I have always been a fan of newspaper comics. I remember feeling a little piece of me was taken away when both “The Far Side” and “Calvin and Hobbes” were retired. Luckily along came “Dilbert” to fill the void. I really enjoy “Frank and Ernest”, “Baby Blues”, and “Zits” too. I wonder whether I subscribe to the paper solely for the comics?
Every once in a while I see the box sets of these comics at the bookstore or at Costco and think to myself—that would be fun to have. Well I got my tax refund and decided I deserved to spend a little of it in a purely on something totally unnecessary.
To ensure that the accountant in me didn’t get in the way I added the box sets of all three comics to my wife’s Amazon.com cart. The next day while talking to her from the office I mentioned the items in the cart and told her to go ahead and finish the process. Yes, I am that lame…I would probably have talked myself out of the purchase going through the layers of the ordering process.
Well the books all arrived (before Cynthia’s book order to her chagrin) and Cynthia was able to haul them in the front door—barely.
It has been quite fun to start Book One (of three) of “Calvin and Hobbes”. I love Calvin’s alter ego ‘Spaceman Spiff’, his fear of the monsters under the bed, and the messes he gets himself into. I think I have now read two straight years of the ten years. So there are many laughs to come.
Then I have fifteen years of “The Far Side” which will require much more thought as you have to get into the psyche of Gary Larson to try and understand why each comic is so darn funny.
“Dilbert” will be the pinnacle. It even comes with a CD containing all 20 years of comics for adding to my blog entries or printing to hang on my office door. Like this one selected at random:
3 comments:
That is a great Dilbert.
The Winward in us makes us talk ourselves out of many a purchase. It is a blessing and a curse. So many times I get hung up on the shipping costs when it comes to online stuff. Somehow that extra $6.95 just tips the scales and I withdraw from purchasing the item.
It sounds like you are getting your money's worth. I remember reading your Garfield books over and over again. Perhaps that is where the comic appreciation begun?
I never read the comics, why oh why? Because I know you will call me over and say, "Read this Cyn!" if just that darn funny!
I'm glad you/me splurged on these books for you. We'll put them on our new orange bookshelf which I will soon have to blog about!
Good for you Paul! Now I can enjoy them too every time I visit your home! :-)
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