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The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.

Bill Watterson

Ms. Wormwood: Calvin, can you tell us what Lewis and Clark did? Calvin: No, but I can recite the secret superhero origin of each member of Captain Napalm’s Thermonuclear League of Liberty.
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Class League Superhero
Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development.
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Artist Doubt Taken Talking
Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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Demand Ecstasy Enough
Tomorrow we’ll not only seize the day, we’ll throttle it.
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Day Seize Throttle Tomorrow
I’ve been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.
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Amazed Ideas Mind Wander
In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
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Art Book Comics Hands
Life’s disappointments are harder to take when you don’t know any swear words.
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Disappointment Friendship Harder Swearing
My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin
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Burden Historical Terrible
Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
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Painting Solve Tigers Vans
Calvin: Look, a dead bird! Hobbes: It must’ve hit a window. Calvin: Isn’t it beautiful? It’s so delicate. Sighhh… once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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Beautiful Grow Up Thinking
Since September it’s just gotten colder and colder. There’s less daylight now, I’ve noticed too. This can only mean one thing – the sun is going out. In a few more months the Earth will be a dark and lifeless ball of ice. Dad says the sun isn’t going out.
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Dad Dark Daylight Mean Truth
If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects the personality of the writer.
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Artist Jobs Thinking
One of the jokes I really like is that the fantasies are drawn more realistically than reality, since that says a lot about what’s going on in Calvin’s head.
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Fantasies Head Realistically Since
It’s gratifying to hear that from people who care about comic art. I never know what to make of it when someone writes to say, “Calvin and Hobbes is the best strip in the paper. I like it even more than Nancy.”
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Art Gratifying People Someone Write Writing
Once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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Appreciate Late Miracle
Does anything we say or do in here really matter? Have we done anything important? Have we been happy? Have we made the most of these precious few footsteps?
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Footstep Important Made Matter Precious

The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.

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