The most remarkable thing about reading Calvin and Hobbes today is just how alien it feels to the world of 20 years hence. Calvin watches TV, sure, but he doesn’t have the internet or a smartphone.

Calvin and Hobbes quickly made a name for itself in the comic strip world. In a ten-year run from 1985 to 1995, Bill Watterson developed a devoted fan base still loyal to his strip today. Although ...

Cartoonist Bill Watterson didn’t predict the current world when Calvin and Hobbes comic strips ran from 1985 until 1995, but even the final strip makes sense of life during the coronavirus pandemic.

With that, let’s talk about the resignation letter. Calvin and Hobbes was published in 2,400 newspapers at its apex and read by millions every day.. It was so popular that Watterson managed to ...

Ecstatic: Calvin and Hobbes brought to life, yay. Distraught: we’ll (probably) never see any new Calvin and Hobbes. Relieved: Calvin doesn’t talk.

By the time Calvin and Hobbes started running in 1985, most \[…\] Skip to main content. Open ... and the story unfolds a little bit at a time, building anticipation. Will he talk to Bill ...

Eighteen years ago, Bill Watterson pulled the plug on his incredibly popular “Calvin and Hobbes” comic strip, turned down millions of dollars in merchandising — and shut out a nation of ...