tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post3142875032671033441..comments2023-05-22T10:42:54.046-04:00Comments on 6th or 7th: Calvin and HobbesEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-21798916969094083222010-05-25T00:12:18.048-04:002010-05-25T00:12:18.048-04:00I guess that's a charitable way of interpretin...I guess that's a charitable way of interpreting it, but I think Lois's "Everything has a cost," combined with Ditto and Dot's change in facial expression from the first to second panel (yes, the twins in Hi & Lois are named "Ditto" and "Dot," and yes, I know every character in Hi & Lois's name), as well as my general knowledge of the everpresent simple-mindedness of the strip (though it is one of the few comic strips that actually acknowledges that people's lives have an economic aspect), puts the lie to it.<br /><br />I, uh, read a lot of websites that make fun of the comics. Calvin & Hobbes, though, is a pure classic.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-2830411569389542422010-05-24T21:53:30.025-04:002010-05-24T21:53:30.025-04:00I wasn't sure if they were discovering the lib...I wasn't sure if they were discovering the library for the first time thanks to a recession. You see how I struggle with these things. <br /><br />It would be pretty fucked up if you are right!JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-16449650826787468312010-05-22T23:16:29.329-04:002010-05-22T23:16:29.329-04:00Honestly, what goes on in the two frames doesn'...Honestly, what goes on in the two frames doesn't exactly mean much of anything to me specifically. It's more just remembering that I was first introduced to both Marx and cultural critique on the comics page, and thinking about what a bizarre thing that is.<br /><br />I'm not sure exactly when this particular strip was published, but it was sometime between 1985, when the strip started, and 1991, when Watterson forced the papers to allow him to break out of the standard Sunday comic format you see here.<br /><br />My only reason for posting the library Hi and Lois strip was pointing out its apparent claim that non-capitalist institutions like libraries are destructive.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-77417597141054108342010-05-22T16:52:45.378-04:002010-05-22T16:52:45.378-04:00I must have a hard time interpreting these things,...I must have a hard time interpreting these things, because I didn't get the one about about the library, either. <br /><br />What do the first two frames mean to you?<br /><br />Also, when was this piece published?JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com