{"id":944,"date":"2009-02-03T21:21:07","date_gmt":"2009-02-04T02:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/?p=944"},"modified":"2009-02-03T21:21:07","modified_gmt":"2009-02-04T02:21:07","slug":"best-comic-strip-evar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/best-comic-strip-evar\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Comic Strip, EVAR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone posted this link<\/a> on a web forum that I read. Classic Calvin and Hobbes snow cartoons. And, now, I want this<\/a>\"\". It’s funny, I had pretty much all of the Calvin and Hobbes books when I was little. Now, I’m not sure where they are. Which is really too bad, because I could seriously use a few stolen hours spent giggling over them like I did when I was little. \u00a0\"\"<\/p>\n

It’s funny how a comic strip can encapsulate so much of my childhood. All of the times I spent reading them. All of the times that I inflicted my Calvin like tendencies on my mother. All of the times that I threatened my mother with my Calvin like tendencies. My friend Ian, who was a real life Calvin (I wish that I could remember his last name, I would so totally facebook him).<\/p>\n

I read the books so many times, they started to get a little less funny. I had memorized them. So, I put them away. Which could be a metaphor for the loss of childhood\u00a0innocence. Or it could just mean that I have a tendency to overdose on the things that I love. Which would explain why I have a Simpsons quote for pretty much any\u00a0occasion. And, erm, the extra pounds I’m carrying around.<\/p>\n

My grandfather had all of the Calvin and Hobbes books as well and I remember exactly where they were located at my grandparents’ house. I would sneak one out at a time and then find a quiet corner to do my reading. I’m pretty sure that I didn’t fool anyone about what I was doing. The giggling, I am certain, was a dead giveaway. I have a sneaking suspicion that this was a deciding factor in my grandfather’s desire to have a collection.<\/p>\n

Calvin and Hobbes taught me that tigers can be trapped with tuna sandwiches, that dads lie about everything and that, if a boy gives you dead flowers on valentines’ day, he must really like you.<\/p>\n

I have had a few other comic strip loves. Get Fuzzy and the Boondocks to love a few. But none will ever touch my heart or tickle my funny bone in the same way that Calvin and Hobbes did.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What are some of your childhood favorites?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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