Leo looking good in Black and White
Calvin: Dad, how come old photographs are always black and white? Didn't they have color film back then?
Dad: Sure they did. In fact, those old photographs are in color. It's just the world was black and white then.
Calvin: Really?
Dad: Yep. The world didn't turn color until sometime in the 1930s, and it was pretty grainy color for a while, too.
Calvin: That's really weird.
Dad: Well, truth is stranger than fiction.
Calvin: But then why are old paintings in color?! If their world was black and white, wouldn't artists have painted it that way?
Dad: Not necessarily. A lot of great artists were insane.
Calvin: But... but how could they have painted in color anyway? Wouldn't their paints have been shades of gray back then?
Dad: Of course, but they turned colors like everything else did in the '30s.
Calvin: So why didn't old black and white photos turn color too?
Dad: Because they were color pictures of black and white, remember?
- Calvin & Hobbes
8 comments:
Henry loves this Calvin and Hobbes exchange (he quotes it). And I love Leo. Great post!
Annette - I knew I liked Henry!
love black and white ~ why for this photo jewels?
My Favorite Calvin & Hobbes ever.
Julie- I thought it was a good one with the lines and the bi-color cat, but mostly b/c I wanted to post the Calvin & Hobbes conversation :)
My fave too :)
I love Calvin and Hobbes!
haha ... this was our favourite strip and we tried on our Calvin!!!
that was great jewels... calvin and hobbes is my favourite cartoon..
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