More accumulated links:

— A couple-years-old fan interview with Bill Watterson, creator of “Calvin and Hobbes.”

The best thing about “C&H” was the ease with which its imagery were importable into any reader’s mindset. On one hand, Calvin could become the truck-rear-window-sticker maven he is today, forever pissing on whatever rival brand the truck’s owner doesn’t care for. On the other, you can have an exchange like this:

Q: So many of Calvin and Hobbes strips had some kind of moral/theological element that I wonder what your religious upbringing was and if it influenced that. (For instance, the “Love the sinner, hate the sin” strip as well as many Santa-related Christmas strips.) I’m guessing you were raised Catholic?

A: Actually, I’ve never attended any church.

— Some Abe Lincoln assassination conspiracy theories. Interesting that three of the six theories presented basically involved blaming Jews and Catholics. (In the case of Catholics, the alleged plotters are quite specifically the leadership of the Vatican. The stand-ins for the Jews are “a conspiracy of powerful international bankers” (!) and “the Jewish Confederate” Judah Benjamin.)

— Trailer for a new hip-hop doc from Mochilla. DJ battles, featuring Madlib, Cut Chemist, Oh No, and Will.I.Am (temporarily out of Fergie’s evil clutches).

By the way, Mochilla, I’m still waiting for that Brasilintime DVD.

— Part two of a conversation between Merlin Mann and John Roderick. Not as good as the first part.

23 April 2007

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