/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6905914
Creatively & stylistically, sure. But career-wise he was one of the last great cartoonists of a dying business model. Even during his career Watterson complained of the shrinking size of newspaper strips.
Comics have a future, but it's mostly indie, patreon, and I hate to say it, webtoons (can't stand the format or most of the comics, but can't deny the success—along with manga, they prove comics are still viable commercially).

>>6905914
i love this man
but seriously how is there only like 3 pictures of him ever?

>create a beloved classic
>disappear for 30 years
>come out of retirement because you just had to present this bizarre shit to the world

>create a beloved classic
>disappear for 30 years
>come out of retirement because you just had to present this bizarre shit to the world

>>6905914
He doesn't draw anime and his art is permabeg, so no

>>6905988
>webtoons
Manga thrives on physical sales, but Webtoons doesn't have that. Ad revenue pays too little, and the printed tankobon of webtoons look like CRAP.

I'm not a Luddite, but I don't think physical manga is going anywhere, in the same way physical books and physical prostitutes aren't either.

>>6906523
thats unrionically the same thing they said about newspapers, anon. and look where we are now

>>6906532
I don't think there's a single newspaper company that only does newspapers. They all switched to TV a long time ago. Not really a comparable example

>>6906536
I meant that since newspapers disappeared editorial cartoonists did too for the most part. whos to say physical books won’t disappear either in the grim future, thereby cementing awful vertical scroll webcomics as the de facto comic medium

>>6906362
Who cares. I hate the idea that you have to disappear after your magnum opus just because it adds to some "mystique" about your character. Let creators create, if you don't like it, don't engage with it.

>>6906538
yeah, please stop depressing me

There are just some things in life worth fighting for

>>6906520
I know this post is bait, but let's talk seriously on that for a bit. How good is Watterson when it comes to his "actual" art? For instance, you obviously don't draw Tyrannosauruses on F-14s as good as he does as a beg.

>>6905914
I say he should be a role model for everyone - Did what he wanted, and is an example of an artist who truly refused to ever 'sell out' by commercializing his art. A very respectable dude.

>>6905988
>newspaper strips.
That's more so because newspapers and printed media are failing. I think strips, such as daily strips for websites, or for children's magazines, or magazines in general. Though try and find an editor with enough insight to realise there was a reason newspaper strips were popular and trying to make use of them in their product is another matter.

>>6906532
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>>6906561
Newspapers are still being made and read fags

>>6906573
He's a top tier draftsman, anon

>>6906538
>thereby cementing awful vertical scroll webcomics as the de facto comic medium
Vertical scroll is its own beast. Even assuming print dies completely, people will still make and read the typical print-format comics/manga, though perhaps with adaptations in things like text size and page dimensions, to suit a screen a little better. But that does not mean switching entirely to the infinite scroll format, as that is its own distinct artform that a lot of people do not enjoy in the same way they enjoy a typical comic layout. The fact that people have been reading manga on their PCs and phones before the infinite scroll webtoon came around and continue to do so is evidence of this. Classic format comics are not ill-suited for digital media at all, though they could be optimized for it a little better.

>>6906573
he did commercial illustration of cars for years before moving to comics. If you can easily draw cars you can draw pretty much anything

i want to make comic strips, but idn if i should take inspiration from this dude.

Would Watterson suceeded in current times?

>>6906841
in current times Watterson would have a second twitter account called “Calvin and Hobbes after dark” where he draws genderbent Hobbes in fotm twitter trends.

>>6906005
>but seriously how is there only like 3 pictures of him ever?
dude be JD Salinger-maxxing

>>6906841
I think Watterson monologue types are a dime a dozen these days, so it'll be hard for him to really establish himself. He'd have to lean into the vivid imagination strips harder and show off his technical skills more to differentiate.

>>6906841
>but idn if i should take inspiration from this dude.
If he inspires you he inspires you. Watterson himself was inspired by comics 50+ years before his time, yet was successful.
>Would Watterson suceeded in current times?
Probably, but what he would create would likely be different. Watterson often criticized the size and format restrictions in newspapers of his time, and praised the full-page format of the early 20th century, which allowed for more detailed illustration and experimental design.
The internet has no size or format restrictions, so he would be able to experiment like he wanted (even if it was C&H, it would have been a far more expansive C&H). His work is far better than many successful webcomics, so content-wise I have no doubt he could have had a successful patreon/kickstarter.

>>6906880
>but idn if i should take inspiration from this dude.
If he inspires you he inspires you. Watterson himself was inspired by comics 50+ years before his time, yet was successful.
>Would Watterson suceeded in current times?
Probably, but what he would create would likely be different. Watterson often criticized the size and format restrictions in newspapers of his time, and praised the full-page format of the early 20th century, which allowed for more detailed illustration and experimental design.
The internet has no size or format restrictions, so he would be able to experiment like he wanted (even if it was C&H, it would have been a far more expansive C&H). His work is far better than many successful webcomics, so content-wise I have no doubt he could have had a successful patreon/kickstarter.

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>>6906970
dude's fuckin' versatile

>>6906841
No. He barely made a handful of pop culture references in the 10-year run of the strip, and explicitly makes fun of the core mentalities that fuel modern #relatable comics.

>>6905914
Every artist should start out with Watterson as a role model in terms of artistic integrity. The peak of your artistic merit and success will be determined by what you achieved before you gave up and sold out; if you were pre-sold out all along, you won't get anywhere.

>>6905914
>Completely mogs Viziepop's gay demon trash.

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>>6908293
Holy shit, ain't that a flex.

>>6906968
>out extremes liefeld in the fucking Sunday paper during peak pouch and guns era

Based.

Consider that this was most likely him at some point. If this feels like you, there is hope.

Middle panel is a lesser-known treat.

>>6908293
God damn that's a blast from the past. I had a bunch of the books as a kid and I always loved this one. Just had an insanely cool vibe despite being a joke.

>>6905914
let's see his studies. He should have pages and pages of loomis heads and thousands of boxes, right?

>>6908975
Worry about your own studies.

>>6909003
I study other people's studies

>>6906968
>>6908293
Just sayin.
Calvin's dad is a lucky man.

>>6908975
yes