Calvin and Hobbes was pure genius. On the Far Side. One of my college mates met Gary Larsen at a signing. As a Phd in Engineering he was always sort of bugged by the fake blackboard calculations Larsen would have his mad scientists scrawling, so he wrote out a bunch of sensible equations Larsen could use to look 'correct'. I don't know if they got used or not. I myself have a Life in Hell calendar signed by Matt Groening from before he became famous for the original episodes of The Simpsons on the Tracy Ullman show (and from when Life in Hell was funny...its not been for a long time)
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