World's Awesomest Dad Paints A 'Calvin and Hobbes' Mural, Makes A Time Lapse (VIDEO)

Redditor 'KosherHam' has some serious art chops. In just 40 hours the dad painted a mural of comic characters Calvin and Hobbes on his son playroom wall based off a popular sketch he witnessed another user replicate.

Though he doesn't fancy himself an artist, he credited nostalgia for the idea, saying on the Internet forum, "The idea of sharing and passing on something important and timeless about our childhood to own kids has merit to it."

And why Calvin & Hobbes? "There is something unique about Calvin and Hobbes, that you can't get from Thomas the Train, Sponge Bob, Garfield, early Disney work, and even Loony Tunes. There is something truly magical about what Bill Waterson did."

During the creation of the mural he taped over 30 hours of footage, making a time lapse with the clips.

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Comments

[Annette Vaillancourt]

09:21 AM on 08/11/2011

AWESOME!

[Ayla McIntosh]

03:15 PM on 08/07/2011

Absolute favorite cartoon!

[ubersnoofer]

05:01 AM on 08/04/2011

makes me want to go outside and disfigure a snowman right now. Well it's summer, maybe I should just throw some crab apples or a squishy old tomato at the neighbor girl. ;-)

[Akizme72]

04:34 PM on 08/03/2011

My absolute favorite comic strip ever.
The dad is right, there is something magical about C&H: it captures the essence of being a child like nothing else I have ever come across.

I miss being like Calvin, and I miss my "hobbes"....

[Gregory Douglas Burhop]

08:55 PM on 08/02/2011

The days are just packed. Calvin was lucky to have very patient loving parents, as are these children. As am I.