It's going to be a grim day when the world is run by a generation that doesn't know anything but what it's seen on TV.

You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help.

Calvin: I'm a genius. I can't believe how smart I am. ...I've got more brains than I know what to do with. Hobbes: So I've noticed.

Miss Wormwood: Calvin, your test was an absolute disgrace! It's obvious you haven't read any of the material. Our first president was not Chef Boy-Ar-Dee and you ought to be ashamed to have turned in such preposterous answers! Calvin: I just don't test well.

Even if lives did hang in the balance, it would depend on whose they were.

I think comics overall would be better. I think there's a tremendous potential to be tapped.

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.