Difference between revisions of "170: Turn Back"
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{{comic | {{comic | ||
| number = 170 | | number = 170 | ||
− | | date = | + | | date = October 13, 2006 |
| title = Turn Back | | title = Turn Back | ||
| image = turn_back.png | | image = turn_back.png | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | The frequent themes of spontaneity, beauty and adventure characterize this exchange between Cueball and | + | The frequent themes of spontaneity, beauty and adventure characterize this exchange between [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] as they explore a distinctly ''Spaceman Spiff'' landscape. |
Bill Watterson was the artist behind ''Calvin and Hobbes'', and hence creator of Spaceman Spiff. | Bill Watterson was the artist behind ''Calvin and Hobbes'', and hence creator of Spaceman Spiff. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | :Cueball: Should we keep going? | |
− | + | :Megan: I don't know. | |
− | + | :Cueball: We can turn back if you want. | |
− | + | :Megan: Look-- | |
+ | :Megan: Did it ever occur to you that maybe I don't have a plan any more than you? Maybe just having this conversation means we're lost. | ||
+ | :[Wide shot of the characters walking through a Calvin and Hobbes-esque alien landscape] | ||
+ | :Cueball: Kind of scary. | ||
+ | :Megan: It's terrifying. | ||
+ | :Cueball: This place is beautiful. | ||
+ | :Megan: Yeah. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
− | + | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | |
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics with color]] |
Revision as of 01:03, 13 February 2013
Turn Back |
Title text: I hear that these days Bill Watterson is happy just painting in the Ohio woods with his father and doesn't get any mail or talk to anyone. |
Explanation
The frequent themes of spontaneity, beauty and adventure characterize this exchange between Cueball and Megan as they explore a distinctly Spaceman Spiff landscape.
Bill Watterson was the artist behind Calvin and Hobbes, and hence creator of Spaceman Spiff.
Transcript
- Cueball: Should we keep going?
- Megan: I don't know.
- Cueball: We can turn back if you want.
- Megan: Look--
- Megan: Did it ever occur to you that maybe I don't have a plan any more than you? Maybe just having this conversation means we're lost.
- [Wide shot of the characters walking through a Calvin and Hobbes-esque alien landscape]
- Cueball: Kind of scary.
- Megan: It's terrifying.
- Cueball: This place is beautiful.
- Megan: Yeah.
Discussion
I'm hoping that the little "x" denotes where Spaceman Spiff left his cloaked spacecraftSquirreltape (talk) 21:00, 1 March 2014 (UTC)
This comic reminds me the canyon in #13. Coincidence? 141.101.104.123 12:14, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
103.22.200.66 23:05, 12 October 2017 (UTC)According to his interview with Jenny Robb for the book Calvin and Hobbes: A Retrospective, Watterson has actually lived in Arizona since his hiatus in the early '90s.
I think comic is less about Calvin and Hobbes and more about relationships. I think the setting maybe is just inspired by Watterson.