Does anyone have this Calvin & Hobbes strip?

[Sir Tim Drake]

Hey everyone,

For my thesis, I wanted to include an illustration of the Calvin & Hobbes strip from Sunday, November 19, 1995. This is the wordless strip where Calvin leaves his lunch at home, and as a result of running back home to get it, he misses the bus. I was counting on being able to download a scan of this strip from the Internet. Unfortunately, the Calvin & Hobbes Archive site has been served with a cease-and-desist order and is no longer accessible, nor is it archived on the Wayback Machine.

Thus my request: Can anyone send me a scan of this Calvin & Hobbes strip? I would be very grateful to anyone who could.

[Dennis K]

Maybe this is a naive question, but have you tried to contact Bill Watterson, either directly or through his publisher?

[Smuggletrain]

This site has Calvin & Hobbes up until April 1994:

http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/

Is it possible the strip you want could have been published earlier 11/95? Some of the strips were reruns.

[Sir Tim Drake]

*bump* Could someone possibly scan the strip for me?

If anyone would be kind enough to do this, I would mention them on the acknowledgements page of the thesis.

[Michael P]

If I had my Calvin and Hobbes books with me, I would, man. That was one of my favorite C&H strips of all time.

[Sanagi]

I can look through the C&H books that I have to see if I have it. I don't have all of them, though, and I have some software issues with my scanner, so don't hold your breath...

[Michael P]

If it's from November, 1995, then it'd be in the last book "It's A Magical World." It's also in the 10th Anniversary book.

[MacQuarrie]

Maybe this is a naive question, but have you tried to contact Bill Watterson, either directly or through his publisher?
They will ask for money.

I did a concert program book a few years ago, and one of the pieces was the 1812 Overture, so I contacted Andrews & McMeel for permission to reprint one of the strips in the program. It cost us $45.

[Sanagi]

If it's from November, 1995, then it'd be in the last book "It's A Magical World." It's also in the 10th Anniversary book.
I don't have that one.

So definitely don't hold your breath, Sir Tim.

[Shades0077]

Have you tried the library?

[Sir Tim Drake]

My school library has no Calvin & Hobbes books, unfortunately.

I just needed it as an example of a completely wordless comics narrative that still made sense. But I should be able to find another example.

[Matt Algren]

My school library has no Calvin & Hobbes books, unfortunately.

I just needed it as an example of a completely wordless comics narrative that still made sense. But I should be able to find another example.
I don't know about Rhode Island, but around here every WaldenBooks I've been into has a perpetual blow-out sale on Calvin and Hobbes. I'm talking like $6-$8 for one of the later oversized books. Try there. (Calvin and Hobbes is ALWAYS worth it!)

[IQ!]

My school library has no Calvin & Hobbes books, unfortunately.

I just needed it as an example of a completely wordless comics narrative that still made sense. But I should be able to find another example.

Try the public library. The one here has always had Calvin and Hobbes in their humor section. That's actually how I got into it as a kid.

EDIT: Or you could try the periodicals section of you school library and look for a newspaper that printed it and take a print out from the machine that reads microfiche or whatever it is they put it on now. Then take that printout and scan it at like Kinko's or something.

Hope this helps.

[Matt Algren]

You know, it's been awhile since someone posted a Calvin & Hobbes cartoon.

http://ignatz.brinkster.net/cimages/cseriousart.jpg

[Sir Tim Drake]

I just needed it as an example of a completely wordless comics narrative that still made sense. But I should be able to find another example.

I found another example. My thesis advisor is already familiar with Quino's comic strip Mafalda, which is kind of like a Spanish-language version of Peanuts except with more political content. And the library has a Mafalda collection which contains a bunch of wordless strips, so I'm just going to use some of those instead. Thanks to all who offered their help!

[Loren]

I have the whole run of C&H books. I'll try to have my brother bring the last couple back here tonight, and if he remembers, I'll scan in it for ya.

Loren

[Sir Tim Drake]

I have the whole run of C&H books. I'll try to have my brother bring the last couple back here tonight, and if he remembers, I'll scan in it for ya.

Loren

Thanks, but don't worry about it. I think the Mafalda strips are actually a better option, given that my advisor and I have specifically discussed this strip.