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hfojvt

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33. I would not say "ahead" of his time

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 25, 2014, 02:12 AM

Mar 2014

plenty of other people were saying similar things much earlier than he was.

Barry Commoner "The Closing Circle" 1971
EF Schumacher "Small is beautiful" 1973
Paul Wachtel "The Poverty of Affluence" 1989
Erich Fromm "The Sane Society" 1955
R H Tawney "The Acquisitive Society" 1920
Paul Goodman "Growing up absurd" 1960

and so on.

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Calvin & Hobbes: Way ahead of its time. [View all] MattSh Mar 2014 OP

He sure was way ahead of his time... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2014 #1

I would not say "ahead" of his time hfojvt Mar 2014 #33

wow Oscarmonster13 Mar 2014 #2

That cartoon strip sums up things nicely. (n/t) spin Mar 2014 #3

So true. Helen Borg Mar 2014 #16

My favorite strip ever. B2G Mar 2014 #4

k&r thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Mar 2014 #5

K&R! nt Mnemosyne Mar 2014 #6

Calvin & Hobbes is arguably the best comic strip in the last 50 years. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #7

Tied with Pogo, IMHO. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #9

Calvin & Hobbes' only real competition for G.O.A.T comic, I'd say. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2014 #11

Berke Breathed also did some nice stuff. Jackpine Radical Mar 2014 #20

No doubt... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #26

And here in Michigan we're still up to our asses in snow. longship Mar 2014 #8

TOO EXCELLENT!!! calimary Mar 2014 #10

You can't mention Calvin and Hobbes without snow men. longship Mar 2014 #13

No cartoonist has been more creative ... Auggie Mar 2014 #14

"Watterson ties Breathed" flying rabbit Mar 2014 #22

Very true. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #28

Yes! I forgot about Larson. Auggie Mar 2014 #34

of course there are many more hfojvt Mar 2014 #32

. struggle4progress Mar 2014 #12

That last one. Wow. n/t MirrorAshes Mar 2014 #15

I really miss Calvin and Hobbes...knr joeybee12 Mar 2014 #17

Thanks! I miss Calvin & Hobbes. nt Hekate Mar 2014 #18

There was a dynamite gallery exhibition at SF Cartoon Art Museum a few years ago reddread Mar 2014 #19

K & R L0oniX Mar 2014 #21

He speaks the truth about capitalism in this toon. alfredo Mar 2014 #23

Woah, never saw that one. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2014 #29

My wife saved that strip. alfredo Mar 2014 #37

We were scheduled...... DeSwiss Mar 2014 #31

Ha! Maybe AudreyII could eat the construction crew. alfredo Mar 2014 #36

Any Clvin and Hobbes is treasure, thanks! marble falls Mar 2014 #24

One of the greatest strips of all-time...miss it to this day! (n/t) Moostache Mar 2014 #25

Fuckin A joeglow3 Mar 2014 #27

He was from ''out of time.'' DeSwiss Mar 2014 #30

Genius gregcrawford Mar 2014 #35