Maybe they’re spies disguised as construction/retail workers? I think the suit and bowtie do it in worse.
Now that you point it out though, is Walky out of uniform and trying to slip by the radar by wearing his own hoodie with a yellow stripe, or does Semme offer blue hoodies with yellow stripes as a uniform variant?
Spies shouldn’t have uniforms anyway, that’s like Ninjas all dressing the same. Ruins the point of the thing.
Also, that particular Calvin and Hobbes where Watterson aped Rex Morgan, MD’s style was one of the funniest ones ever, so one should be forgiven for imitating it.
You know what? It would be a better world if more strips ventured into imitating Calvin and Hobbes, more often. There’s a reason Watterson’s a master: like Kirby, he did certain things so well that after he did them, they just became “how those things were done” for a substantial number of artists in the field.
Sinfest in particular has prospered on that idea. It’s a great strip in its own right but if it weren’t for Calvin & Hobbes I don’t think it would exist.
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The strip would make more sense if it wasn’t always Jason who was butting into everything. Though it doesn’t have to make sense for it to be his view.
“You’re ruining my plans to ruin everyone’s plans!!!”
Jason looks damn sexy in that other style, not gonna lie.
Yeah nice style for Jason in that first panel.
The realistic panels make it clear that “yellow stripe” is a bizarre secret spy uniform choice.
Maybe they’re spies disguised as construction/retail workers? I think the suit and bowtie do it in worse.
Now that you point it out though, is Walky out of uniform and trying to slip by the radar by wearing his own hoodie with a yellow stripe, or does Semme offer blue hoodies with yellow stripes as a uniform variant?
Spies shouldn’t have uniforms anyway, that’s like Ninjas all dressing the same. Ruins the point of the thing.
For some reason, Jason doesn’t strike me as a ‘crikey’ type….
David mistook Australian for British. It happens. Damn you, Steve Irwin!
It’s the most accurate representation of Walky’s effect ever, though.
As a wearer of bow-ties, you and I need to have a talk about the size of these knots. They’re ridiculous.
Walky has never looked so good… 😛
Man, the colors here are really subdued compared to the original. I miss the pastel green walls and the way Jason looks like he’s bioluminescent.
I also like how, in Jason’s fantasies, he gets to wear an actual button-down shirt.
Perhaps you should start a running tag for “Calvin and Hobbes” rip-offs to go along with comically oversized props.
(Don’t feel bad; pretty much every funny joke I’ve ever made was stolen from Calvin and Hobbes)
Also, that particular Calvin and Hobbes where Watterson aped Rex Morgan, MD’s style was one of the funniest ones ever, so one should be forgiven for imitating it.
You know what? It would be a better world if more strips ventured into imitating Calvin and Hobbes, more often. There’s a reason Watterson’s a master: like Kirby, he did certain things so well that after he did them, they just became “how those things were done” for a substantial number of artists in the field.
Also, it’s probably better to be like Calvin and Hobbes than Funky Winkerbean, most of the time.
Sinfest in particular has prospered on that idea. It’s a great strip in its own right but if it weren’t for Calvin & Hobbes I don’t think it would exist.
Really? Sinfest’s style looks really more influenced by Bloom County to me. Slick’s hair is the only thing in Sinfest that reminds me of C&H.
Wait, “crikey”? Is Jason an Australian now? Not that it needed to be said, but Young!Willis’s grasp of English slang was obviously very tenuous…
Clearly, Jason bursts into Australian slang when confronted with a cartoonish being of multidimensional horror.
And really, don’t we all?
I learned “Crikey” from Dangermouse…
Danger Mouse: This could be goodbye, little friend.
Penfold: Ooh crikey, ooh carrots, ooh crumbs!
Maybe he’s trying to imitate Sal…?
….. “Crikey?” I thought he was British.