Ah, OK, as a child? Probably "Peanuts". I was an adult when "Calvin and Hobbes" had its run, but I enjoyed that strip, and the books. I liked the way it was drawn. I drew cartoons myself, for a while, when I was in college. I drew editorial cartoons for my college's paper, and sold some to a local newspaper, too.
I was a fan of some of the older humor strips, too, like "Beetle Bailey" and "Hagar the Horrible".
I prefer Warner Bros cartoons for the style in which they were drawn, for the humor, and the music. When I was in 8th grade (1979, I think that was), I undertook to study them. One of our local TV stations ran an hour of uncut WB cartoons at 3PM every day, and I'd run home to watch. I even made notes about who the production staff were. I learned to tell just by looking, which cartoons were produced in which year, and which animators, which director, which writer produced them. And you really have to know our cultural history in the 30s, 40s and 50s, and classical and popular music, to get all the humor. And along with playing the trumpet all those years, those cartoons helped me to learn and appreciate classical music....edit...I was never a fan of Walter Lantz' work, though I appreciate his talent. ... edit....Now--would I buy a kit of my favorites? Probably not, though I do have some anime kits in the stash. I did build Monogram's "Peanuts" kits, when I was a kid, though, Snoopy's Sopwith Camel, the Red Baron's Fokker, Snoopy's Bugatti and motorcycle with sidecar. I may get around to picking those up again on the second-hand market and building them again, someday. Prost! Brad
