Calvin & Hobbes

For those of you who do not know what Calvin and Hobbes is, well it is a comic strip. Perhaps the longest running and the most successful comic strip ever. It was published from 1985 to 1995 in newspapers.10 YEARS!!!? This strip still runs in over 45 countries and in more than 60dailies. And undoubtedly it is my most favorite comic strip. My day may start without a coffee, but it never starts without a daily read of this strip that appears in Hindu n DC in Chennai

In essence this strip is about a 6year old boy and his toy tiger. To the world the tiger is just a stuffed doll, but to the 6yr old, hyper-active, super naughty, brilliant minded Calvin, the tiger is a real one. He lets the tiger talk to him, advice him; sleep with him and Calvin's only play mate is the tiger.

Calvin and Hobbes is a thing of a genius. It was written by William Patterson. To kids the strip is what it claims to be, A comic strip'. But for grownups, once u remove the prejudice of thinking comics are oly for kids and take a look at the strip, u get to realize thrs more to it than meets the eye. There are so many lessons that calvin offers to the world. There are so many emotions friendship, love, affection, Honesty, fun, sorrow much much more. A friendly comic strip makes me laugh everyday till my eyes end up in tears.

One can easily relate to Calvin in numerous ways. How many of us have patronized non-living things?? It can be our bike, it can be a foto of our loved ones, it can be a key chain. To associate ourselves in an even broader prospective, it could even be GOD! What appears just a stone to atheists appears as the Almighty to theists. How many times have we stood or knelt before an idol of our favorite gods and prayed in earnest. And how many times have heard the reply too??

Calvin and Hobbes capture that essence. The belief is what makes us what we are. the strip is a lovely metaphor. A standing testimony to the fact that life is more beautiful when u believe in positive emotions. I would request u all to become younger and get addicted to the strip.

Here is a link that can help u fraternize with Calvin

http://progressiveboink.com/archive/calvinhobbes.htm

And for those who say u r too old for this stuff, I will oly say this "Growing old is inevitable, but growing UP is optional" ;-)

Cheers folks

PS : In case someone needs the full set of this comic strip, contact me