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humanodon  ·  4067 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: We’re Getting a Calvin and Hobbes Documentary

I'm a fan of Calvin and Hobbes. One of the elements I really loved about the strip was the exploration of the childhood imagination. For example, check out these strips about Calvin's Transmogrifier.

It's a strip done through the eyes of a child, but the subject matter isn't exactly for kids, but for everyone. There are a lot of layers going on in the strip and though it's mostly fun and sneakily smart, from time to time it also sucker punches the reader with these poignant reflections on what it is to grow up and how the world is the world, though vastly different at different points along the arc of a life.