(Note: After
some thought it occurred to me that the three
pages of this story, drawn over the course
of a week,
are
better
served when
displayed
together
as a single page. So if you think the navigation
is kinda wonky, well, now you know why. =mike=
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In
Conclusion...
 It seemed like such a simple, elegant idea.
In a vision
I imagined Calvin as an old man, having just gasped his
last breath. But
suddenly a smiling Hobbes is there, acting as his guide
as part of a whole new adventure. Together they go "exploring"
one last time.
Kinda gets ya right here, doesn't it?
Then I had to draw the damn thing and make some sense of
it in the process.
First I had to contrive a manner of Calvin's death that
didn't involve drug abuse, power tools or dismemberment,
which you and I both know is inevitable.
Then
I had to introduce Hobbes as not only the Angel of Death
but also as an acquaintance of Calvin's
without
actually
showing him or letting you actually know it's him
until the
third
act.
I also had to tell the story in just three pages, even
though it deserved more, for no other reason than I couldn't
contrive enough
ways to have Hobbes in the story without showing
him.
Then I drew the last panel, today's comic, and damn if
it probably couldn't have stood on it's own, even
if it was a little terse and a whole lot obtuse. I'll consider
it a lesson learned.
BTW, my apologies to Bill Watterson. Please don't sue me.
This was fun but I can't wait to get back to more progressive
yuks. In fact, I wonder what Michael Steele is up to these
past few days.
He said what? Really? Dang.
=lefty=
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