Calvin has had some difficulty with closets over the years.Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (February 8, 1986)Click here: Peanuts (August 13, 1989)Click here: Ziggy (May 2, 2005)
Panels 1 and 2 are the “throwaway” Sunday panels that were not printed by many newspapers. Sadly, this means that readers missed seeing much of Bill Watterson’s genius, since they never saw the first row of panels in any of the Sunday strips.Today’s strip is from 1990, and all of the Calvin and Hobbes Sunday strips from 1985 to 1991 had throwaway panels in the first row. Fortunately, beginning in 1992, Bill Watterson was able to force the Syndicate to force the newspapers to print the entire Sunday strip, giving Bill a lot more artistic freedom to work with.Here is the first Calvin and Hobbes Sunday strip without throwaway panels, from February, 1992. It was the first strip that Bill Watterson published following his first 9-month sabbatical. Notice how he has sized the panels differently, in order to make it impossible for the newspapers to cut off the top row. He also put numbers in the corners of the panels, to help the reader understand their order.Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (February 2, 1992)Here is another example of how eliminating the throwaway panels gave Bill Watterson much more freedom to display his amazing artwork:Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (May 10, 1992)
BE THIS GUY about 10 years ago
Hobbes knows better than to attack Mom.
bluskies about 10 years ago
Love the cloud of dust and flying tail in panel 2,
cheap_day_return about 10 years ago
“Paranoia strikes deepinto your heart it will creep”
Buffalo Springfield “For What It’s Worth”
Hobbes Premium Member about 10 years ago
Calvin has had some difficulty with closets over the years.Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (February 8, 1986)Click here: Peanuts (August 13, 1989)Click here: Ziggy (May 2, 2005)
She Mc about 10 years ago
That’s a nice Tuna surprise!!! thanks Hobbes X
Hobbes Premium Member about 10 years ago
Panels 1 and 2 are the “throwaway” Sunday panels that were not printed by many newspapers. Sadly, this means that readers missed seeing much of Bill Watterson’s genius, since they never saw the first row of panels in any of the Sunday strips.Today’s strip is from 1990, and all of the Calvin and Hobbes Sunday strips from 1985 to 1991 had throwaway panels in the first row. Fortunately, beginning in 1992, Bill Watterson was able to force the Syndicate to force the newspapers to print the entire Sunday strip, giving Bill a lot more artistic freedom to work with.Here is the first Calvin and Hobbes Sunday strip without throwaway panels, from February, 1992. It was the first strip that Bill Watterson published following his first 9-month sabbatical. Notice how he has sized the panels differently, in order to make it impossible for the newspapers to cut off the top row. He also put numbers in the corners of the panels, to help the reader understand their order.Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (February 2, 1992)Here is another example of how eliminating the throwaway panels gave Bill Watterson much more freedom to display his amazing artwork:Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (May 10, 1992)
Hobbes Premium Member about 10 years ago
@M2MM: There is speculation on the Internet that Hobbes originally belonged to Calvin’s mom, but this is not stated in the comic strips.
cubswin2016 about 10 years ago
If only I could see what is really happening here.
Kim Metzger Premium Member about 10 years ago
IT just hit me. Hobbes attacks on Calvin when the latter gets home are just Hobbes’ variation on Dino welcoming Fred Flintstone home.
Susie Derkins D: about 10 years ago
If only you had Wild Sense.
steelshade about 10 years ago
It’s not paranoia if they’re really out to get you.
susan.e.a.c about 10 years ago
Hobbes needs to stay in shape, don’t you know.
neverenoughgold about 10 years ago
Why am I thinking of a scene from “Poltergeist”?.Don’t look into the light, Mom…
Number Three about 10 years ago
I absolutely love this!
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WilliamBill about 10 years ago
he’s hugging the dinosaur