Comments on: The absolutely best Calvin and Hobbes comics ever!

By: Blawghh

Blawghh — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 05:26:24 +0000

You are an awesome dog! Loved the blog and the this post specially. Our first tom-cat who walked himself in our house with a newspaper was christened Hobbes. Can never ever forget him. I love all of CnH, its hard to pick a favorite but i like to think of myself as Calvin and dont ever want to grow up:)

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 05:58:40 +0000

What a blessing Watterson has been to all who read Calvin and Hobbes.

By: reviewedbylewis

reviewedbylewis — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 18:40:12 +0000

Reblogged this! I do love Calvin and Hobbes!

By: calvy

calvy — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:29:05 +0000

In reply to holden. Thanks Holden, you are so very true for Calvin & Hobbeshave that key to our childhood, that one secret door which makes returning to innocence an easy spell. Here's to childhood....here's to Calvin & Hobbes:)

By: holden

holden — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:38:41 +0000

i was brought here by the dead bird strip, i remembered from my childhood and had a sudden urge to view it. thank you for posting it, and the others you selected are all great they cheered me up. There is something about calvin and hobbes that seems like home.

By: Bê

Bê — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:57:33 +0000

Loved it, Reblogged!

By: Picu

Picu — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:16:54 +0000

i liked The Raccoon incident…it truly shows a child’s innocence …reminded me of all my kittens that died…gosh i always hated that part when they use to take them to bury..:((

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 19:56:16 +0000

Calvy, I agree with your assessment of Watterson’s genius. For your and your readers’ possible interest (but in reality, for the fun I had doing it!), I’ve used what I consider to be the most relevant Calvin & Hobbes strips to illustrate a series of posts at my blog dealing with what I call “the God Lie”.

By: calvy

calvy — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 05:20:53 +0000

In reply to John.

I am sorry for your loss John! I would like to express my heartfelt condolence to bereaved family and pray to almighty that your friend’s departed soul finds eternal peace. The way Calvin & Hobbes ‘death’ strips have dealt on such a emotional issue is beyond the scope of words to narrate. Here’s from one Calvin & Hobbes fan to another, keep the strength to go on!

Here’s offering you love, peace and an extended arm of friendship!

By: John

John — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:45:26 +0000

Hey dude, my best friend died in a car wreck late last night. I got the word this morning before I went to work. I held it together pretty well all day, and just came unglued when I got home. I want you to know that I typed in ‘Calvin and Hobbes lessons on death’ into google and it led me here, the two strips I wanted to see where the raccon and bird ones. You hit the nail on the head. Thanks for making me feel a little better with some good ol fashioned Calvin and Hobbes therapy.

By: calvy

calvy — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:17:20 +0000

In reply to Punam.

Anytime Punam!

A fan of Calvin & Hobbes is always a friend of mine:) My sister had named me Calvy after seeing my unwavering affection for Mr. Bill Waterson’s masterpiece after even a decade of the last published strip. To me, it is like a philosophy of life, half the things worth knowing that I’ve learned it has been through C&H!

Keep visiting! 🙂

By: Punam

Punam — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:50:03 +0000

Hi Calvy, when I saw this name, I got an intuition that it’s inspiration has to be Calvin!! My favourite cartoon character as well! He is just soo cute and I love to read his strips. They always make me smile. His transmogrifier is amazing!! And all those reasons he can concoct for not going to bath! How creativity can be made to feel so innocent through a small kid’s blabbering mouth beats me.

Thank you very much! ~Punam

By: calvy

calvy — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 03:53:25 +0000

In reply to antara.

Thanks for the wonderful insight Antara,I have that edition too 🙂

Mr Waterson truly is a genius and the very fact that he was against commercializing/licensing the artwork shows the deep-rooted love that he shared for a feeling that Calvin & Hobbes depict in their mundane adventures! If only Calvin & Hobbes is resurrected in our lifetimes yet again 🙂

Keep visiting! 🙂

By: antara

antara — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:45:35 +0000

love Calvin and Hobbes :). I have this 10th anniversary edition which shows the initial conception and development of the characters. Things like why Calvin’s parents don’t have a name and why their professions are never clarified, what happened when Bill tried to introduce a new character in the strip, Calvin and Susie chemistry, Hobbes personality, Calvin’s psychosis etc. It’s very interesting to see Bill’s struggle from the first comic strip onwards and his source of ideas. The strip is based on a very rich blend of inspirations, imagination and real life. Incidentally Calvin is named after a French theologian, John Calvin and Hobbes after Thomas Hobbes, an English Philosopher.