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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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I've read it before... just checked now to confirm it was the same one... My thoughts are kind of complex.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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Calvin and Hobbes. Here's to all the Calvin and Hobbes fans 
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I've read it before... just checked now to confirm it was the same one... My thoughts are kind of complex.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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