http://www.maroonedcomic.com/robotman-and-monty/ A Space Opera in the Wrong Key Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:25:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.maroonedcomic.com/robotman-and-monty/#comment-210 Tom Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:38:21 +0000 http://www.maroonedcomic.com/?p=87#comment-210 Holy cow - very interesting. Not surprising in hindsight that Watterson wouldn't have done it - although I could see it tempting him early in his career. Meddick should be commended though for keeping a strip alive that lost many readers due to the changing cast, and he still is going strong today. Holy cow - very interesting. Not surprising in hindsight that Watterson wouldn’t have done it - although I could see it tempting him early in his career. Meddick should be commended though for keeping a strip alive that lost many readers due to the changing cast, and he still is going strong today.

]]> http://www.maroonedcomic.com/robotman-and-monty/#comment-208 David Reddick Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:35:05 +0000 http://www.maroonedcomic.com/?p=87#comment-208 Great post, Tom! And as an awesome historical sidenote, before Meddick's involvement, United Features wanted Bill Watterson to incorporate Robotman into a lil' strip he was developing with them at the time, Calvin & Hobbes ;-)... to which he declined after some thought, as he just couldn't do someone else's character in his strip. So he declined United Features contract, and resent to Universal Press, who gobbled C&H up and the rest is history. ;-) Great post, Tom!
And as an awesome historical sidenote, before Meddick’s involvement, United Features wanted Bill Watterson to incorporate Robotman into a lil’ strip he was developing with them at the time, Calvin & Hobbes ;-)… to which he declined after some thought, as he just couldn’t do someone else’s character in his strip. So he declined United Features contract, and resent to Universal Press, who gobbled C&H up and the rest is history.

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