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Calvin and Hobbes

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Hello fellow Calvin and Hobbes fans!

About this community and how I post the comic strip… The comics are posted in chronological order on the day (usually) they were released. Posting them to match the release date adds a bit of fun and nostalgia to match the experience of reading them in the newspaper for first time. Many moons ago, I would ask my Dad to save the newspaper for me everyday so I could read my favorite comic strips. It really sucked when I missed a day. Only years later, when I got the books was I able to catch up on the missed strips.

Calvin and Hobbes is a daily American comic strip created by cartoonist Bill Watterson that was syndicated from November 18, 1985, to December 31, 1995. Commonly cited as "the last great newspaper comic",[2][3][4] Calvin and Hobbes has enjoyed broad and enduring popularity, influence, and academic and philosophical interest… Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes

Hope you enjoy and feel free to contribute to the community with art, cool stuff about the author, tattoos, toys and anything else, as long it’s Calvin and Hobbes!

Ps. Sub to all my comic strip communities:

Bello Bear [email protected] https://lemmy.world/c/bellobearofficial

Bloom County [email protected] https://lemm.ee/c/bloomcounty

Calvin and Hobbes [email protected] https://lemmy.world/c/calvinandhobbes

Cyanide and Happiness !cyanideandhappiness https://lemm.ee/c/cyanideandhappiness

Garfield [email protected] https://lemmy.world/c/garfield

The Far Side [email protected] https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]

Fine print: All comics I post are freely available online. In no way am I claiming ownership, copyright or anything else. This is a not for profit community, we just want to enjoy our comics, thank you.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I never knew what he looked like.

he looks like a real cool nerd in his Hobbesian sweater

[–] aaaa 51 points 1 month ago (3 children)

It's the only photo I've ever seen of him

He of course looks like Calvin's dad

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

He of course looks like Calvin's dad

But with Uncle Max's mustache. That's a key difference.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

haha yea. he looks great.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen 10 points 1 month ago

Yeah it was a self portrait.