Comments on: Five comics that should never hit the big screen

By: Bearman

Bearman — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:33:30 +0000

I thought they already did a Dilbert movie….Office Space.

By: John Lotshaw

John Lotshaw — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:14:19 +0000

And maybe John Goodman as Hagar?

“Lucky Eddie, you’re outta you’re @$%&ing league!”

By: peter murphey

peter murphey — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:57:13 +0000

Calvin and Hobbes was made into a movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwaZh8eRRxo

By: Tom Heintjes

Tom Heintjes — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:13:17 +0000

Hagar would be great if they played up the pillaging and had Keira Knightley as Honi (always nice in a bodice). And Apartment 3G with Keira Knightley has one of the gals. In fact, just adapt all strips and put Keira Knightley in them.

By: ray friesen

ray friesen — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:16:49 +0000

in theory a dilbert movie with CG dogbert is in the works. I’d love to see Liberty Meadows, Get Fuzzy, Foxtrot, and a live action peanuts. Maybe.

By: ray friesen

ray friesen — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:15:43 +0000

actually Mr. Joe, just to be pedantic, there are several pogo movies, one from the 60′s(or maybe 70′s) written by Walt Kelly and Animated by Chuck Jones called ‘The Pogo Special Birthday Special’ that’s worth checking out. There other one that I know of is Claymation, and while good looking, not necessarily as pogish.

Pogo is my all time favorite too, my favorite possession is a piece of original art from 1963.

By: D. Anthony

D. Anthony — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:58:40 +0000

They already made a “Pogo” theatrical feature in 1980. It was a claymation film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087925/

Here’s a clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qze-g9xhaik&feature=related

Walt Kelly was also involved in “The Pogo Birthday Special” which was directed by Chuck Jones of Warner Bros. and Grinch fame.

Here’s a clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-Oej3nBMzQ&feature=related

Both films were released on Walt Disney Home Video in the 80s.

By: Joe Rank

Joe Rank — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:19:48 +0000

No on “Doonesbury”. Yes on “Get Fuzzy”.

“The Far Side”, an existentialist fantasy?
Maybe.

“Mallard Fillmore”, the John Waters triage.
Otherwise, paper targets.

Course, I always wanted someone to do an “Andy Gump” review…since my Grandad was a drinking buddy of Sidney Smith.

“Pogo” is my all-time fave, so I place it in my pantheon of untouchables.

By: Rich Diesslin

Rich Diesslin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:00:48 +0000

Mary Worth, Apartment 3G, Henry, Fred Basset … ;)

By: phil tography

phil tography — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:25:39 +0000

It would be interesting to see how Calvin and Hobbes would be done as a movie. I suppose Hobbes would be a stuffed toy and morphed into a computer generated tiger.
What other strips would not make a good movie ? I think justice could not be done to B.C., Wizard of ID, Nancy, Opus and Heathcliff.