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March 12, 2021 12:08 PM Subscribe
Although, given the date on the on the original "Proto-Calvin" tweet (April 1!!), that may be apocryphal.
posted by fimbulvetr at 12:44 PM on March 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by fimbulvetr at 12:44 PM on March 12, 2021 [1 favorite]
“Legends reveled” is a pun-tastic typo for such celebration-worthy content
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 2:13 PM on March 12, 2021
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 2:13 PM on March 12, 2021
The story in that "legends reveled" link about Watterson revising a couple strips to take out Calvin complaining he must be adopted is fantastic because the edited version preserves the sense of the joke exactly without that bit. The actual funny part of the joke didn't need it.
I'll bet that's generally the case when someone tells a joke that contains an inadvertent slur. If it's a good joke, you can take out the slur without ruining the joke. If you can't, it probably wasn't a good joke in the first place.
posted by straight at 2:44 PM on March 12, 2021 [15 favorites]
I'll bet that's generally the case when someone tells a joke that contains an inadvertent slur. If it's a good joke, you can take out the slur without ruining the joke. If you can't, it probably wasn't a good joke in the first place.
posted by straight at 2:44 PM on March 12, 2021 [15 favorites]
It is said that Hobbes played the same role in Calvin's Mom's life when she was a little girl, that he now plays Calvin's life. The idea is that when Calvin "found" the stuffed tiger in the woods, his mother had placed it there. Here are a couple of brilliant takes from Reddit:
"It’s still my headcanon that Hobbes originally belonged to Calvin’s mother. That is why she occasionally “forgets” he’s just a stuffed tiger and talks to him, or calls out to him when searching for him." -s wordofthemorning
"This reminds me of that comic when Calvin forgets Hobbes in the woods, and after he goes to sleep his parents go looking for him and Calvin's mom calls Hobbes' name, and then realizes while looking embarrassed" - boss_germ
posted by Modest House at 2:55 PM on March 12, 2021 [17 favorites]
"It’s still my headcanon that Hobbes originally belonged to Calvin’s mother. That is why she occasionally “forgets” he’s just a stuffed tiger and talks to him, or calls out to him when searching for him." -s wordofthemorning
"This reminds me of that comic when Calvin forgets Hobbes in the woods, and after he goes to sleep his parents go looking for him and Calvin's mom calls Hobbes' name, and then realizes while looking embarrassed" - boss_germ
posted by Modest House at 2:55 PM on March 12, 2021 [17 favorites]
Huh. I find it really hard to believe that the washing machine strip was never reprinted in any of the collections because I very clearly remember that strip and I was just shy of turning three when it was originally printed... But I eventually had ALL the books.
posted by matt_od at 2:55 PM on March 12, 2021 [6 favorites]
posted by matt_od at 2:55 PM on March 12, 2021 [6 favorites]
And still we have NO FORKING IDEA what The Noodle Incident was. When is anyone going to ask the hard questions?
posted by sara is disenchanted at 3:36 PM on March 12, 2021 [5 favorites]
posted by sara is disenchanted at 3:36 PM on March 12, 2021 [5 favorites]
We have NO IDEA whether it even involved a FORK.
posted by straight at 4:24 PM on March 12, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by straight at 4:24 PM on March 12, 2021 [3 favorites]
From the article:
"No, none of those decals depicting Calvin peeing on something are legit."
Or even worse, the kneeling pseudo-Calvin, praying.
posted by Rash at 5:07 PM on March 12, 2021 [5 favorites]
"No, none of those decals depicting Calvin peeing on something are legit."
Or even worse, the kneeling pseudo-Calvin, praying.
posted by Rash at 5:07 PM on March 12, 2021 [5 favorites]
I remember the washing machine comic as well. I was in my 20s-30s during the 80s, and followed Calvin & Hobbes religiously.
posted by lhauser at 7:17 PM on March 12, 2021
posted by lhauser at 7:17 PM on March 12, 2021
>Whenever there's been hope of a potential Calvin and Hobbes licensing agreement, it's been struck dead by Watterson's staunch opposition.
Wait, you're telling me they're not going to end up shilling for DoorDash during the superbowl?
How will my childhood survive?
posted by 7segment at 10:13 PM on March 12, 2021 [2 favorites]
Wait, you're telling me they're not going to end up shilling for DoorDash during the superbowl?
How will my childhood survive?
posted by 7segment at 10:13 PM on March 12, 2021 [2 favorites]
The fan made knock off where Calvin ignores Hobbes after being prescribed medication for his hyper activity is a kick in the gut. That's all I got.
posted by Beholder at 11:52 PM on March 12, 2021 [5 favorites]
posted by Beholder at 11:52 PM on March 12, 2021 [5 favorites]
I have held on to a few samples of Bill's work from our days at Kenyon college... here's a neat one from our senior year; he made a spoof poster of a "talk" our fellow classmate Tom Chesnutt was supposedly going to make titled "Iran, the Nuclear Option". Bonus enjoyment if you're a Dr. Strangelove fan!
posted by lotusstp at 7:41 AM on March 13, 2021 [15 favorites]
posted by lotusstp at 7:41 AM on March 13, 2021 [15 favorites]
I think the washing machine strip was published in earlier printings of the first book, Calvin and Hobbes, but not the compilation book The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury which includes Calvin and Hobbes and Something Under the Bed Is Drooling. I should find my copy and check...
posted by skynxnex at 8:09 AM on March 13, 2021
posted by skynxnex at 8:09 AM on March 13, 2021
There's also this very similar-ish washing machine-based strip from a couple weeks later that sometimes I combine in my brain where Hobbes is in the washer.
posted by skynxnex at 8:19 AM on March 13, 2021
posted by skynxnex at 8:19 AM on March 13, 2021
Presumably he never gave it, lotusstp, because Hobbes ate him.
posted by ptfe at 8:57 AM on March 13, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by ptfe at 8:57 AM on March 13, 2021 [1 favorite]
Sarah is disenchanted And still we have NO FORKING IDEA what The Noodle Incident was. When is anyone going to ask the hard questions?
Asked and answered: from Calvin’s lips to our ears, “NO ONE CAN PROVE I DID THAT!!” Grand jury or not, he’s sticking to his story. It’s time to stop dwelling in the past and move on.
posted by cenoxo at 6:12 PM on March 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
Asked and answered: from Calvin’s lips to our ears, “NO ONE CAN PROVE I DID THAT!!” Grand jury or not, he’s sticking to his story. It’s time to stop dwelling in the past and move on.
posted by cenoxo at 6:12 PM on March 16, 2021 [1 favorite]
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