Bill Watterson Quotes - Page 14

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• I wasn't having any luck getting accepted anyway and it forced me to re-examine what it was that I really wanted to do. In my experience in political cartooning, I was never one of those people who read the headlines and foams at the mouth with rabid opinion that I've just got to get down on paper.

  Bill Watterson

  People, Political, Luck

  Source: bob.bigw.org

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• If you've got more ambiguous characters or stock stereotypes, the plastic comes through and they don't work as well.

  Bill Watterson

  Character, Stereotype, Plastic

  Source: bob.bigw.org

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• I'm crying because out there he's gone, but he's not gone inside me.

  Bill Watterson

  Gone, Cry

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• Mom’s not feeling well. So I’m making her a get well card.” “That’s thoughtful of you.” "See, on the front it says, ‘Get Well Soon’ … and on the inside it says,’Because my bed isn’t made, my clothes need to be put away and I’m hungry. Love Calvin.’ Want to sign it?” “Sure, I’m hungry too

  Bill Watterson

  Mom, Get Well Soon, Thoughtful

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• United Features had given me a development contract, which meant I was to work exclusively with them and rather than completing everything on my own and turning it in to them and having it rejected or accepted, I was working much more directly with the syndicate, turning in smaller batches much more frequently, and getting comments on them. The idea was that they would help me develop the strip and then, assuming that they liked it, it would flow into a normal contract for syndication.

  Bill Watterson

  Ideas, Development, Flow

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• You are demoted from First Tiger to bulk rate.

  Bill Watterson

  Firsts, Rate, Tigers

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• If you've ever compared a film to a novel it's based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It's inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie's needs get served.

  Bill Watterson

  Media, Different, Needs

  Source: mentalfloss.com

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• Calvin is hammering nails into coffee table. Mom: CALVIN WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE COFFEE TABLE?!? Calvin: Is this some sort of trick question, or what?

  Bill Watterson

  Mom, Coffee, Nails

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• You can make your superhero a psychopath, you can draw gut-splattering violence, and you can call it a "graphic novel," but comic books are still incredibly stupid.

  Bill Watterson

  Stupid, Book, Superhero

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• I must follow the inscrutable exhortations of my soul.

  Bill Watterson

  Soul, Inscrutable, My Soul

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• Specifically, I’d like to debate whether cannibalism ought to be grounds for leniency in murders, since it’s less wasteful.

  Bill Watterson

  Cannibalism, Debate, Murder

  "Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat". Book by Bill Watterson, October 1994.

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• Garry Trudeau is the only cartoonist with the clout to get his strip published large enough to accomodate extended dialogue. It's ashame.

  Bill Watterson

  Enough, Dialogue, Clout

  Source: bob.bigw.org

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