Is Hobbes Real?

File: IMG_0769.jpg (2MB, 3510x2550px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3510x2550px

Honestly it doesn't matter if Hobbes is real or not what matters is what Calvin gets out of his adventure wether it's a moral lesson or just another fun adventure

>>92477278
maybe he is real but only through a kids perspective

can somebody post a picture of the comic mentioned? I want to make sure I didn't imagine it

>>92477278
Congratulations, you missed the point.

>>92477447
I just really like fun and imagination, at least I'm not like the people who come up with depressing theories based on hobbes being fake

>>92477433
You definitely did. No other human interacts with alive-Hobbes in the comic.

>>92477278
It doesn't matter.

>>92477433
If I saw an autistic kid having a seizure in the snow with his stuffed tiger toy I'd be shocked as well.

>>92477325
>>92477503
there is a comic where Calvin's mom sees Hobbes as real for a second

>>92477541
Burden of proof is on you buddy.

>>92477539
Calvin wasn't pounced yet, Hobbes was still in the air and the kid was looking behind and above Calvin

>>92477278
It's made pretty clear he isn't and Hobbes is just introspection but it's done so well he feels like another character, honestly this is my favourite comic strip of all time and I'm sure it's your's too.

>>92477541
I think it was during the racoon arc

>>92477557
actually my favorite comic is garfield

>>92477583
An easy google search says otherwise.

IIRC, Waterson said in one of the books that it's not really magic or perspective or anything. Hobbes is just one way for Calvin, and one way for his parents and other folks

>>92477705
Source?

>>92477278
No, because he's fictional.

>>92478200
Tenth anniversary book.

>>92477278
You just need to place yourself in the shoes of a six year old with a plush toy.
Of course Hobbes isn't real, but for Calvin he is, so it doesn't really matter.

I don't think so. In addition to being Calvin's best (possibly only) friend, Hobbes also seems to represent parts of Calvin himself that he's in denial about.
Hobbes has on occasion pointed out that the amount of energy Calvin expends on avoiding work often exceeds the amount of energy it would take to just complete his work,
Also, Hobbes has an interest in girls, which Calvin is still at the age where he's supposed to find them icky.

File: chair.jpg (370KB, 599x1178px) Image search: [Google]

370KB, 599x1178px

>>92477278
>>92477541
I've read all the Calvin & Hobbes strips multiple times, but these descriptions don't sound familiar.

The comic that made me wonder about Hobbes is that short arc where he tied up Calvin onto a chair. Usually Hobbes' actions are pretty ambiguous; maybe he's doing things, or maybe Calvin's just pretending that he's doing things. But the chair incident was the one time where it seemed like Hobbes did something that would've been difficult for Calvin himself to do alone.

>>92477278
the point is that calvin's view of the world shapes it as true for all people. It's a metaphor

that said, narratively there are a few occasions where Hobbes basically has to be real for the story to function (e.g. Calvin tying himself up vs hobbes tying him up)

>>92480514
Looks like Calvin got belted right and proper.

File: Hobbes.gif (101KB, 900x282px) Image search: [Google]

101KB, 900x282px

I think he is real.

Hobbes is real. It's Calvin that is imaginary.

http://www.craveonline.com/site/184521-calvin-without-hobbes-insanity

File: final calvin.jpg (76KB, 500x675px) Image search: [Google]

76KB, 500x675px

No, Hobbes is not real

File: hobbes trash.jpg (324KB, 554x731px) Image search: [Google]

324KB, 554x731px

Hobbes can rest now, where it belongs

>>92482949
>>92483494
>>92483522
fuck you

>>92481563
GOOD!
Serves him right, the little brat!
He should be disciplined until he learns to behave.
They shouldn't be tempted to put him in the hospital,though, since that would raise some questions.

>>92477278
The comics don't actually come to life until you realize that Hobbes isn't alive.

It's like Andy and Woody.

File: IMG_3066.jpg (311KB, 1280x800px) Image search: [Google]

311KB, 1280x800px

>>92479616
>Hobbes also seems to represent parts of Calvin himself that he's in denial about.

This... 100% this.

>>92481891
Hobbes is the voice of reason inside Calvin's head.

>>92484305
What? Are you ok anon? Did a belt rape you?

>>92485087
Just look at him.
I bet his parents regret having him every day of the year!

File: a68d772667e1fbc0df2c6cba14859bcb[1].jpg (13KB, 236x300px) Image search: [Google]

13KB, 236x300px

>>92483494
Objectively false.

>>92477278
Yes.

But Watterson decided to not explain shit.

>>92480514
There is the chair, the tuna, the snowgoons, and the duplicator. Aside from these there are the times he needs Hobbes to bring down ladders and to climb on his back to reach mailboxes

These are times that goes beyond imagination and into reality bending territory

Hobbes is real to Calvin, and that's all that matters to the strip

We'd be asking the same questions about Mr. Bun if the strip had been Susie and Bun