Final Blog Repost

          The comic strip is one of those things that we all remember as children. I personally would always wake up in the morning and see the newspaper on the counter and rummage through it looking for the comic strips. To think of the comic strips as these things that have affected the way the world thinks or how we grew up is almost impossible to believe, but for some reason now I believe it. I really enjoyed reading these comic strips overall. The comic strips I read were "Little Nemo" "Calvin and Hobbes" and "The Peanuts". I don't remember ever reading the "Little Nemo" comic strips until now, but I did of course read "The Peanuts" and "Calvin and Hobbes". I feel that they are timeless classics that can be brought into not only the comic strip, but in even television and film. And the comic strips are some that have conquered both realms very well.

          The "Little Nemo" comics I will admit were a little strange, but what dreams aren't strange. Winsor McCay really captures the essence of a dream through this little boy who ha such great adventures in his "dreamworld". I do find it really fun how Nemo wakes up in whatever situation he left his dream at. In a way it makes you wonder if his dream was real or just a dream. In some ways I guess I feel that way about the strip because I have also seen the animated film "Little Nemo" and I remember even in the film Nemo wakes up in the same fashion as he left his dream. Some of the illustrations even were very dream-like. Almost as if Nemo was on drugs (sorry for the humor). But almost all dreams seem strange and almost unreal, but that is what makes them dreams.

          "The Peanuts" I think are comic strips that everyone can remember. They were so fun and very entertaining as a child and even till now that I am 21 years old. It also shows how a comic strip can be timeless being that I read them as a child and my parents remember reading them when they were younger, and the comics still have that comic humor in them. Each character was very different and special in their own way and they kept those personalities through the mediums that "The Peanuts" were carried through. From the strip to television. I think one thing that always made me laugh was how almost adult the quarrels between the characters were. They handled the situations almost as if they were young adults. Very funny and always a timeless classic in my book.

          And last but not least is "Calvin and Hobbes". This comic strip for some reason has always been one of my favorites. They were both such fun characters. I feel that I really related to this strip because I myself had a favorite stuffed animal that was a Tiger doll that I got from Disney World when I was a kid. In a way it was odd, but funny too. I really could understand how Calvin really confide so much with Hobbes and shared so much with him. The strips make you believe so much that Hobbes is real and when you see him in some strips as just a stuffed animal you are a little baffled and taken back and you want to see him real again. We in a way become Calvin and really want to connect and be with a friend like Hobbes. This strip really shows how some one can have a special friend and have fun with them all the time even if they are just a stuffed animal. A side note that I need to point out is I love how sometimes Hobbes is Calvin's voice of reason and sometimes vice versa. But mostly Calvin has these grand ideas and wonders and thoughts and Hobbes is almost there to tell him how it is or they go and discover the answer together. Really a wonderful strip and one of my all time favorites.

          After reading all of these comic strips I feel that I have been brought back to my childhood. They have been so familiar to me it makes it seem as if I read these comics only a few days ago. I mean technically I did, but it just seems so surreal that after all these years I would be reading them for a college class assignment. These comics have been around for a long time and for good reason. They are timeless classics that have been shown to children the world over. "The Peanuts" I remember mostly because of the holiday episodes they would show on television and I remember "Little Nemo" mainly because of the film. But I can honestly say that I remember "Calvin and Hobbes" strictly from the comic strip series and surprisingly it is my favorite. Overall I love a good comic strip every now-and-then and I can see where so many other clever strips get there inspiration.