Everything in Calvin and Hobbes revolves around its titular characters. No matter how many times Calvin’s parents, Miss Wormwood, or Susie appear in the strip, it all always goes back to Calvin’s adventures with his tiger. Their space adventures, time-traveling quests, and snowman crafting are always done together. It’s the reason that the title of the strip is Calvin and Hobbes and not just Calvin. Hobbes is essential to the story and world of the comic.Yet, despite how important Hobbes is, not much is really revealed about him. Every aspect of Calvin’s life is explained in-depth. His relationship with his family is regularly depicted on the page, as are the quiet days he spends in classrooms or screaming about his insignificance in empty fields. Hobbes, meanwhile, rarely gets that sort of treatment. The reason is that the creator, Bill Watterson, is never altogether open about whether or not Hobbes is even a real tiger in Calvin and Hobbes.It’s the reason that Hobbes often leans into tropes that a child might expect of a tiger. He eats tuna fish from cans, tackles his friend but never actually hurts him, and lazes about in the sun all day. He is as clever, cunning, and mischievous as a regular house cat, but he never presents with the violent antics of an actual big cat. That’s because Calvin is too young to view him that way. Hobbes can make threats like a real-world tiger, but he would never actually engage in that behavior, because he is not the dangerous creature that Calvin imagines him to be. Even Hobbes’ greatest moments often see him spew some philosophy, rather than chasing down an unassuming Calvin as more than a practical joke.
Everything in Calvin and Hobbes revolves around its titular characters. No matter how many times Calvin’s parents, Miss Wormwood, or Susie appear in the strip, it all always goes back to Calvin’s adventures with his tiger. Their space adventures, time-traveling quests, and snowman crafting are always done together. It’s the reason that the title of the strip is Calvin and Hobbes and not just Calvin. Hobbes is essential to the story and world of the comic.
Yet, despite how important Hobbes is, not much is really revealed about him. Every aspect of Calvin’s life is explained in-depth. His relationship with his family is regularly depicted on the page, as are the quiet days he spends in classrooms or screaming about his insignificance in empty fields. Hobbes, meanwhile, rarely gets that sort of treatment. The reason is that the creator, Bill Watterson, is never altogether open about whether or not Hobbes is even a real tiger in Calvin and Hobbes.
It’s the reason that Hobbes often leans into tropes that a child might expect of a tiger. He eats tuna fish from cans, tackles his friend but never actually hurts him, and lazes about in the sun all day. He is as clever, cunning, and mischievous as a regular house cat, but he never presents with the violent antics of an actual big cat. That’s because Calvin is too young to view him that way. Hobbes can make threats like a real-world tiger, but he would never actually engage in that behavior, because he is not the dangerous creature that Calvin imagines him to be. Even Hobbes’ greatest moments often see him spew some philosophy, rather than chasing down an unassuming Calvin as more than a practical joke.
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