That’s the assumption that adults make because nobody else sees him, sees Hobbes, in the way that Calvin does. It would seem to me, though, that when you make up a friend for yourself, you would have somebody to agree with you, not to argue with you. So Hobbes is more real than I suspect any kid would dream up. Bill Watterson, on Hobbes.
If you’re inclined to go beyond jokes and say something heartfelt, honest, or thoughtful, you have a tremendous opportunity. And best of all, because the comics are generally regarded as frivolous, disposable entertainment, readers rarely have their guard up. Bill Watterson
I cried the day the last CH strip ran. I was almost 9, and Calvin was both my childhood idol and introduction to literature. I found the strip in its entirety floating around on the web a year or two ago, and the comic is just amazing. It hasn’t lost anything. I can still sit down to read it and get up two hours later wondering where the time went.
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