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Final Daily Foxtrot

This is it, gang. The last, the final, the ###, the end, the last hurrrah…

Here’s the concluding daily strip of Foxtrot (click to enlarge):

At least there will still be Sunday strips; just not the same.

Image copyright Bill Amend.

Foxtrot into the Sunset

Sob! Foxtrot, the fabulous comicstrip, is ending daily publication and going to Sunday’s only! How can they do this to us! First Calvin and Hobbes ceased publication, but Foxtrot was there to sustain us. Until Dec. 30, 2006 that is. Now, sob, Foxtrot leaves us bereft on workdays! Sundays only! Help, help, help.

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Calvin (and Hobbes) College

The Chicago Tribune included an article yesterday
about Calvin and Hobbes being used by college
professors to help illustrate points on topics ranging from cubism art,
mathematics, Biblical studies, biomechanics, ethics, and natural history.
(Calvin covered a lot of ground!) I don’t remember my professors using the comic
strip during classes, but I definitely put Calvin to work for [...]

Zits

No! Not those zits! The comic strip Zits!

If you have access to today’s Zits comic strip, it has a thoughtful (pun intended) laugh about blogging. Unfortunately, I can’t find an online copy to share. And I don’t have a working scanner, so I can’t even contemplate loading an illegal copy myself. Sorry.

If you can’t find [...]

Calvin and Hobbes

You might have heard that The Complete Calvin & Hobbes is being released in hardback in a few weeks. Check it out at Amazon.

I’ve loved “Calvin and Hobbes” since it first appeared in my local newspaper and even now I read it online every morning. But I don’t know that I’ll be spending roughly $100 [...]