Calvin and Hobbes

Baby Name or Weapon of Mass Humiliation?

Alex McCord | Posted 05.29.2012

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Alex McCord

What's the worst thing you've ever let your older child do to the younger one?

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Christmas, 'Calvin And Hobbes' Style

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 12.17.2011

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Calvin is a disturbed little boy. Or maybe it was just the mind of the classic Calvin and Hobbes cartoonist, Bill Waterson. Jim Frommeyer and Teagu...

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Fifteen of This Millennium's Top Novels

Dave Astor | Posted 10.29.2011

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Dave Astor

These aren't necessarily the best novels of the past 11 years, because there are acclaimed books I've yet to read.

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WATCH: World's Awesomest Dad Paints A 'Calvin and Hobbes' Mural, Makes A Time Lapse

Posted 10.02.2011

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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 wa...

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WATCH: A Rare Look At Soviet-Era Political Cartoons

George Heymont | Posted 05.25.2011

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George Heymont

Using rarely seen footage from the Russian State Film Archives, documentarian Kevin McNeer has produced a fascinating documentary about the late Soviet political cartoonist and propaganda artist Boris Efimov.

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Bill Watterson, "Calvin and Hobbes" Creator, Grants Rare Interview

cleveland.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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This marks the 15th year since "Calvin and Hobbes" said goodbye to the comics pages. Creator Bill Watterson, who grew up in Chagrin Falls and still ma...

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Top 10 Anti-heroes: The Worst-Behaved In Literature

The Guardian | Francesca Simon | Posted 05.25.2011

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"I have always loved books about rebels and non-conformists, people who swagger through life with a fierce edge and a stubborn refusal to behave thems...

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Super Poems: Other Comic Books Inspired by Verse

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

In a plot line inspired by Robert Frost's poem "Road Not Taken," fictional character Archie Andrews has already proposed to Veronica and will propose to Betty next month. I wonder what it would be like if other comics were inspired by poems...

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Good Grief! Comic Characters Leave Newspapers for a Day

Dave Astor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Astor

Given that most newspapers still don't publish weekday comics in color, my mistake was putting today's cartoon guests in the green room rather than the black-and-white room.

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