Calvin & Hobbes la striscia a fumetti creata da Bill Watterson nel 1985, è stata pubblicata per la prima volta sui quotidiani statunitensi e ha subito conquistato una straordinaria popolarità anche tra un pubblico adulto per l'umorismo intelligente, le acute e spiazzanti riflessioni sulla società e sugli esseri umani che spiccano nei dialoghi tra Calvin, il bambino pestifero e sensibile, e il suo fedele compagno di giochi Hobbes, la tigre di pezza a cui dà vita con la sua sfrenata fantasia.
Bill Watterson (born William Boyd Watterson II) is an American cartoonist, and the author of the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes". His career as a syndicated cartoonist ran from 1985 to 1995; he stopped drawing "Calvin and Hobbes" at the end of 1995 with a short statement to newspaper editors and his fans that he felt he had achieved all he could in the comic strip medium. During the early years of his career he produced several drawings and additional contributions for "Target: The Political Cartoon Quarterly". Watterson is known for his views on licensing and comic syndication, as well as for his reclusive nature.
It seems like you have to either love Calvin or hate Calvin right? But either way you can’t say he’s not imaginative! And who could ever hate Hobbs! The lovable stuffed tiger who often times acts as Calvin‘s Conscience. The two go together like peanut butter and jelly! And together they create a fun and lively comic strip!
Già cinque stelle lusso sin dalla prima striscia, dopo un annetto la serie migliora ulteriormente, come se Watterson, terminata la fase di rodaggio, si fosse egli stesso reso conto di quale fonte di meraviglia avesse tra le mani.