was Calvin and Hobbes for kids? I remember being introduced to

>>94443211
I don't know that Calvin and Hobbes can be said to be "for" anyone except Bill Waterson. I know that it was read and enjoyed by lots of people of all ages and degrees of comprehension, kids included, even if they perhaps didn't fully understand it.

I was like 10 or 11 when I first got Weirdos From Another Planet. I got it purely on the strength of the cover artwork, and on that front it never disappointed. Even if you didn't get the jokes, the artwork was fantastic, especially in the strips when Watterson drew alien planets and monsters.

That said, I just found the humor challenging in a good way. I learned so many words because I looked them up after reading them in C&H.

>>94445246
This. I actually learned who Karl Marx was and the difference between port and starboard through C&H.

the original run/manga of Chibi Marukochan is basically the Japanese version of Calvin and hobbes, except less of a circlejerk (Maruko is a lazy egocentric smartmouth) and more heartwarming with more meaningful interaction with family and friends.

Calvin is a complete loner that exists entirely in his own mind and doesn't really grow much. Hobbes is an expression cynic narcissism.

>>94443211
I think Walt Disney, who is like Stan Lee a figure of great discussion, said that your dead if you only market to kids. Watterson made something that kids and their parents can enjoy. Some strips are wordy or simple, but there is always something good. The series of strip with the break-in where Calvin frantically looks for Hobbes because he thinks he's the most valuable thing works as a great example because it shows his parents perspective and Calvin's.

>>94443945
I think you're hit the nail on the head. Judging from his own commentary, C&H was his way of keeping in touch with his inner child, as well as explore ideas and issues that meant a lot to him. That's probably the root of why he was so vehemently against marketing the comic; as far he was concerned, if he did that C&H would just become another product to sell, and the overall concern would be keeping the comic safe and profitable.

That said, a lot of jokes do get funnier as grow and get more experience. After I took a few art history classes in university, all the art jokes started making a lot of sense. In fact, whenever Calvin switches into his pseudointellectual commercial pop artist mode, I'm almost positive he's channeling Jeff Koons.

>>94447372
>I think you're hit the nail

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Godamnit I am too cynical. I keep reading C&H as Cyanide and Happiness instead of the comic at hand which is Calving and Hobbes

>>94446712
>said that your dead if you

*said that you're dead if you

>>94443211
It's not only timeless, it actually gets better with time.

I read it when I was 6, and there were things to laugh at. Mostly Calvin's hatred for school or camping. As a pre-teen I felt I could fully understand all the Calvin-centric stories. As a teen I related more to Hobbes. As a young adult I'm relating more to Rosalyn, and am starting to understand Calvin's parents' POV. If I reach 30, I'll probably sympathize with Ms. Wormwood

>>94443211
Kids AND adults.

>>94443211
I read it back when I was 9 or so.

I repeated a line from a panel where Calvin is snarking about hating his mom's cooking when my mom made squash one night.

She didn't know that and i got smacked upside the head.