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If you can’t win by reason, go for volume.

Bill Watterson

Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.
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Architect Form Function
And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It’s hard to charge admission without a gate.
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Admission Anyone Exciting Gate More
If you’ve ever compared a film to a novel it’s based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It’s inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie’s needs get served.
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Different Inevitable Media Needs
I would turn out rough idea after rough idea, and he would veto eighty percent of them. I pretty much prostituted myself for six months but I couldn’t please him, so he sent me packing.
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Idea Packing Percent Prostituted
I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.
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Dark Imagine Thinking
I liked things better when I didn’t understand them.
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Liked Thing Understand
Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz. I love loopholes.
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Loopholes Pubbawup
MOMMMM, I’m thirsty… What’s this, just water?
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Mom Thirsty Water
I’m not a vegetarian! I’m a dessertarian!
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Dessert Food Funny Vegetarian
I’ve always tried to make the strip animated, even when the characters aren’t moving, with expressions or perspectives or some sort of exaggeration.
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Aggerations Character Expression Moving
A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
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Battle Disrespect Drama InterAction
Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?
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Ignorance Learning Waste
I don’t think you’ve ever invited me to… Calvin’s Mom: Calvin, what are you doing? Calvin: Nothing, Mom. Go away. Calvin’s Mom: You’re contagious! You can’t have anyone over to play!
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Anymore Country Mom People Play Think
That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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Being Country Differences Happiness Happy
Art has to keep moving and discovering to stay alive.
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Alive Art Moving
From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
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Conformity Connect Dots Way

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