Calvin and Hobbes

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Calvin and Hobbes is a comic strip written and illustrated by Bill Watterson. It follows the humorous antics of Calvin, an imaginative six-year old boy, and Hobbes, his energetic and sardonic stuffed tiger. The pair are named after John Calvin, a 16th century French Reformation theologian, and Thomas Hobbes, a 17th century English political philosopher. The strip was syndicated daily from November 18, 1985 to December 31, 1995. At its height, Calvin and Hobbes was carried by over 2,400 newspapers worldwide. Calvin and Hobbes twice earned Watterson the Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society, in the Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year category: first in 1986 and again in 1988. He was nominated again in 1992. The Society also awarded him the Humor Comic Strip Award for 1988.

To date, more than 30 million copies of the 18 Calvin and Hobbes books have been printed. Because of Bill Watterson's strong anti-merchandising sentiments and his reluctance to return to the spotlight, almost no legitimate Calvin and Hobbes merchandise exists outside of the book collections.

Resources

• www.wikipedia.org -- Calvin and Hobbes