Calvin is a six year old kid with an incredible imagination. He is smart and adventurous, however he is also a misbehaved kid with attention deficit problems, who spends most of his time alone but somehow he gets to have fun all the same. With such a lack of friends and with such an excess of imagination calvin creates himself a world full of adventures in his mind and is a acompanied by his imaginary tiger and best friend, Hobbes. From the other characters' perspectives, Hobbes is Calvin's stuffed tiger. From Calvin's point of view Hobbes is a tiger, much larger than himself and full of independent attitudes and ideas ( he usually is the voice of conscience)
The Racoon Story: This one is particularly touching
Watterson explains the change of perspectives in the strip according to the appearance of Hobbes in each frame:
"When Hobbes is a stuffed toy in one panel and alive in the next, I'm juxtaposing the 'grown-up' version of reality with Calvin's version, and inviting the reader to decide which is truer."[7]
Love Calvin and Hobbes
Thank you, Bill Watterson
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