POLL of the DAY: Bloom County vs. Calvin & Hobbes - if you could vote for one to return

[LynneSin]

I know from the years posting here that there are plenty of fans of both the Bloom County cartoons and Calvin & Hobbes. But unfortunately both cartoons were retired ages ago.

If you could pick just one and the artist would start creating the series again - which would you pick

12 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	Bloom County: I miss Opus and Bill the Cat
	3 (25%)
	Calvin & Hobbes: I would have loved to seen all the great snowpeople Calvin would have built this last winter
	9 (75%)
	Other - because I know you want to be above the poll and pick your own
	0 (0%)
	None - I don't read cartoons because I'm a grumpy old man/woman
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[geardaddy]

1. Other - The Far Side

[Blue_Tires]

6. Thank you...Nailed it on the first post!

[geardaddy]

17. ..

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. I want Doonesbury to return.

Trudeau took hiatus to focus on Alpha Males tv show.
IMHO, his forays into music, stage and screen have never reached the level of the strip.
Meanwhile, so many topics continue to be served up by the Reich Wing, that are overly deserving of his attention in the strip.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Both artists are about the same age, their strips both ran about ten years.

And these are things I did not know before today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Breathed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watterson

Both are awesome, I wish I didn't have to choose!

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. Really, for me it's a tie - I want both!

[CherokeeDem]

5. Love both...

In fact, love all mentioned so far... but I have to go with Calvin and Hobbs... love them.

[shenmue]

7. They were both sweet

[pokerfan]

8. Tough choice

but I have to give Calvin the nod. C&H could take me places BC just never could, i.e. the mind of a child.

[Auggie]

9. If Doonesbury and Peanuts and be rerun, why not either of these?

[Archae]

12. Both are in re-runs.

http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/

http://www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty

[Auggie]

13. Not in print

[Coventina]

10. Aw jeez, this is really Sophie's Choice!

I love them both so much!!!!

[Kali]

11. you are evil

can't choose!

[JoeyT]

14. Other: Too hard to pick.

I'd be happy for either and ecstatic for both to come back.

[Mike Daniels]

15. Love them both but I think Calvin and Hobbes' setting is universal

in its portrayal of the joys/pitfalls of childhood whereas Bloom County seemed to be "of it's time".

Even accounting for the strip incorporating contemporary political / pop culture commentary I'm not sure the general setting and personalities of the some of the human Bloom County characters would translate into today's culture without some sort of major adjustment.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

16. Calvin, but just by a hair...

[Brigid]

18. Calvin and Hobbes.

No doubt.

[Art_from_Ark]

19. Bloom County

Calvin and Hobbes is fine, but if I had to choose between the two, it would be Bloom County by a country mile.