Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

’’Reality continues to ruin my life.’’ I have often day dreamed in my class, that too period after lunch. I enter my virtual world, where I am the space hero, who saves the world from imminent destruction. There wont be a single person who did not do this during his lifetime. Authors used this to write cinemas, novels, but the best was reserved for cartoons and comics!! The comic strip that made it look like an art was Calvin and Hobbes by bill Watterson. C&H comic strip ran, as a weekly column in Washington post feature from 1985-1995 was a mix of emotions, imagination, vent on issues, relationship, could rival a novel for range and depth. Universal Press Syndicate picked up the strip in 1985. The cartoon was quickly picked up by dozens of papers, and eventually ran in more

than 2,500. Success was instant.

Principle element in the strip was Calvin (named after 16th-century Protestant theologian), 6year old boy, with a vivid imagination: one minute he is fearless intergalactic traveler Spaceman Spiff, crash-landing on a hostile planet, the next he is a fearsome T-Rex stalking his victim through the Jurassic jungle. He is in thrall to consumerism, hates school, loves making gruesome snowmen, the vocabulary of a Yale lit major and plays Calvinball, A game of ever-changing rules. Calvin battled blobs of oatmeal and the bathtub bath, foam monster. He and Hobbes hurtled downhill in their wagon. He turned himself into a Tyrannosaurus rex, Calvin the Human Insect, Calvin the Bug, Captain Napalm, Stupendous Man and Spaceman Spiff. In the middle of class, Calvin's teacher suddenly turns into a monster! The drooling blob demands attention and homework!! He was known to wear little rocket ship underpants. He feared only the dreaded the babysitter and monsters under his bet, who come alive when it is dark. He likes glooby boogy for snacks and bedtime story. He likes to draw cartoon, so you will come across cartoon within a cartoon. Probably the first one to get spiked hair cut.

The stuffed tiger named Hobbes (named after the philosopher Thomas Hobbes). A tiger that walks on two feet, makes cheesecake grins at girls and appears to be more mature than Calvin by a day. Calvin’s parents see Hobbes as a nondescript plush toy and by Calvin and me as a pouncing and lovable (cute for girls) "real" tiger—Calvin's slightly- more sensible better half, an alter ego. The cross exchange between private and shared reality gives the strip its vitality, flavour and life. Hobbes comes alive only when he and Calvin are alone.

Watterson now 47year old was born in the Ohio District and grew up in Chagrin Falls. Introvert and reclusive. His mom was on the city council and his dad a patent attorney. He would use the family house as the model for Calvin's home, his dad as the model for Calvin's dad. Calvin’s parents have no name in the strip. Watterson, in the book's introduction: "Hobbes got all my better qualities (with a few quirks from our cats), and Calvin my ranting, escapist side. Together, they're pretty much a transcript of my mental diary . . . it's pretty startling to reread these strips ands see my personality exposed so plainly right there on paper. I meant to disguise that better. His syndicate, wanted to cash in by marketing all kinds of Calvin and Hobbes products, but backed off when he threatened to stop drawing the strip. He said no to movie offer from Stephen Spielberg. Stopped writing the strip when he felt it was becoming stale, but the cartoon was at its peak popularity. Nothing budged him from his decision.

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Read and enjoy.

Mom I want a rocket launcher. When is Christmas?

Hobbes: news says by the age of 6, most children have seen million murders on tv.

Calvin: oh no I have been watching all wrong channels.

Test paper: 2+7=?

Calvin’s reply: I cannot answer this question, as it is against my religious principle.