Calvin & Hobbes - You just cannot not like Calvin

Hi,

I just love Calvin and thought will share a strip daily (I will try to ). Not sure if this should be in Humor Zone. Mods may move it appropriately. I do not think this is “Just Humor”. There is more to this than you see

To start with

Courtesy Wikipedia for Character Descriptions below

Calvin :

Calvin, named after the 16th-century theologian John Calvin, is a six-year-old, whose last name is never mentioned in the strip.⁴¹ Despite his poor grades in school, Calvin demonstrates his intelligence through his sophisticated vocabulary and a philosophical mind

Calvin: “Dad, are you vicariously living through me in the hope that my accomplishments will validate your mediocre life and in some way compensate for all of the opportunities you botched?”
Dad: “If I were, you can bet I’d be re-evaluating my strategy.”
Calvin to his mom, later: “Mom, Dad keeps insulting me.”

Hobbes :

From the other characters’ perspectives, Hobbes is Calvin’s stuffed tiger. From Calvin’s point of view, Hobbes is an anthropomorphic tiger, much larger than Calvin and full of independent attitudes and ideas. When the perspective shifts to any other character, readers again see merely a stuffed animal, usually seated at an off-kilter angle and blankly staring into space. Watterson explains:

“When Hobbes is a stuffed toy in one panel and alive in the next, I’m juxtaposing the ‘grown-up’ version of reality with Calvin’s version, and inviting the reader to decide which is truer.”

Calvin’s parents :

Calvin’s mother and father are American middle-class parents. Like many other characters in the strip, their relatively down-to-earth and sensible attitudes serve as a foil for Calvin’s outlandish behavior

Susie Derkins :

Susie Derkins, the only important character with both a first and last name, is a classmate of Calvin’s who lives on his street. Named for the pet beagle of Watterson’s wife’s family,⁴⁷ she appeared early in the strip as a new student in Calvin’s class. She is polite and studious, with a mild imagination consisting of stereotypical young-girl games such as playing house or hosting tea parties with her stuffed animals. However, she is also depicted playing imaginary games with Calvin in which she is a high-powered lawyer or politician and he is her househusband.

And Finally , the master.. Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin & Hobbes and he made sure that Calvin & Hobbes is not treated like a typical merchandise material. Find me a place where you find Calvin T-Shirts / Mugs / Bags or whatever you can lay your hands on. He owns the copyright for C&H and you will find it anywhere, though you can find them misused here and there

Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something he felt would cheapen his comic.He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities

Dont tell me you do not see yourself there