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Post by CharlesX on Apr 21, 2023 11:36:51 GMT
I wonder whether the Calvin & Hobbes strip was published before or after Robot Commando? Just asking questions, but Calvin & Hobbes 1985 - 1995, Robot Commando 1986 - I'm wondering whether Robot Commando inspired this strip rather than the other way around. Probably wishful thinking though. I think Calvin & Hobbes is a US strip and SFAIK US have a limited run of FFs which either doesn't include Robot Commando or includes it later than the UK date (and\but more to the point, it's seen even more as a cult in the USA than it is here in Europe).
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Post by thealmightymudworm on Apr 21, 2023 13:42:17 GMT
I wonder whether the Calvin & Hobbes strip was published before or after Robot Commando? Just asking questions, but Calvin & Hobbes 1985 - 1995, Robot Commando 1986 - I'm wondering whether Robot Commando inspired this strip rather than the other way around. Probably wishful thinking though. I think Calvin & Hobbes is a US strip and SFAIK US have a limited run of FFs which either doesn't include Robot Commando or includes it later than the UK date (and\but more to the point, it's seen even more as a cult in the USA than it is here in Europe).
My guess would probably be that if anything the influence would go the other way with (this) Steve Jackson being American though obviously it depends on the exact date. But children's authors have been noticing the way kids smash their toys together forever. We should probably be grateful that there's no book showing Donald Duck kicking a T-Rex in the balls.
Edit: This suggests that the Calvin & Hobbes was a very late one, so it could have been influenced by RC, but it seems unlikely.
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Post by vastariner on Apr 21, 2023 21:59:40 GMT
You can tell it's a later C&H by the layout. The Sunday editions had to have the top row as a self-contained unit, as many of the Sunday papers cut those off to accommodate all the strips on the same page, while others gave more space for a full cartoon supplement and gave C&H half a page. But after C&H got established, Bill Watterson was allowed to do what he liked within the half-page, so with this he could exploit the space.
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