To me, I think the Aquarians can't communicate verbally so they have to use telepathy to 'speak'. And I agree with Aileri, they'd have killed her with the water spike, after the barrier fell if they were going to take her down. Go Comics has the complete Calvin and Hobbes archive, and you can read the strip online or download the mobile app. You can relive the experience of reading the beloved comic strip every day. We've re-launched Progressive Boink, friends! Hope you enjoy. Hundreds of comic strips have been published in newspapers. The majority are terrible, and almost all the rest are mediocre. There have been maybe four or five good comic strips in the history of the world. So saying that Calvin and Hobbes is the best comic strip ever doesn't really hold a lot of weight. And it's really a shame that it's so difficult to quantify this strip's greatness. I can confidently state that Calvin and Hobbes outclasses the rest of the comic strip world more than anything else has ever outclassed the rest of its medium. Sans this strip, the industry is characterized by guys sitting on rocks making stupid puns, a Family Circus kid misunderstanding the meaning of a word, or an overweight father playing golf while telling jokes such as I LIKE GOLF and GOLF IS HARD. It's a medium that doesn't really deserve something as good as Calvin and Hobbes, but it got it anyway, and the newspaper-reading world was made a better place by it. Calvin and Hobbes ran from 1985 to 1995. Bill Watterson drew thousands of strips, and while I wish like hell that he would come back and draw more, it's probably best to reflect and be thankful for what he's done. Below we have showcased, in no particular order, some of our favorite Calvin and Hobbes strips of all time. If you love them as much as we do, let us know if you think there are any that we should have included. And if you missed out, well, hopefully we can give you some idea of why Mr. Watterson is our hero. 'Virtue needs some cheaper thrills.' © Universal Press Syndicate Calvin is an unbelievably intelligent six-year-old. Hobbes is his tiger friend who plays the role of Jiminy Cricket, casual observer, and savage beast. This strip introduces their dynamic rather well. Calvin's a grossly misbehaving child, and no matter how he tries, he can't betray his nature. It's kind of refreshing to see a strip that doesn't feel the need to have an uplifting message, or feel like it needs to point out that it's mean to whack an innocent person upside the dome with a snowball. - Jon 'He's one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!' © Universal Press Syndicate One of the top classic Calvin strips. It serves as an example of what set C&H apart from other comics: It's not a simple set-up to a punchline in the last panel, but a whole and complete work that uses every inch of space. Not only that, but tonally it's a huge departure from other strips of the time (or of today, for that matter). I can only imagine the initial reaction across the country to a dark, gothic tale of supernatural creation and destruction, wedged between Gasoline Alley and Mark Trail. - Bill 'You've taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system.' © Universal Press Syndicate Pretty much the voice of Bill Watterson dictating the current state of our school systems. Dead on if you ask me. The school system is more of a test for being able to acquire knowledge than preparation for anything worthwhile. - Nick 'We prefer your extinction to the loss of our job.' © Universal Press Syndicate Calvin and Hobbes is sometimes at its best when it's bizarre, and this is definitely one of the more bizarre strips. There are some subtleties in this strip that I like, such as the guy in the third panel doing the 'end is nigh' pose and the futuristic spacecraft revealing an old-timey loudspeaker. Hobbes' bizarre reply is the icing on the cake. Perhaps it stems from his disdain for humanity's willingness to stomp over nature to gain the extra dollar. - Jon 'It's psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I'll get a saw.' 3 695 Calvin And Hobbes Comics All Zipped Up Jelly Roll© Universal Press Syndicate The 'realistic' art style and dramatic angles of comic strip soap operas like Rex Morgan, M.D. Are funny enough when they're real, so Watterson didn't have to stretch too far for a parody. I mean, look at this. I wouldn't listen to two real people talk about whether to put their kid in day care, why would anyone actually read this? Also, that second panel is scary and I think Rex is driving so fast because his passenger has to hurry and get back to The Human League. - Bill 'Scientific progress goes 'boink'?' © Universal Press Syndicate The Duplicator Story. Some of the stories told in this strip last weeks, and this was one of them. Calvin and Hobbes isn't particularly unique in this respect; after all, the last ten years of 'Funky Winkerbean' have chronicled him making his bed. 3 695 Calvin And Hobbes Comics All Zipped Up Jelly Roll LyricsCalvin and Hobbes stories are so great because they give the strip the opportunity to spin completely out of control. In this story, Calvin invents a device which allows him to instantly duplicate himself. His intent is to create a clone that will do all the hard work for him, but hell unleashes when he realizes that the clone, being exactly like him, is just as much of an asshole as he is. Calvin #2 manages to create Calvins #3-6, and they all cause chaos because they know that Calvin #1 will have to pay for it. It's just about the best alibi a kid could have. It probably reaches its climax when Calvin's mom sees #4 glued to the television when he's supposed to be doing chores and yells, 'What are you doing watching TV?' #4 replies casually, 'Why, are you taking a survey?' If I had responded like that to either of my parents when I was a kid, they would have shot me in the kneecap. Needless to say, this is where we got the name of this website. - Jon 'For a mom, sometimes she's pretty cool.' © Universal Press Syndicate Probably the best approach a parent could take when their child asks of cigarettes. It's also the only strip where Calvin gets what he wants. Figures that she shits all over him at the same time. - Nick 'Words fail me.' © Universal Press Syndicate The Transmogrifier Story. 3 695 Calvin And Hobbes Comics All Zipped Up Jelly RollsAhhhhhh, The Transmogrifier. The Transmogrifier was composed of several strips, and was even made more efficient when held within the parameters of a squirt gun. This is my favorite Transmogrifier strip, because Calvin is adorable. This was also the strip where I realized that all Calvin and Hobbes strips were written in all-caps. - Nick 'I notice your oeuvre is monochromatic.' © Universal Press Syndicate © Universal Press Syndicate Also setting Calvin and Hobbes apart was how surprisingly literate it was, especially for a comic that was not a specific commentary piece like Doonesbury or Bloom County. Watterson admitted in the Calvin and Hobbes 10th Anniversary collection that he had held quite an interest in art for many years, and always had sort of a bemused fascination with the amount of bullshit people build around it. I'm, uh, paraphrasing, of course. Sad to say, there are many people who would find the 'artwork' in these two strips to be utterly brilliant and pay a ton of cash for them. Then they'd melt. The art, that is. Or maybe the people who bought it too, hell, I dunno. - Bill 'OK, first we're going to learn the 'Deadman's Float.' ' © Universal Press Syndicate When I was six years old (Calvin's age), my mom dragged me to swimming lessons all summer. It was without doubt the worst experience of my entire life (and it's quite terrible to think that I had to suffer the worst experience of my life at the age of six). I hated water. I hated the cold. I hated getting up early every morning. 3 695 Calvin And Hobbes Comics All Zipped Up Jelly Roll StyleI hated the peer pressure. I was scared shitless of drowning. The drive from my house to the pool was about half an hour. I memorized all the landmarks on the way, and as each one passed my wish that I was dead would grow more fervent. I honestly anticipated swimming lessons like one would anticipate a lethal injection. After coming home on the second or third day, I came across the first Calvin and Hobbes collection.
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