I wonder where we go when we die?” “…Pittsburgh?” “You mean if we’re good or if we’re bad?
BILL WATTERSONI’ve been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school publications – the newspaper and yearbook and soon. In college, I got interested in political cartooning and did political cartoons.
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What’s the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see ’em?
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From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
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The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
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[Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It’s me, Calvin! I was wondering if you’d like to come over and play. Susie: Why, sure! Boy,
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You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D’s in school. Well guess what, I get F’s!!!
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Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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Animals aren’t conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you’re sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.
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I’ve got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
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The whole idea of hobknobbing and schmoozing and the concept of an “elite” class of celebrities better than the common people has always made my stomach turn.
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Even when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
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Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a ‘possum stuck in your collar?
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Reading goes faster if you don’t sweat comprehension.
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Now if a joke is in bad taste or it’s not funny, okay, that’s awhole different thing, but how you craft a joke is really what the writer’s job is, and I don’t think that technique should be subject to any editorial constraints.
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Years from now, when I’m successful and happy, …and he’s in prison… I hope I’m not too mature to gloat.
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At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It’s a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you’ll probably take a few.
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