Calvin and Hobbes

// March 3rd, 2009 // family

My friend Richard Porter posted this on his blog today and it hit home with me I think in a unexpected way, so I wanted to pass it on.

I’m sure some of you read Calvin and Hobbes when you were younger and it was always such a great comic strip. It was both funny and moving at the same time.

Well, a few artists out there have gone about creating visions of the characters when Calvin is all grown-up and some of them are awesome.

This is my favorite and it’s the one Richard posted. I dunno why, probably because I have a daughter now and I still buy Legos, but it kind of choked me up this morning. I think the words at the bottom are something to strive for.

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I also liked this last one that I found from Richard’s source, but for different reasons. It’s supposed to be the “final Calvin & Hobbes” strip that someone drew and even if it’s not official, it sure feels like the appropriate ending for the series and it kind of tugs on your heartstrings a bit, especially if you are like me and loved these characters.

(you may need to click on it to actually read it)

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Anyone else out there love Calvin & Hobbes?

9 Responses to “Calvin and Hobbes”

  1. Shawn White says:
    March 3, 2009 at 9:54 am

    Huge Calvin & Hobbes fan – loved the strip. It is my second favorite comic strip of all time. I still miss it. :(

  2. adrian says:
    March 3, 2009 at 9:55 am

    Reading Calvin and Hobbes makes me want to be a kid again. You have no idea how much I loved C&H comics. Some of my cousins and I would spend hours reading their comics and pretending to derive the rules of calvinball. :)

    Dang it, now you’ve gotten me all emotional for the rest of the day.

  3. D.L. White says:
    March 3, 2009 at 10:04 am

    Loved, loved, LOVED Calvin & Hobbes! Spaceman Spiff, Calvinball, all his crazy snowmen… what a great comic strip! I loved “The Future” picture you posted, Mike. It’s perfect. Got me all teary-eyed. Thanks for sharing!

  4. Mike says:
    March 3, 2009 at 10:55 am

    Awesome guys, so glad it hit home for you all like it did me…there is something about The Future picture that speaks volumes.

  5. Cap'n Schwartz says:
    March 3, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    Doh…. you posted sad ones =( we need a funny one to right the wrong!

  6. David says:
    November 3, 2010 at 8:08 pm

    I love Bill, he really inspired me to do the daily cartoon I do to this day. The “Future” poster made me shed a single tear and reminded me of Calvin and his best freind, Hobbes.

  7. Andrea says:
    November 23, 2010 at 8:18 pm

    The second strip is horrible. Much 2 sad……..
    Go here:

    http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/01/09/calvin-and-hobbes-off-the-ritalin-and-high-on-life/

  8. Andrea says:
    November 23, 2010 at 8:18 pm

    The second strip is horrible. Much 2 sad……..
    Go here:

    http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/01/09/calvin-and-hobbes-off-the-ritalin-and-high-on-life/

  9. Shalaka says:
    August 22, 2011 at 3:52 pm

    I’m choking up a little :’( Especially the second ‘final’ strip.

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