Onerthinking Comics (Calvin and Hobbes)

[richardf8]

One of the things I've always found puzzling about Calvin and Hobbes is the exact nature of Hobbes. At first glance, he seems an A.A. Milne type stuffed animal whose life is led solely in the imagination of a child. In form and action he reminds one of no one so much as Milne's "Tigger," complete with overwhelming greeting habits. This theory of

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[richardf8]

I find myself sometimes comparing Hobbes to the Daemons of Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials."

[c_eagle]

no comment.. but wow.... what a neat read! 8>

[timtylor]

Similar situation with Adrian Ramos' Count Your Sheep, with the big difference that Ship exists for both Katie and her mother Laurie (being somehow handed down from Laurie's own childhood). There was one strange episode in which Ship took a phone call from Katie's grandmother, who freaked out to find an imaginary entity on the other end of the line. Ship acts a bit more adultly when alone with Laurie, making her tea and talking about financial issues etc.

In form and action he reminds one of no one so much as Milne's "Tigger," complete with overwhelming greeting habits.

He wrote that he based that aspect on his own cats. I can believe it - for several years we had an Alistair-colored cat from down the road adopting us and constantly fawning on us. If we bent down to do gardening he'd be up on our shoulders.

[richardf8]

I've gone and turned one of our housecats, Maeve, into a shoulder rider. I've always wanted a shoulder riding cat, and now we've got Maeve to the point where she can do so comfortably.

[deckardcanine]

I've heard that some cats insist on riding shoulders even when they get awfully big for it. I hope yours is done growing.