Calvin and Hobbes.
In that final strip, seen in newspapers on Dec. 31, 1995, six-year-old Calvin and his stuffed tiger/best friend, Hobbes, celebrate the possibilities that the new year and the previous evening s snowfall brought. It s a magical world, Hobbes, ol buddy, Calvin says as they hop on a sled. Let s go exploring,
It was a pitch-perfect sign-off for
Calvin and Hobbes, which Watterson launched in November 1985 and was seen by readers in more than 2,000 newspapers across the U.S. A decade seems like a relatively short time for a popular comic strip;
Blondie and
Dick Tracy, to name two, premiered in the early 30s and are still running, while Charles Schultz drew
Calvin and Hobbes.
In that final strip, seen in newspapers on Dec. 31, 1995, six-year-old Calvin and his stuffed tiger/best friend, Hobbes, celebrate the possibilities that the new year and the previous evening s snowfall brought. It s a magical world, Hobbes, ol buddy, Calvin says as they hop on a sled. Let s go exploring,
It was a pitch-perfect sign-off for
Calvin and Hobbes, which Watterson launched in November 1985 and was seen by readers in more than 2,000 newspapers across the U.S. A decade seems like a relatively short time for a popular comic strip;
Blondie and
Dick Tracy, to name two, premiered in the early 30s and are still running, while Charles Schultz drew
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