31 Years Later, One 'Calvin and Hobbes' Line Remains The Greatest Quote In Comic Strip History
What's your pick for your favorite Calvin and Hobbes strip?
What's your pick for your favorite Calvin and Hobbes strip?
The short version
- Last New Year's Eve marked the 30th anniversary of the ending of Bill Watterson's seminal newspaper strip Calvin and Hobbes , the impact of which is still being felt throughout Western print media to this day.
- If you were in a position to be reading comics at the time, then Calvin and Hobbes likely found some way to crawl into your brain.
- At a moment when newspaper comics were beginning their headlong dive into functional irrelevance, Watterson was insistent upon keeping his work creative, fresh, creator-owned, and maybe most importantly, at a legible size.
What happened
As with any daily strip, the "best" Calvin and Hobbes is largely an exercise left up to the reader. Ask any 10 fans and you're likely to get 11 answers, none of which are untrue or invalid.
Why it matters
When we kicked the idea of this column around here at Polygon, we were no different; everyone who was willing to cite a specific favorite strip or quotation from Calvin and Hobbes brought up a different one.
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