![]() ![]() As well, Calvin’s dad uses ‘what all’, as in, “Have you figured out what all is missing?” I would never use ‘all’ there. Calvin’s mom uses ‘soda pop’, instead of ‘soda’, as I would call it (being from the Northeast). ![]() While obviously American, it is also mildly regional and noticeably Midwestern. ![]() Watterson was a genius not only of his own style, but also other styles of art his realism here is startling, in comparison to some of his other strips.Ī couple of strips betrayed something new to me on this reread: Watterson’s own dialect. Bun, to which Calvin furiously responds he didn’t want a baby, his posture and naked confusion are utterly identifiable and hilarious. When Calvin and Susie are playing house, and Susie pretends to bring home a baby, using Mr. I totally lost it while reading at least one script on this read-through. I’ve read this book an uncountable number of times, and yet I still find nuances I hadn’t gotten before, jokes I didn’t spot, and old retorts I can appreciate once again. Calvin and Hobbes gets funnier as I get older. ![]()
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