Calvin And Hobbes Puts Everything In Perspective

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by Alex

I've always found disappointment in reading "complete x" comic strip collections.

They aren't meant to be read that way and I find it really brings to the forefront the little cheats, repetitions, and gimmicks that all daily strip writers must, out of necessity, use.

I've discovered the same thing now that I frequently watch entire seasons of some TV show in a couple weeks due to the wonder of DVD. The writing, for the most part, really isn't meant to be seen in bulk over a short period of time.

I've had the opposite happen, as well. I tried to do a marathon viewing of 24, and viewed in sequence, one hour after the next, the show was just ridiculous to me. But I could imagine how I would have enjoyed a weekly viewing, one hour at a time.

In contrast, I did a marathon viewing of Buffy Season 6 (which was close to universally hated by a large percentage of the fan base, though I enjoyed it) and found that it was even more enjoyable that way. It was much more humorous than I realized the first time around.

I think I would have preferred reading Dickens serialized. The fat in his novels would have bothered me far less, I think.