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A painting. Moving. Spiritually enriching. Sublime, ... 'high' art! The comic strip. Vapid. Juvenile. Commercial hack work, ... 'low' art. A painting of a comic strip panel. Sophisticated irony. Philosophically challenging. ... 'high' art. Suppose I draw a cartoon of a painting of a comic strip? Sophomoric. Intellectually sterile. ...'low' art.
Calvin looks at a painting on the wall, calling it 'high' art. He looks at a comic strip, calling it 'low' art. He looks at a painting of a comic strip. He calls it sophisticated irony and 'high' art. Hobbes says to suppose a cartoon of a painting of a comic strip. Calvin calls is sophomoric and 'low' art as he starts drawing the picture.