Bill Watterson created one of the most loveable characters in modern American fiction. I suspect that the comic strip Calvin & Hobbes is probably more well-known than Mark Twain’s characters Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn. I conjecture that Twain would have enjoyed Watterson’s creation.
About C&H I wrote in 2022, “The protagonist of our beloved strip is named after the French theologian, John Calvin (1509 – 1564), and his sidekick is named after the English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes (1588 – 1679). I don’t know much about Calvinism but I am familiar with Hobbes’s work Leviathan, as I have an interest in political economy theory.”[1]
Our precocious Calvin’s pronouncements are funny for certain but frequently they are accurate as well: “People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.” I relate to that sentiment all the time. I can’t stand retards.
Though I am not a super genius, or even a genius, I do find average people aggravating. I think geniuses who are also good-natured are extremely rare. Continue reading “Calvin & Hobbes”
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