Calvinizing life

This Bill Watterson hero attracted me a lot in the recent past. Me being not too much into comics was unaware of this child protogonist who rocked the U.S. in the 80s. Two years back I happened to read a collection of Watterson's comic strips.

Calvin represents the amalagated version of all the naughty kids; he is the one who will be commonly spotted in any household around the globe. He didn't even spare me. Every strip made me to think I am there in calvin whenever he is sharing his monments with the stuffed doll, or changing forms in the transmorgifier, or escaping the real world with his alter ego Stupendous man, or getting rid of slimy gal Susie.

Wonder what a cartoonist like Watterson do when given such a hero? He used Calvin as a tool to tell his philospohies of life, and he saw this world through his hero. Would really anyone like to hear satrical and philosphical thoughts from a six year old boy? But indeed everyone liked. Infact, a few strips still remain a puzzle to me, as they convey different ideas each time I read.

This shy hero is a silent killer. His stuffed tiger, Hobbes with whom he spends his joy or sorrow, is indeed his own personality - but the other side of the evil Calvin. When I say silent killer, I remember people used to call me when I was a kid. I too had a Hobbes; not really the Hobbes you think but my own Hobbes.

Being allured heavily to this nipper I believe to have a lot of posts on this superhero.