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and what wonderful masterpieces the prequels were exploring that very premise, how boring, whiney and inept the Jedis really were

I wasn't endorsing it!

But they made that mentality a weakness by movies end.

Oddly enough though, that's what Dredd himself is starting to realise in the strip.  That isolation is the same thing that destroyed the Jedi -self-absorption masquerading as selflessness.  (How many nerd points do I get for that segue?)

Dredd's suppose to be a force of nature, a rock in a storm, he's not suppose to go through emotional growth.

Except verrrrrrrrry slooooowly.  30 years and counting.

Indeed, you learn something new every day.

Yay!  You've just added to the store of human happiness, garageman!

Yay!  You've just added to the store of human happiness, garageman!

Balls, lets try that again, shall we?

Link: http://www.goaste.cx/goaste/lasteevercalvinstrip.html" target="_blank">Fake Last Episode - NSFW site.

Of all the Calvin and Hobbes strips, it's the pitch-perfect last episode that I find the most affecting.  Pure class, and way to go Bill - no sell out, you!

 "It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy - let's go exploring!", indeed.

Then there's the link below as an poorly rendered antidote to that good feeling.  And if I see another one of those Calvin-takes-a-leak stickers/T-shirts, I'm going to do someone a mischief.

Link: http://www.goaste.cx/goaste/lasteevercalvinstrip.h

Sarcasm (aka lowest form of wit - but still a personal fave!) abounds at the link.

Link: http://www.progressiveruin.com/2008_03_23_archive.html#490297842283646136" target="_blank">One step beyond...

Surely the genius of Calvin & Hobbes is that Hobbes is always a stuffed tiger?

Shutupshutupshutupshutupshutp.  How could you even think such a thing? ; >

The baby raccoon story has haunted me for years.  With the missus working in an animal shelter, our house has a constant parade of sick and abandoned fluffies that need hand-feeding at odd hours of the night.   Inevitably, you get attached to some of them, little balls of warm scrabbling shitty fur no bigger than your hand in the small hours, and equally inevitably  many of them die, almost universally taking a chunk of your soul with them.  Everytime I pick one up and find it's cold, I think of Calvin's Dad from the raccoon strip: "At least he died safe and warm".

Incidentally, Calvin's Dad is my role model in my own family life, in particular the bizarre and confident explanations of the universe which I spend idle minutes developing.  The good woman's role model  is, perhaps unfortunately, Lois from Malcolm in the Middle.

By the way Jim, I liked the way you fixed my misspelling of 'stufed'.  Now that's service!

Although, I do love Calvin and Hobbes, so I think doing something similar to that would just be heart-breaking.

You're right, of course.  On reflection, just thinking about it makes me feel ill.

I've been laughing myself sick over this stuff for a while now.  Talk about deceptively simple - some of the strips are either profoundly depressing or totally hilarious, I can't quite decide.  Makes me want to re-edit Calvin and Hobbes so that Hobbes is always a stufed tiger.

Watched it before on the 'Tube (how hip!), but enjoyed the chance to see a clearer version of Dan Clowes' version of the Utility Belt - I'd love a copy of that.  That, and 'V for Vacation'.  

What would the average non-comics person have made of all that, though?

Maus is in da haus!

Krombasher, you're the real deal.

Probably makes more sense to link to my freshly updated Trade Thread on the WotC boards - see below.  I haven't really sold any minis yet since I enjoy the cost-free illusion of trading, although under strict orders from her indoors I've been bagging up large quantities of surplus UC[backslash]Cs for eBay (I fully expect bidding for my testicles to start any day now).  I've no idea of the price of singles, but have a look anyway - I have PayPal!

As to  having a bash at VASSAL, that sounds good - although my grasp of the rules for many of the SAs is pretty tenuous (I usually just nod and smile).  Unfortunately I'm swamped with life this week (currently the only occupant of the office on Easter Monday, while my child wonders who the scary man holding him in the photos is).  If I can dig myself out from under the paperwork in the next few days, I'd certainly be up for it.

Which update is causing problems?  I don't think I've updated in ages, but IIRC it's usually the location of the new map folder that causes trouble.

Link: http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=1007746" target="_blank">TordelBack's Trades...