Re: What REALLY happened to Calvin...

On Jan 21, 10:56 pm, MarkT <heartofthec...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I put the newspaper in the strip for one reason: if the newspaper
wasn't there, to people unfamiliar with CALVIN & HOBBES or the strip
finale, the skeleton would read as some generic dead kid in the
woods. That is unacceptable and the complaint letters would fly to
editors, no matter what the explanation. The skeleton of a beloved
comic strip character, while dark and disturbing, is acceptable
because it is absurd.

Mark Tatulli
LIO

Thanks for the explanation, Mark. For what it's worth, my 12 year old
son, who knows Calvin and Hobbes very well, thought it was funny and
my wife thought it was brilliant. I laughed too, but then felt guilty
about it. I've since come around.
.

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