When this strip was last reprinted five years ago, I mentioned the fact that Hobbes is looking out of the window and telling Calvin what is happening outside while Calvin is looking away from the window. I mentioned this as another piece of evidence to support Bill Watterson’s statement that he did not see Hobbes as part of Calvin’s imagination.
Connie_Shearer replied to me, “I hate to spoil your fantasy but Calvin is imagining what Rosalyn is doing and imagining Hobbes telling Calvin about it so that Calvin can congratulate himself on locking the downstairs windows. Mind you, Bill Watterson may prefer your interpretation to mine.”
In May 2022, Connie changed her tune. This was when the strip in which Hobbes had written a story and Calvin began reading it to the class was reprinted. Calvin read, “How Hobbes the handsome hero tiger saved the day – no thanks to Calvin the time-travelling chowderhead” He then shouted “WHAT!?” Connie_Shearer commented, “For once I agree with Calvinist1966. Calvin would never write that about himself.” Another reader replied to Connie, “Yet Calvin obviously did,”
When this strip was last reprinted five years ago, I mentioned the fact that Hobbes is looking out of the window and telling Calvin what is happening outside while Calvin is looking away from the window. I mentioned this as another piece of evidence to support Bill Watterson’s statement that he did not see Hobbes as part of Calvin’s imagination.
Connie_Shearer replied to me, “I hate to spoil your fantasy but Calvin is imagining what Rosalyn is doing and imagining Hobbes telling Calvin about it so that Calvin can congratulate himself on locking the downstairs windows. Mind you, Bill Watterson may prefer your interpretation to mine.”
In May 2022, Connie changed her tune. This was when the strip in which Hobbes had written a story and Calvin began reading it to the class was reprinted. Calvin read, “How Hobbes the handsome hero tiger saved the day – no thanks to Calvin the time-travelling chowderhead” He then shouted “WHAT!?” Connie_Shearer commented, “For once I agree with Calvinist1966. Calvin would never write that about himself.” Another reader replied to Connie, “Yet Calvin obviously did,”