# Death Of Calvin And Hobbes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224 "2011-09-22T18:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/61 "2011-09-23T03:01:33Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I’m not usually a fan of an artist’s work being “carried on” (read: plagarized/bastardized) by another artist, but this is perfect. I think Watterson would approve. > > What? No, that’s just, er, allergies… Seem to be a lot of allergies going around. Thanks for sharing that link; I love it. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/62 "2011-09-23T03:38:48Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > I like Hobbes and Bacon, but am I the only one who liked the Lio strip better? The Lio strip made me chuckle, but the second one was so incredibly… sweet. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/63 "2011-09-23T05:10:31Z")
Everyone stop getting misty and watch this instead: [“Mars is amazing!”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64GJ_E5e7iQ&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/64 "2011-09-23T05:12:28Z")
> [@MandaJo](#): > > That may well not work out, of course, but in any case I am glad to have the set. But I want to give it a shot. Calvin and Hobbes affected me very deeply growing up and it just seems like it needs to be around in any house with children. You will be staggered by just how little Watterson had to make up about small boys. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/65 "2011-09-23T05:43:42Z")
> [@Scissorjack](#): > > You will be staggered by just how little Watterson had to make up about small boys. As far as I remembered, he was spot on. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/66 "2011-09-23T07:36:58Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > As far as I remembered, he was spot on. Yeah, there is so much you think is just hyperbole and comic exaggeration until you actually have a six year old with a fertile imagination. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/67 "2011-09-23T11:30:15Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > As far as I remembered, he was spot on. Back in the 80s. I concluded that he kept detailed notes as he was growing up. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/68 "2011-09-23T12:37:53Z")
I used to enjoy reading Lio every day, but then the stupid Chicago Tribune decided to get rid of it about a year ago. It was one of the _very_ few good comics that the Tribune ran. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/69 "2011-09-23T15:33:32Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Don’t worry, Skald. We make allowances for you. 🙂 I can’t tell whether this is mockery or not, so to be on the safe side, I’m sending a large muscular person with anger management issues over to discuss it with you. > [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > Everyone stop getting misty and watch this instead: > [“Mars is amazing!”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64GJ_E5e7iQ&feature=related) There are arguments for not gathering together the writing staff of **Robot Chicken** together and beating them with two-by-fours. That skit is not one of them. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/70 "2011-09-23T16:00:21Z")
> [@Scissorjack](#): > > You will be staggered by just how little Watterson had to make up about small boys. The sad part is that if Calvin went to school today, they would diagnose him with ADD and dose him with Ritalin. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/71 "2011-09-23T16:05:26Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > Everyone stop getting misty and watch this instead: > [“Mars is amazing!”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64GJ_E5e7iQ&feature=related) That was…disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/72 "2011-09-23T16:13:38Z")
I shed a tear, years ago reading the very last Sunday strip, and reading this has brought it all back (sniff!)…I’ve read a few collections of cartoons in book form, and if they are really well written, the end result is a feeling of whatever underlying current or layers that are there in all the daily strips. That little bit every day, taken in one massive dose, accumulates. I had a feeling of almost melancholy after reading the complete C&H, because there was a bit of underlying sadness each day that all added up. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/73 "2011-09-23T17:28:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Yeah, there is so much you think is just hyperbole and comic exaggeration until you actually have a six year old with a fertile imagination. Nah, I _was_ a six year old once. ---
**Author:** ![Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/74 "2011-09-23T17:50:14Z")
Honk, sniff, darn, that strip must be responsible for the death of many trees, to supply the demand for tissues… sigh ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/75 "2011-09-23T18:18:42Z")
Here are Calvin and Susie [a few years later](http://www.picpak.net/calvin/oldsite/images/Calvin__Hobbes_and_Susie_by_sora1589.jpg) (not as much later as the first strip, above). ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/76 "2011-09-23T19:32:15Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > Of course, there’s [The Onion’s take on the end of Calvin and Hobbes…](http://www.theonion.com/articles/bill-watterson-writes-illustrates-shreds-new-calvi,21240/) Aiyeeeee! > [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > Everyone stop getting misty and watch this instead: > [“Mars is amazing!”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64GJ_E5e7iQ&feature=related) See post 23. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/77 "2011-09-23T21:02:05Z")
Why are Calvin and Susie together? Did Lynn Johnston get some input? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/78 "2011-09-23T21:11:25Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Why are Calvin and Susie together? Did Lynn Johnston get some input? It’s improbable, but it does happen that childhood friends grow up and get married. Lynn’s problem was that she had to set up contrivances and excuses to get the two characters together when natural unfolding of events in the story would have prevented it. Watterson said absolutely nothing about Calvin’s or Susie’s future life. Calvin and Susie were definitely friends, too. They tormented each other, but hung out way too often to be anything but. I think it’s a sweet resolution; I’m personally still a fan of teasing as a form of affection, which maybe means I haven’t quite grown up yet. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/79 "2011-09-23T21:16:43Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Why are Calvin and Susie together? Did Lynn Johnston get some input? > [@Bosstone](#): > > It’s improbable, but it does happen that childhood friends grow up and get married. My parents met in the third grade. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224/80 "2011-09-23T21:44:09Z")
Aaaaand here another [Calvin and Susie](http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr65/NorthcoastSurfer/CalvinSuzieGrownUp.jpg) comic (NSFW in a comic way!). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-calvin-and-hobbes/597224.md?page=5)