Calvin and Hobbes

[War Penguin]

I'm sure most (if not all) of you remember Calvin and Hobbes. I remembered rolling on the floor laughing at some of the strips when I was little. But after a long time of not reading, I finally picked up a Calvin and Hobbes book (with writer's commentary) and saw it from new, but aged eyes. I saw how a child's imagination is a beautiful but dangerous thing at times. I learned that an animal (Hobbes) can represent the side of man (Calvin) that made them see the ugly side of their kind.
It was beautiful but sad. I was crushed when I didn't see it the way I did as little guy but I was happy to see the great memories and joys it brought me.
So, for nostalgia's sake, what have you learned from the strip? What do you remember? And what was the best moment related to Calvin and Hobbes for you?
Oh, and by the way, I'd be lying if I said "I didn't expect that Robot Chicken sketch to come up".

 

[RebelRising]

What I learned from the comic, mainly, was that there's a little kid in every grown-up, and that kids are sometimes much more perceptive and observant than adults.

Mostly, I see it the same as before. It's not sad to me, but it's definitely more in-depth and willing to take on less-than-comical storylines and impart some valid lessons. The one about the dead raccoon is an example that comes to mind.

 

[Snotnarok]

Why should one remember Calvin and Hobbs when it's much easier to know the comic and love it?

 

[pompom8volt]

I haven't read it since i was 12... I just remember it being funny...

 

[Lord Thodin]

Why should one remember Calvin and Hobbs when it's much easier to know the comic and love it?

BOO YAH!

 

[Jenkins]

Calvin and Hobbes is one of my favorites, its pure awesomeness.

 

[Midniqht]

I learned more about the art of murderous snowmen making

 

[leviathanmisha]

I loved it, for Christmas my bf bought me the leather bound complete edition...it's 3 huge books that have every single calvin and hobbes comic ever written.

 

[Anarchemitis]

I loved it, for Christmas my bf bought me the leather bound complete edition...it's 3 huge books that have every single calvin and hobbes comic ever written.

I once got for Christmas a collection of all of the Sunday comics, the colored version glossy on one side of the page, and the raw on bristol (with pen, smudges and white-outs on the other side, with a few captions by Watterson on the comic. It had a neat Forward by Charles M. Shultz (May He Rest in Peace) and everything. I loved it, one of the best gifts I've ever received.

 

[Gadzooks]

It always struck me as a comic secretly for adults. Atleast, I feel like I get more from reading it now than the giggles I got as a kid. I like the idea using a childs innocence to question adult topics or even just little ones.

Anyway, I'm sure you can tell I'm a fan of sorts.

 

[leviathanmisha]

I loved it, for Christmas my bf bought me the leather bound complete edition...it's 3 huge books that have every single calvin and hobbes comic ever written.

I once got for Christmas a collection of all of the Sunday comics, the colored version glossy on one side of the page, and the raw on bristol (with pen, smudges and white-outs on the other side, with a few captions by Watterson on the comic. It had a neat Forward by Charles M. Shultz (May He Rest in Peace) and everything. I loved it, one of the best gifts I've ever received.

That sounds cool, I own a bunch of Garfield books and I pull them out when I babysit cause the kids love to read them.

 

[the_dancy_vagrant]

I'm sure most (if not all) of you remember Calvin and Hobbes. I remembered rolling on the floor laughing at some of the strips when I was little. But after a long time of not reading, I finally picked up a Calvin and Hobbes book (with writer's commentary) and saw it from new, but aged eyes. I saw how a child's imagination is a beautiful but dangerous thing at times. I learned that an animal (Hobbes) can represent the side of man (Calvin) that made them see the ugly side of their kind.
It was beautiful but sad. I was crushed when I didn't see it the way I did as little guy but I was happy to see the great memories and joys it brought me.
So, for nostalgia's sake, what have you learned from the strip? What do you remember? And what was the best moment related to Calvin and Hobbes for you?
Oh, and by the way, I'd be lying if I said "I didn't expect that Robot Chicken sketch to come up".

I remember one strip with the following dialogue: "A box of new crayons! Now they're all pointy, lined up in order, bright and perfect! Soon they'll bea bunch of ground-down, rounded, indistinguishable stumps, missing their wrappers and smudged with other colors. .... Sometimes life seems unbearably tragic."

That sums it all up for me. I loved that strip because of observations like this one.

 

[Iskenator67]

I remember searching numerous book stores to buy all the collections, then getting pissed off that they released a complte set after I spent all my time searching. Nonetheless it was a great comic.

 

[War Penguin]

Anyway, I'm sure you can tell I'm a fan of sorts.

*looks at name and picture*
What makes you say that?

 

[SebZero]

When I was younger I loved these comics.

Now that I'm a bit older I understand the cleverness and depth that some of the comics have.


*boink*

 

[NeutralDrow]

Learned from it? Nothing comes to mind...nothing conscious, anyway.

Was that required? I enjoyed the comic when I was a child, and I enjoy it even more now, as an adult. It was one of the saddest days of my life when I looked in the newspaper comic section January 2, 1996, and saw that it wasn't there (I've never forgiven Mutts for being the one to replace it in the San Diego Union-Tribune).

And no, choosing a favorite moment is impossible. Was it Calvin selling swifts kicks to to butt for $1 each? Was it the leisurely game of baseball where Hobbes insisted Calvin touched all the bases out of order (all 23 of them, and never touched the secret base at all)? Perhaps one of the wagon moments that I never really understood until I grew up? I can't say.

 

[AvsJoe]

I was never a fan of C & H. I kinda skipped right past it, from Family Circus and Garfield to Close To Home and Doonesbury.

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

Sadly, I never got to read it while it was in circulation in the newspapers. I guess I was too young/paid no attention to the newspaper.

If possible, I would like to start reading it. From the few I've seen, it's reputation is appropriate.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I learned a number of new ways to make my father reconsider the asylum.

 

[tirone231]

I learned that almost any household chore your father gives you...mostly snow shoveling...will build character. that, and the fact that "BATS AREN'T BUGS"!!!!