It’s been 28 years since Bill Watterson stopped drawing Calvin and Hobbes and people still love it. Why is that? Rather than speculate, I will give my top four reasons why I still love Calvin and Hobbes. First, I don’t think any cartoon has ever equalled Calvin and Hobbes’ masterful depiction of childhood imagination. As […]
Calvin and Hobbes
A tale of three kitties
Say I wrote a book and it took off and then one day I got a call from a Hollywood producer who was offering me a hundred thousand dollars to option it for a film. Would I stop for one moment to ask if that is the right thing to do? Or would I say […]
Another reason to love Calvin and Hobbes
Calvin and Hobbes has always been one of the best friends of the philosopher, and in particular the philosopher/teacher. For anybody who has struggled to get students intrigued by a discussion on the problem of the inverted spectrum or the distinction between primary and secondary qualities, a young boy and his stuffed tiger come to the […]
