There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them. And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It's hard to charge admission without a gate.

As "Calvin and Hobbes" went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity. One of the jokes I really like is that the fantasies are drawn more realistically than reality, since that says a lot about what's going on in Calvin's head.

You are demoted from First Tiger to bulk rate.

I won't eat any cereal that doesn't turn the milk purple.

Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.

That's the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!

You never know when some crazed rodent with cold feet could be running loose in your pants.