Calvin & Hobbes

This is one of the best comic strips ever. It’s one of my old times favourite, need to collect them all, yes, I will do that, trust me. Bill Watterson has really succeeded in bringing the world in a child’s point of view, the two way communication between Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes actually told us a lot about life.

For me, this comic should be catogerised in the dark humour section. I personally believed that Bill wanted to bring out the child that is in every person’s inner self. He was not talking about a child (no child could ever think like Calvin), he was talking about us, the grown-ups. Calvin talked about politics, family values, life here and there were enough evidence to show what Bill’s had in mind. Calvin’s fantasy? The Clone? Haha, wish I could have one of those right now.

Hobbes as imaginary friend, I mean, who doesn’t have an imaginary friend back then? Even now, don’t we still talk to ourselves? Expressing our anger, dissatisfied to others that we didn’t spoke out loud? Remember how lonely we felt, with rains pouring outside our window during those dark nights, the lines were jammed, Astro were out cold? Bill’s really good in bringing us back to the black and white era. Remember, how ever you denies it, there’s a child inside of you, bring it out (to some extend), have fun, nobody lives forever anyway. Life is short, don’t ruin it.