Here its make-believe meets the artist Bill Watterson’s make-believe. At first glance, ‘Calvin and Hobbes,’ the comic strip, is about a six-year-old (Calvin) with as BFF a large toy tiger ...

Speaking with The Comics Journal in 1989, Watterson pushed back on the idea that Hobbes is "explicitly" a figment of Calvin's imagination, calling it an "assumption" on the part of adult Calvin ...

Calvin and Hobbes both have a reputation for being rambunctious scamps who regularly break the rules and get into trouble, but that is far from what the comic strip is about. At its core ...

Since its inception nearly 40 years ago, Calvin and Hobbes has asked its readers to question reality through lighthearted and humorous storytelling and has established itself as one of the most ...

Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium (Andrews McMeel, $21.99) The E.C. Segar Popeye Sundays (Fantagraphics, $24.99) Thimble Theatre & the Pre-Popeye Comics of E.C. Segar: Revised and Expanded Alley ...

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Bonus: Thomas Haller Buchanan posts a collection of various Kelly Christmas comics at Whirled of Kelly. Their mischievous ways may have secured them a permanent spot on the naughty list, but nothing ...

1994 – This date is skipped in Kiribati due to time zone change. 1995 – Cartoonist Bill Watterson ends “Calvin & Hobbes” comic strip. 1997 – Microsoft buys Hotmail email service for $400 million. 1997 ...