calvin and hobbes in 10 years

Growing up, I read Calvin and Hobbes every Sunday morning until its final newspaper strip on December 31, 1995 (which I still have filed away in a drawer at my parents' house). There were also many a night when I read Calvin and Hobbes books under the covers with a flashlight until my mom would catch me. Off the top of my head, some of my favorite story lines are...

- when Calvin clones himself and his clones wreak more havoc than he normally does
- when Rosalyn plays Calvinball and figures out how to win
- when Calvin gets lost at the zoo and talks to the tigers in the tiger pit
- when Calvin has a nightmare about Santa Claus
- when Hobbes writes a love letter to Susie from Calvin
- when Calvin dresses as Stupendous Man at school
- any Spaceman Spiff story line
- conversations with his Dad (when his Dad would give fake explanations for natural phenomena and tell him to "go build character")
- the rainy family camping trip

Pete added...
- abominable snowmen and Calvin's snowmen sculptures in general
- philosophical wagon conversations (that we didn't understand until we were older)

Kottke featured a link to a blog post filled with reimaginings of Calvin and Hobbes, ten years later. Here is one example that stood out.


Calvin and Susie Derkins--it's fate.