Calvin and Hobbes written and illustrated by Bill Watterson was a very entertaining and funny read. I can remember briefly reading it when and I was younger but I wasn’t into comics as much as I am now so I didn’t give it enough credit as I should have. The comic is about Calvin who is extremely intelligent for a six year old which only adds the humor, and his tiger friend, which is his stuffed animal that comes to life only about 95 percent of the time. Calvin and Hobbes are always getting into some kind of mischief if it’s throwing darts at his dad, messing around with girls at school, getting into trouble in class, pestering his mother for things, or just going on crazy adventures. No matter what the circumstance Calvin’s out of this world imagination is always present.
Although Calvin went on some crazy trips inside his own head some of my favorites of the strips were ones where Calvin and Hobbes were just doing their somewhat normal everyday stuff. I feel like Calvin is a pretty smart kid so he chooses to cause mischief to entertain himself, in doing so he is always coming up with unique and creative ways to trick his mother into giving him something that he wants or letting him do something (but he rarely secedes). Some of his adventures are so simple and silly but yet so easy for me to relate to I find them very enjoyable and I think this is what interests a lot of readers of the time. Even If you were a parent reading this when it first came out in the mid 1980’s I’m sure you would relate to the mother or father and find a lot of humor in this strip.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this comic I found it humorous and intelligent and in my opinion it is defiantly targeting to a wide range of ages early teen to adults. It is easy to see why this comic strip was so successful and loved by so many.
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