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There's something quite odd I found in this Sunday's <i>Boston Globe</i>'s Sunday Comics section -- A Comic Strip of <i>Calvin and Hobbes</i> was there, a reprint of a strip back in 1995... Needless to say I was surprised that it was there...<br><br>Has anybody else experienced this phoenomenon, as part of the rebirth of such a classic strip? Or is this just Boston only? An inquiring mind would like to know <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

I've been reading all my old C&H books recently. Maybe it's more than coincindence. <!--emo&:ph34r:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /ph34r.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ph34r.gif' /><!--endemo-->

I think Universal Press Syndicate has had Calvin and Hobbes in regular syndication continuously for the past 10 years. It all depends on whether your paper pays the money to print it . . . but there is also a web site:<br><br><a href='http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/' target='_blank'>Calvin and Hobbes</a><br><br>Share and Enjoy! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Hm, I thought pretty much everybody dropped it when the strip ended... Interesting theory, VisMis. Of course, I'm not complaining to see C&H back in the paper <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Whereas the Lowell Sun's comic strips...

It might not be a coincedence. Aren't they releasing the mega uber Calvin and Hobbes collection soon?

<!--QuoteBegin-Ibun+Sep 4 2005, 03:48 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Ibun @ Sep 4 2005, 03:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Whereas the Lowell Sun's comic strips... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> What do you mean by that, Ibun?<br><br>(We don't get the Lowell sun here anymore, haven't looked at the local paper in a while)

my paper has something about only printing current strips.

<!--QuoteBegin-Bocaj Claw+Sep 4 2005, 01:50 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Bocaj Claw @ Sep 4 2005, 01:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> It might not be a coincedence. Aren't they releasing the mega uber Calvin and Hobbes collection soon? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Yes, they are. It's called "The Complete Calvin and Hobbes." It's three volumes in a slipcase cover and is going to be available in October. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--><br>

*Gasp<br><br>Awesome! I've only got a little 100 page or so book of Calvin and Hobbes. That's on my birthday list!

<!--QuoteBegin-Zaaphod+Sep 4 2005, 07:53 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Zaaphod @ Sep 4 2005, 07:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <!--QuoteBegin-Bocaj Claw+Sep 4 2005, 01:50 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Bocaj Claw @ Sep 4 2005, 01:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> It might not be a coincedence. Aren't they releasing the mega uber Calvin and Hobbes collection soon? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>Yes, they are. It's called "The Complete Calvin and Hobbes." It's three volumes in a slipcase cover and is going to be available in October. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> *drools* Remind me to hit a bookstore in October...

<!--QuoteBegin-Traysandor Vulpine+Sep 4 2005, 09:09 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Traysandor Vulpine @ Sep 4 2005, 09:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> *drools* Remind me to hit a bookstore in October... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Hey! What did that bookstore ever do to you!

<!--QuoteBegin-Zaaphod+Sep 5 2005, 12:53 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Zaaphod @ Sep 5 2005, 12:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <!--QuoteBegin-Bocaj Claw+Sep 4 2005, 01:50 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Bocaj Claw @ Sep 4 2005, 01:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> It might not be a coincedence. Aren't they releasing the mega uber Calvin and Hobbes collection soon? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>Yes, they are. It's called "The Complete Calvin and Hobbes." It's three volumes in a slipcase cover and is going to be available in October. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> . . . With a list price of $150.

Okay, rephrase that:<br><br>"My <b>only</b> birthday present."

Wow, that's a tad stiff, but maybe if this junk can get cleared up I should be able to spare some bucks for it.