The Essential Calvin And Hobbes

Key Facts and Insights:

1. The Essential Calvin and Hobbes is a compilation of the comic strips by Bill Watterson which were initially published from 1985 to 1995.
2. The comic strip revolves around a six-year-old boy Calvin and his anthropomorphic tiger friend, Hobbes, named after the 16th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.
3. Calvin, an imaginative and adventurous boy, often finds himself in trouble due to his wild imagination and his inability to conform to societal norms.
4. Hobbes, who is a stuffed tiger in the real world, becomes real whenever Calvin is alone with him, symbolizing the power of imagination.
5. The comic...

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