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A little closure for those of us who loved Calvin and Hobbes
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Loved that comic - and still do. I still have all the books. The snowmen and dinosaurs were always my favorite ones, but they were all great. I was that kid, when I was young...didn't really fit in, made up my own games/entertainment, which usually involved aliens of some kind, etc. It's why I love them - it reminds me of what it was like to be young and without the concerns/responsibilities we have now as adults and the world actually WAS a magical place. I think when you lose that, then that is when you start to FEEL old. Bill Watterson is a genius - and an example of what it's like to be able to hang on to that piece of youth in your mind.0
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I don't know whether to admire Watterson for ending the strip when he did or hate him for it.0
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Did you read this? Any thoughts?A little closure for those of us who loved Calvin and Hobbes
https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/25gtsw/eu_in_the_final_minutes_of_his_life_calvin_has/
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Did you read this? Any thoughts?A little closure for those of us who loved Calvin and Hobbes
https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/25gtsw/eu_in_the_final_minutes_of_his_life_calvin_has/
Calvin and Hobbes works for me because Watterson defied our world and it's petty conventions. Calvin is larger than life despite being smaller than Moe. Hobbes is a stuffed tiger but wiser than Yoda. His parents don't even have names... nor do they need names... Calvin's world is the perfect menage of reality and surreal imagination.
You see, I want to believe a desk can turn into a dinosaur and run away... a plastic gun can transmogrify Calvin into a tiger or a worm or an owl. I don't want limits to Calvin's imagination.
Although I understand the desire by many fans to have closure, this account tied Calvin to humanity... limits him to a frail human body... Bringing the loose ends together, so to speak.
I prefer Watterson's ending... heading out in an unknown direction to adventures yet imagined. I prefer Calvin to be immortal with Hobbes forever by his side, gently chiding Calvin for his excesses and relishing his company.5 -
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I Calvin and Hobbes. Here's to all the Calvin and Hobbes fans1
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Did you read this? Any thoughts?A little closure for those of us who loved Calvin and Hobbes
https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/25gtsw/eu_in_the_final_minutes_of_his_life_calvin_has/
Calvin and Hobbes works for me because Watterson defied our world and it's petty conventions. Calvin is larger than life despite being smaller than Moe. Hobbes is a stuffed tiger but wiser than Yoda. His parents don't even have names... nor do they need names... Calvin's world is the perfect menage of reality and surreal imagination.
You see, I want to believe a desk can turn into a dinosaur and run away... a plastic gun can transmogrify Calvin into a tiger or a worm or an owl. I don't want limits to Calvin's imagination.
Although I understand the desire by many fans to have closure, this account tied Calvin to humanity... limits him to a frail human body... Bringing the loose ends together, so to speak.
I prefer Watterson's ending... heading out in an unknown direction to adventures yet imagined. I prefer Calvin to be immortal with Hobbes forever by his side, gently chiding Calvin for his excesses and relishing his company.
Bravo sir. Really enjoyed this comment.
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When my son was younger we read C/H together, and now I'm reading them with my daughter. She wanted us
to try drawing them last week, and this is what we came up with...1 -
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