# Calvin's snowmen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992 "2014-02-10T17:50:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/1 "2014-02-10T17:50:08Z")
Collected [here](http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Calvin%27s_snowmen). Good for a smile, desperately needed as this lousy winter drags on. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/2 "2014-02-10T17:59:21Z")
Best. Comic. Strip. Evah. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/3 "2014-02-10T18:49:46Z")
Hah, a nice collection of scenes. I always liked the Snowman House of Horrors. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/4 "2014-02-10T18:49:58Z")
Even better is [Calvin & Muad’Dib](http://calvinanddune.tumblr.com/post/62235826535/here-lies-a-toppled-god-his-fall-was-not-a). The link goes to a snowman-related comic. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/5 "2014-02-10T20:05:25Z")
I remember once when I was in high school my friend and I were bored so we walked up to the school and built two Calvinesque snowmen: she did a two-headed alien, and I made one with arrows sticking out of its chest. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/6 "2014-02-10T20:16:29Z")
Thanks for this! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/7 "2014-02-11T02:45:44Z")
Moved MPSIMS --\> Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/8 "2014-02-11T03:00:18Z")
No Comic Strip has ever been as flat out great as Calvin & Hobbes. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/9 "2014-02-11T03:14:14Z")
I went to college with a student who graduated from the same high school Bill Watterson had, a few years earlier. Their mascot was a tiger. The yearbook had proto-Hobbes drawn all through, as Bill was on the yearbook committee. Very cool. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/10 "2014-02-11T13:31:21Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I went to college with a student who graduated from the same high school Bill Watterson had, a few years earlier. Their mascot was a tiger. The yearbook had proto-Hobbes drawn all through, as Bill was on the yearbook committee. Very cool. Pics? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/11 "2014-02-11T13:34:11Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Pics? Sorry- last I saw Erik was when he graduated in 1988, so I can’t ask him if he has any. The Wikipedia article mentions he contributed to his yearbooks, but also don’t have any pics. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/12 "2014-02-11T18:52:32Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Collected [here](http://calvinandhobbes.wikia.com/wiki/Calvin%27s_snowmen). Good for a smile, desperately needed as this lousy winter drags on. [Calvin was a copycat.](http://cartoonacy.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/13 "2014-02-11T19:04:14Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > [Calvin was a copycat.](http://cartoonacy.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html) Or Linus is Calvin’s dad. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/14 "2014-02-11T19:05:24Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > No Comic Strip has ever been as flat out great as Calvin & Hobbes. Bloom County was better, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/15 "2014-02-11T19:34:43Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Or Linus is Calvin’s dad. That explains much… ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/16 "2014-02-11T22:06:21Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Bloom County was better, in my opinion. Pogo. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/17 "2014-02-11T22:19:47Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Pogo. “We have met the enemy, and he is us.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/18 "2014-02-11T22:34:01Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Or Linus is Calvin’s dad. So Rerun is Uncle Max? ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/19 "2014-02-11T22:42:21Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > No Comic Strip has ever been as flat out great as Calvin & Hobbes. C&H was great, but there are several that are higher on my list. But comics are my life. _Peanuts_, definitely. Milton Caniff’s _Terry and the Pirates_ and _Steve Canyon_. _Krazy Kat_. Probably _Li’l Abner_ and _Pogo_, and maybe _On Stage_. _The Far Side_ and early _Dick Tracy_ and _Thimble Theatre_ (_Popeye_) are up there, too. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992/20 "2014-02-11T23:22:00Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Bloom County was better, in my opinion. I liked them both in their time. However, I’ve coincidentally been reading collections of the two strips lately and Calvin and Hobbes has held up much better. Bloom County now feels terribly dated, to me at least. Largely that’s because Breathed put a lot of current politics and pop culture into his strips. It was refreshing at the time but now just makes me feel old. Like when he makes a joke about Ed Meese. Huh? When he stayed away from (then) current issues, events and people he is still very funny today. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calvins-snowmen/680992.md?page=2)