15 Best Calvin And Hobbes Snowman Comic Strips
15 Best Calvin And Hobbes Snowman Comic Strips
By
Thayer Preece Parker
Updated Jun 2, 2023
https://www.cbr.com/best-calvin-hobbes-snowman-comics/#critiquing-his-mom-39-s-cooking
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Some of the most effective Calvin & Hobbes comics were those with no words. Bill Watterson was a master of his craft, and he could say more without words than other comics could with an essay. Here, the reader was invited into Calvin’s imagination, but also experienced the scene set by the comic first-hand — the lack of words mimicking the quiet stillness of a snow-covered landscape.
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Small children haven't yet learned where the lines are in terms of what is or isn’t appropriate. This problem is doubled when the kid is dealing with subject matter they maybe shouldn’t know about yet. The result can be some really dark stuff coming from very innocent people.
In one comic, Calvin created many small-to-medium-sized snowmen. Hobbes asked him about the snowmen, and Calvin responded he was building effigies of his enemies in snow, so that when the snow melted, his enemies would die. Hobbes correctly pointed out that Calvin didn't have that many acquaintances, let alone enemies. Calvin had some truly awful experiences with bullying, so he sadly understood a desire for vengeance.
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Many amusing Calvin & Hobbes strips deal with Calvin seeing or hearing things he isn't old enough to understand yet, like the steamy plots of soap operas. Children love the forbidden and the dramatic, so it’s no surprise some of Calvin’s fantasies involve grisly murders straight off the TV screen.
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