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| date      = October 13, 2006
 
| title    = Turn Back
 
| title    = Turn Back
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
The frequent themes of spontaneity, beauty and adventure characterize this exchange between Cueball and GF as they explore a distinctly ''Spaceman Spiff'' landscape.
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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==
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:Cueball: Should we keep going?
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:Megan: I don't know.
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:Cueball: We can turn back if you want.
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:Megan: Look--
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: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.
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:[Wide shot of the characters walking through a Calvin and Hobbes-esque alien landscape]
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:Cueball: Kind of scary.
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:Megan: It's terrifying.
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:Cueball: This place is beautiful.
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:Megan: Yeah.
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
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[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
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Revision as of 01:03, 13 February 2013

Turn Back
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.
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.


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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.