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Here's What a 'Calvin and Hobbes' Animated Series Would Look Like

by | March 19th, 2013

Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Waterston has always been vehemently opposed to turning his beloved comic strip into an animated series – or repurposing it for any medium – but animator Adam Brown (Ugly Americans) made this short video, which gives an idea of what a Calvin and Hobbes show would look like. Brown commented on YouTube that he'd try to make more of these videos, which is great news as long as Bill Waterston doesn't catch wind of it. He should at least appreciate that the video is very respectful and loyal to his work  and a hell of a lot better than those "peeing Calvin" car decals.

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Bad Improv

This Monkey Has a Hat But No Bananas Or Improv Abilities

by | May 30th, 2012

Is there anything worse than bad improv? Nope. (In reality, sure, there are tons of things worse but for the purposes of this post, please forget about war and famine and dog glaucoma.) Cartoonist Tony Millionaire explored just how bad it can get with this week's Maakies cartoon on The Rumpus. Of course, the appropriate response in a scene where one person says, "I would like a large bag filled with bananas" is, "yes and now we are on Mars and this banana is actually a gun that shoots other space banana guns and each of those guns also shoot space banana guns and so on and so on like [...]

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