"I remember it when I first read it, and it all... it literally took my breath away. And I circulated it in the office, and the response was immediate. It was fresh, it was funny, the art was strong, and here's this archetypal little boy living a life that some of us lived or wanted to live or remembered living."
"He's watching a soap opera you know, "If you leave your spouse and I'll leave mine and we can get married." And it goes on and on and on, as lurid soap operas sometimes do. And Calvin turns to the reader with a big grin on his face, and he says, "Sometimes, I learn more when I stay home from school than when I go.""
Calvin and Hobbes debuted on November 18, 1985 and ran for roughly a decade. The strip centers on a six-year-old named Calvin and Hobbes, a stuffed tiger who functions as an observant companion and partner in imaginative adventures. The work blends absurd comedy, fantastical sequences, and moments of clear-eyed reflection about childhood and life. The creator ended the strip at the height of its popularity and gave few interviews. A remembered panel shows Calvin home sick watching a lurid soap opera and remarking, "Sometimes, I learn more when I stay home from school than when I go," which some readers misread as literal advocacy.
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