Calvin and Hobbes...

UncleMac · May 2016

The beginning of a dramatic story arc...
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Monkey_Business · May 2016

Monkey_Business · May 2016

Monkey_Business · May 2016

Calvinball is a game invented by Calvin and Hobbes in which you make the rules up as you go along. Rules cannot be used twice (except for the rule that rules cannot be used twice). No Calvinball game is like another. The game may involve wickets, mallets, volleyballs, and additional equipment as well as masks.

There is only one permanent rule in Calvinball: You can't play it in the same way twice. (But another seems to be that you have to wear a mask.) For example, in one game of Calvinball, the goal was to capture your opponent's flag, whereas in a different game of Calvinball, the goal was to score points by hitting badminton shuttlecocks against trees using a croquet mallet. An apparent rule in Calvinball is that you must wear a black mask and that you aren't allowed to question the mask. Another apparent rule is that any new rule made up by each player must be accepted. A third apparent rule is that you cannot make any plays you made in a previous game.

Creation

Calvin created the game when he first became tired of organized sports. Although the first depicted game of Calvinball followed Calvin's failure to join the baseball team [1], the game appears in such a complete form there that it is likely Calvin and Hobbes had been playing the game for a long time beforehand.

The only hint at the true creation of the game comes from the last Calvinball strip, in which a game of football quickly changes into a game of Calvinball. Calvin remarks, "Sooner or later, all our games turn into Calvinball," suggesting that a similar scenario led directly to the creation of the sport..

Monkey_Business · May 2016

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Monkey_Business · May 2016

crazymama2both · May 2016

My first serious boyfriend was an artist. He drew C&H comics all over my bedroom walls and I painted them. I miss that room.

cblue315 · May 2016

crazymama2both wrote: »

My first serious boyfriend was an artist. He drew C&H comics all over my bedroom walls and I painted them. I miss that room.

Do you miss the boyfriend?

UncleMac · May 2016

Beware the Pernicious Poem Place!!

UncleMac · May 2016

cblue315 · May 2016

Happy 700!
Just goes to show how well liked this strip still is.

UncleMac · May 2016

cblue315 wrote: »

Happy 700!
Just goes to show how well liked this strip still is.

As much as I've enjoyed a variety of comic strips over the years, the favourite is Calvin & Hobbes, bar none.

My kids read and enjoyed the comics... and if they ever get around to having kids, I expect the wee ones will get to read Calvin & Hobbes as well. If they don't read to them, I will!!