Calvin, Hobbes, Terminator

"Johnny and Uncle Bob is a syndicated daily comic strip that was written and illustrated by American cartoonist James Cameron, and syndicated from October 26, 1984 to August 29, 1997. It follows the humorous antics of John, a foul mouthed six-year-old boy messiah, and Uncle Bob, his stoic robot friend." (Johnny and Uncle Bob by ninjaink)

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Calvin, Hobbes And The Masters of the Universe

Cal Solo and Hobbesbacca

John Calvin and Thomas Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes Private Investigations

Francesco Francavilla captures the spirit of Bill Watterson and Calvin and Hobbes better than any other tribute I've seen. I look forward to his future adventures on Pulp Sunday. (Via Comic Twart)

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A Boy And His Tiger

You've Entered The Watterson Zone

Joker And Lex Luthor Vs. Calvin And Hobbes

A Boy And His Tiger

Tom Fowler's thank you to Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson. From Comic Twart.

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Calvin And Hobbesosaurus

Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat

Calvin and Hobbes Fight Club

Calvin And Hobbesosaurus

Bill Waterson's original Calvin and Hobbes concept, with Hobbes as a dinosaur proved a little too violent for the comics page. (CALVIN & HOBBES by Chris Samnee)

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Dynamic Duo: Calvin and Hobbes

You've Entered The Watterson Zone

Calvin, Hobbes And The Masters of the Universe

Cowboys, Tigers and Bears

"How it would be before the popular children's books, movies and comic strips. Before the Andy, Calvin and Christopher Robins. Were these guys just three dudes that hung out and caused trouble."

kizer180 shows us what that might have looked like. Seems like Hobbes is the only one who kept his troublemaking nature.

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The Woody With No Name
Cal Solo and Hobbesbacca
If You Go Down In The Woods Today...

Harry And Dobbs: It's A Magical World

Dobby loves Harry Potter. Still, I wouldn't want to hug a house elf. (Harry and Dobbs by spacemonkeydr, via Shirtoid)

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Dynamic Duo: Calvin and Hobbes

Cal Solo and Hobbesbacca

Calvin, Hobbes And The Masters of the Universe

You've Entered The Watterson Zone

Submitted for your approval... The Watterson Zone, Timothy Lim (ninjaink) and Mark Pellegrini's dead-on mashup of Calvin and Hobbes and The Twilight Zone episode It's a Good Life. (Winner of Super Punch's Calvin and Hobbes art contest. Link via Debonair Deal'z)

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Joker And Lex Luthor Vs. Calvin And Hobbes

Calvin, Hobbes And The Masters of the Universe

Cal Solo and Hobbesbacca

Calvin, Hobbes And The Masters of the Universe

By the Power of Grayskull, I have transmogrified! I'm a sucker for a Calvin and Hobbes parody and I think Hobbes would make a fine Battle Cat.

Adam & Cringer by SevenHundred at RedBubble. (Link via Shirtoid)

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Cal Solo and Hobbesbacca
Joker And Lex Luthor Vs. Calvin And Hobbes
He-Man And The Masters of Their Own Domain 

Joker And Lex Luthor Vs. Calvin And Hobbes

A homage to Bill Waterson's Calvin and Hobbes from comic artists Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo in Superman/Batman #75. Much like Calvin doesn't see the brilliance of Hobbes' suggestions, Luthor just doesn't get the Joker. Heaven help us if either of them got ahold of a Transmogrifier. (Link via The High Definite, with thanks to @buggerallthis for the tip)

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Dynamic Duo: Calvin and Hobbes
Cal Solo and Hobbesbacca
Cthulhu And Hobbes

Cal Solo and Hobbesbacca

The Kessel Run: Han and Chewie never said *when* they did it. Pop artist James Hance is proposing making this (which is just 'a doodle') a twice-weekly comic.

Please tell him you want to see this - I need it.

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Calvin and Hobbes: Fight Club
Dynamic Duo: Calvin and Hobbes
Cthulhu And Hobbes

Garfield Meets Calvin and Hobbes

"These two cartoons were samples I had planned to submit to MAD magazine, around the mid 1990s I think...the joke was, "What if older features tried to copy the success of Calvin & Hobbes?" It was more relevant at the time, of course."

Cartoonist Doug Gray revives a great feature from Calvin & Hobbes for use in some comics that are a little long in the tooth. See his take on Peanuts too. (Link via @weinmanj)

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Dynamic Duo: Calvin and Hobbes
ABC — Always. Be. Cartooning.
A Blockhead Died In New York...

Dynamic Duo: Calvin and Hobbes

Because they are the imaginary friends we deserve, and the ones we need right now. (From Kyle Latino, which it took me ages to discover after falling down the Tumblr hole of no credits. But thanks to Blackadder for surfacing it.)

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Cthulhu And Hobbes
Fight Club and Hobbes
If You Go Down In The Woods Today...

Cthulhu And Hobbes

The seas are just packed! Hobbes is clearly Cthulhu here, but no matter — funny is funny.  (Link via TopatoCo)

"Two best ol' buddies, Cthulhu and a Deep One, go adventuring in the crazy world above sea level. Will they find pirate treasure? Icky girls? A tenebrous, unwaking eikon in whose unfathomable presence time and reason lay abrogate? (The answer is icky girls."

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Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink'
Fight Club Calvin And Hobbes
Santa Cthulhu

If You Go Down In The Woods Today...

The Hundred Acre Wood is not as friendly as it is made out to be. Seems Winnie the Pooh and the gang are about to show Calvin & Hobbes exactly how unfriendly. The Boy and his Striped Friend by kizer180 — check out his gallery, there are few other childhood destroying moments. (Link via Super Punch)

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Calvin and Hobbes and Pooh Bear, Oh My!
Fight Club Calvin and Hobbes
Lessons From The Hundred Acre Wood

Calvin and Hobbes and Pooh Bear, Oh My!

While Christopher Robin has clearly been feeding Winnie the Pooh steroid-laced honey, ultimately he is still a bear of very little brain and the pair won't be able to stand up against the ferocity and imagination of Calvin and Hobbes. (weremagnus' Schoolyard Takedown via The Daily What)

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Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
Lessons From The Hundred Acre Wood
Animation Domination 

Calvin and Hobbes Garbage Pail Kids

After years of nobody ever believing that Hobbes was a real tiger, Calvin finally went insane. Certifiable Calvin from Brent Engstrom, via Super Punch.

If that seems practically sacrilegious to the memory of Bill Watterson's characters, the reclusive comic strip creator did his first (brief) interview in over 20 years with the Clevland Plain Dealer. From the exchange:

With almost 15 years of separation and reflection, what do you think it was about "Calvin and Hobbes" that went beyond just capturing readers' attention, but their hearts as well?

"The only part I understand is what went into the creation of the strip. What readers take away from it is up to them. Once the strip is published, readers bring their own experiences to it, and the work takes on a life of its own. Everyone responds differently to different parts.

I just tried to write honestly, and I tried to make this little world fun to look at, so people would take the time to read it. That was the full extent of my concern. You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens. I can't explain why the strip caught on the way it did, and I don't think I could ever duplicate it. A lot of things have to go right all at once."   

It really was a remarkable strip and it's nice to have a small reminder of that time.

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Weirdos From Another Planet!
Calvin and Hobbes on Ritalin
Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink'  

Weirdos From Another Planet!

Long gone from the comic page, Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes still manages to inspire other artists. At the Crazy For Cult show earlier this year, pop artist Sean Clarity submitted Jack's Imaginary Friend as a visual representation of Galvin P. Chow's theory that Fight Club is Calvin and Hobbes, but grown up:

"Just as Calvin has an imaginary jungle-animal friend named Hobbes, whom everyone else believes to be nothing but a stuffed toy, "Jack" in Fight Club has an imaginary cool-guy friend named Tyler, whom no one but Jack can see."

I went back and found all of that after seeing the results of Comics Alliance's call out to comic book artists to reinterpret the iconic strip. (Link via Neatorama)

Jim Rugg ("Afrodisiac")

Drew Weing ("Pup")

David Mack

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Calvin and Hobbes on Ritalin

Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink'

Calvin and Hobbes on Ritalin

Uggh. This just killed me. Found it over on Forces of Geek, but it's an oldie. Anyone know the where to find the original?

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Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
Eggsploitation
Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink'

Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat

Calvin and Hobbes, if Calvin was a six-year-old and Hobbes was a real tiger. Wait... he wasn't?

From pop artist Casey Weldon for a show at Gallery 1998, they of the cool Idiot Box exhibit I've been enjoying so much. Thanks to Super Punch for another great find.

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Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink'
If Cartoons Were Real
Eggsploitation

Eggsploitation

Is it wrong that this just makes me want to go out for Eggs Benedict? Gotta love a Calvin & Hobbes-inspired yoke - thanks to Ariel Bariel Long for the eggcellent work.