Calvin and Hobbes

Stuffed tiger's owner

Calvin and Hobbes is a comic strip by Bill Watterson that ran from 1985 to 1995, featuring a six-year-old boy and his stuffed tiger who appears alive in the boy's imagination.

The strip is celebrated for its philosophical depth, visual invention, and refusal to license merchandise.

The title alludes to theologian John Calvin and philosopher Thomas Hobbes.

Opposites
comic strip tone and approach

Calvin and HobbesGarfield

Lazy comic strip tabby

Family Circus · Marmaduke · Marvin · Ziggy · Heathcliff

genre and subject matter

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Metropolis's flying defender

Spider-Man · Batman · superhero comics · X-Men · Marvel Comics

creator control and commercialization

Calvin and HobbesGarfield

Lazy comic strip tabby

Mickey Mouse · Peanuts · The Smurfs · Hello Kitty · Spider-Man

Family

Calvin, Hobbes, Calvinism, Calvinist

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G