This week I read a huge amount of Calvin and Hobbes. I have regretfully never seen this comic strip before, or at least I do not remember seeing it. As I was reading the comic strips my eyes were just blown away and I kept thinking “Where have you been all my life?” This comic is amazingly composed. Each strip is rather short which allows the viewers to not get stuck on the images for too long and in doing so adds to the comical narrative of the images themselves. This strip brought me back to my childhood like Little Nemo did but in a completely different way. In this strip I was more of the on looker and Calvin became one of my younger brothers or sister.
Looking back I have a lot of experience observing what little boys and girls do to pass the time and have fun. I have four younger siblings so I had plenty of subject matter to watch. My siblings were always doing some of the most ridiculous things, as was I. Each strip Calvin and Hobbes triggers different memories in my past and allows me to reflect on what has happened over the past twenty years while having a good laugh. From asking to drive the car at such a young age to playing with food to the little immature antics I was dissolved quickly into my past. This trip back memory lane allowed me to refresh my awareness as to what has gone on all of the years and put that in a box of treasures. When I go to work on my animation or an art piece I will refer back to my box of treasures and reflect on a memory from the past to add my experience to the piece. Calvin and Hobbes is an extraordinary piece and it reflects what a young boy and his stuffed tiger would typically do at such a young age. Calvin and Hobbes gives the reader short strips that leave them begging for more but also give them a great amount of information to reflect on their own experience.
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