Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 17, 2015
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Transcript:
Calvin: "Times are tough for us suburban post-modernists." Hobbes: "How so?" Calvin: "Well, people seem to be reluctant to pay for sidewalk drawings that stay where they are and wash away in the rain" Calvin: "And nowadays, nobody wants tax money to support art, and corporations won't underwrite me because I'm not famous enough to effectively advertise their cultural enlightenment" Hobbes: "Couldn't you support your art with another job?" Calvin: "What, you mean WORK?"
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