of my work in digitized Mac tiff
format that I could e-mail or post.

							peace in the northeast...tim...
						

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From: hshubs@eff.org (Howard Shubs)
Subject: Re: Rose Is Rose
Originator: hshubs@eff.org
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 01:18:09 GMT

In article <JEFFT.92Apr9145456@tailgunner.mit.edu> jefft@athena.mit.edu (Jeff Tang) writes:
>
>Mimi is such a bitch!

What about Clem?  AND Clem's father?  I swear to god, someone should
spank that father.

-- 
Howard S Shubs      hshubs@eff.org      I don't represent the EFF,
The Denim Adept     hshubs@BIX.com      but I do agree with them.
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From: pope@physics.su.OZ.AU (Michael Pope)
Subject: Re: Calvin and Hobbes
Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 06:32:28 GMT

>In article <53813@hydra.gatech.EDU> jb118@prism.gatech.EDU (Jeffrey N. Burch) writes:
>>In article <1992Apr7.184259.6196@acsu.buffalo.edu> v121r529@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Scott A Elwood) writes:
>>>Calvin and Hobbes is by far the best comic strip around.  Just trying to
>>>start some arguments... 8)
>>>
>>>					A big fan,
>>>					Scott Elwood   
>>
>>But how can you start an argument when the original hypothesis is
>>absolutely correct?
>>
>>The Far Side and Peanuts are distant seconds...
>>

The Far Side is far in front of everything.  Calvin and Hobbes is well up
but still lags.

:)



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From: wagenfuh@huey.udel.edu (Karl Wagenfuehr)
Subject: Prince Valient confession
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1992 03:00:45 GMT

Someone asked earlier about Prince Valient, and I just have to get this
off my chest:  I read Prince Valient.  And more than that, even though
I don't want to admit it to myself, I actually find that ...i like it.

I mean, I used to make fun of it, complain about it, ignore it, but
then out of bordom, started reading it on a regular basis... and I
find myself caught up in it.  I like the way the story is told in 
narrative form with no voice bubbles.  I like being told a story, and
with pictures, too!  Makes me feel like a little kid again.  Sometimes
I have complaints about some elements of the story -- especially the
over cutesyness sometimes -- but overall I still like the whole.
Sure it's historically skewed, and tries to present midevil england
acording to today's standards -- but it's still a nice story of
adventure and lovely maidens and magic.

Ahh... I feel much better now.  Please send your donations, this
illness can be cured.

-- 
                    ' ",      *
Karl Wagenfuehr         ,         "Weisst du, wieviel Sternlein stehen an dem
wagenfuh@huey.udel.edu  ,  '      blauen Himmelszelt?"  --Deutsches Volkslied
                          '
From: IO92275@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Jason Adams)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Re: The Best Far Side cartoon
Date: 13 Apr 92 13:41:38 GMT
Organization: University of Maine System

What REALLY happened to Elvis

"Come meet our new houseguest, mother"

and

Same planet, Different worlds

"I wonder if she likes me.  Does she know I exist?  She might, but.. "vs
"You know, I think I really like vanilla"

 - Jason
From: plck@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (David Pollack)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips
Subject: Re: The Best Far Side cartoon
Keywords: far side gary larson
Date: 12 Apr 92 16:29:22 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

1. Darrell suspected that someone had once again slipped him a spoon with
   the concave side reversed.

2. In what was destined to be a short-lived spectacle, a chicken, 
   suspended from a balloon, floated through the samurai bar's doorway.