Calvin & Hobbes

Calvin Calvin & & Hobbes Hobbes

• Created by Bill Waterson and one of the most loved comic strips ever • Featured daily for a decade from November 1985 to December 1995 • Featured in atleast 2400 newspapers • The entire series comprised of 3160 comic strips

Calvin • 6 year old American kid • Named after 17th century French theologian, John Calvin • Lives mostly in a fantasy world of his own

Hobbes • Hobbes is a stuffed tiger • Calvin imagines him to be real • Named after the 17th century English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes

• Script centered mainly in the east American suburb • Calvin is a stereotypical kid, stuck in the system but constantly questioning it • Adult like in thoughts, but very much a kid • Imaginations are wild manipulations of real world scenarios

• Hobbes is portrayed as a real individual with thoughts and feelings • Dim view of human nature • Immune to silliness; that of humans and of Calvin • Voice of reason against Calvin's impulsive imagination

• Wry humour with criticism of society • Criticized the academia and artworld through Calvin; eg. Snowmen, art critic • Criticized consumerism, commercialism and gadget culture through Hobbes

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