CALVIN HOBBES YAY SPLOOGE

Post by **Segaholic2** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:26 pm

Just thought you guys might like to know. Amazon has a hardcover collection of EVERY single C&H strip ever up on their website now. Pre-order and pay $95, saving yourself $55. Date says September 1st 2005, so I know what I'm getting for my 21st birthday.

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Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:12 pm

...*Nostalgiagasms*

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 8:15 pm

I wish Bill Watterson would start a new project. . .

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:48 pm

I can die happy now.

Post by **Esrever** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 3:48 am

Watterson is busy making watercolour paintings in the wilderness and not showing them to anyone. Only a handful of people even know his mailing address. That man is the definition of dropping of the radar.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:35 am

Didn't that one guy that was really good at chess do that. Bobby Fischer I think his name was. He was really good, then disappeared and everyone thought he died. Then he lost his title cause he didn't defend it, then suddenly reappeared and reclaimed it then disappeared again? I think he did a better job of dropping off the radar cause people weren't even sure if he was alive.

I'm not sure why I brought that up, but Im kinda bored since its 3:30 AM and I have nothing to do, but I'm not tired since I woke up at 5PM. You're all now better for having read this.

Dunjohn · Post by **Dunjohn** » Thu Dec 30, 2004 4:40 pm

He didn't so much "drop off the radar" as "get arrested in Japan for breaking U.S. embargo laws."

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:29 pm

You say tomato, I say lawsuit...

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:14 pm

Are we talking about Watterson or Fischer?

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:15 pm

Fischer, unless Watterson has been accepting illegal chess tournament winnings.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:15 pm

Yeah, I'm curious now too.

Post by **Esrever** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:42 am

Fischer participated in a Chess match in Yugoslavia in 1992, at a time when US sanctions against the country included sporting events. After that, he went into hiding, since there was now a warrant for his arrest. He still occassionally popped up for radio interviews in which he made some pretty vicious comments towards the US.

This guy, for the record, is an anti-semite and a pretty outspoken opponent of America's support for Israel. After 9/11, he made some comments during an interview about how he thought the US deserved it. So he's not exactly encouraging anyone here to go easy on him. He hasn't actually been imprisoned, but he's having trouble staying in Japan. He tried to renounce his American citizenship, and he's taken a Japanese wife, but it's virtually impossible to get citizenship in Japan, even if you aren't a criminal in the United States. Japan tried to deport him earlier this year, but I think he is appealing the decision or something.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:50 am

Sounds like a pretty crazy guy.

Thanks for the story. I was entertained.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 2:52 am

"Thumbs up! One of the best of the year!" - Roger Ebert

(Don't feel too special, he says that about everyone).

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 3:46 am

Ah, they left that part out of the movie.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:18 am

Check for the Director's Cut.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:45 am

Actually, I can kind of see why he'd be pissed.

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:02 pm

Makes me kinda regret the fact that I have a few of the Calvin and Hobbes book in non-hardcover editions...shame.
~Neo