Between Imagination and Real Life
The characters of Calvin and Hobbes are ingrained in the hearts of the comic strip’s readers. They felt a sense of loss when creator Bill Watterson decided to stop drawing. Here was a solid, imaginative work that powerfully transcended all barriers.
February 27, 2001
IN the cold air, among falling snowflakes, the young couple stares at rolling heads. The ‘bloody’ heads are those of snowmen made by their 6-year-old son, Calvin. The husband and wife look concerned. The father says, "We have to take him to a psychologist."
Bill Watterson’s humor is not always rosy. He presented something bittersweet, but asked us to laugh at the bitterness of life, like Woody Allen laughing at his Je
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