Calvin & Hobbes was a cartoon character created by the American Artist – Bill Patterson. The comic strip is a culmination of interaction between a 6-year old, Hobbes and a humorously human-like tiger called Calvin. Surprisingly, the name John Calvin belonged to a French reformists – John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes. At its peak, the comic strip was published in over 2, 400 newspapers and till date nearly 45million copies of the comic book has been sold. Calvin & Hobbes is an interesting interaction between the boy and the tiger, and Calvin’s parents. Since the duo has most of their interactions at home, it brings out enormously pleasurable moments of surprise and humor. Calvin parents happen to middle-class householders, who have their own reasons to worry about, and the desperation of handling a 6-yr does come through at occasions. Parents happen to be strictly down-to-earth sensible folks who happen to handle, adeptly the outlandish behaviour of Calvin in combination with Hobbes. Other characters in the strip include Susie Derkins, who happens to be the classmate of Calving living right across the street. Other minor characters in the book include – Rosalyn – babysitter; Moe – Calvin’s bully happen to feature in some of the comic book titles which have come till now. Mr. Patterson, finally, in 1995 decided to shut-shop on the comic strip after it came out with the 3, 160th comic strip, in his final statement – he makes a point to tell his audience of not been completely satisfied of his decision of closing the curtains on the comic strip. However, he emphasises of moving to better creative pursuits with lesser demands on deadline and more freedom for creative liberty. The comic strip came out with a collector’s edition in 1995, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the comic character. The book and other books are available on the e shop – homeshop18.com. Buy the collectible from the online bookstore – homeshop18.com for Rs.418, with a 25% off on MRP.
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