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'Calvin & Hobbes'

[18"x14" signed prints available - $30, get in touch :)]

24"x20" Acrylic on wood board, antiquey wooden frame. This exhausted me, I'm not sure if I'll ever want to part with it. If there's enough demand I'll run a short run of prints :) x

Calvin and Hobbes is a syndicated daily comic strip written and illustrated by American cartoonist Bill Watterson, and first syndicated from November 18, 1985 to December 31, 1995. It follows the humorous antics of Calvin, an imaginative and adventurous six-year-old boy, and Hobbes, his energetic and sardonic stuffed tiger. The pair are named after John Calvin, a 16th-century French Reformation theologian, and Thomas Hobbes, a 17th-century English political philosopher. At its height, Calvin and Hobbes was featured in over 2,400 newspapers worldwide; as of January 2010, reruns of the strip still appear in more than 50 countries (though not in North America). Nearly 45 million copies of the 18 Calvin and Hobbes books have been sold.

Set in the contemporary Midwestern United States in an unspecified suburban community, the broad themes of the strip deal with Calvin's flights of fantasy and his friendship with Hobbes, his misadventures, his unique views on a diverse range of political and cultural issues and his relationships with the people in his life, especially his parents. The dual nature of Hobbes is also a recurring motif: Calvin sees Hobbes as a live anthropomorphic tiger, while other characters see him as a stuffed toy.

Compliments:

	dawnstarstudios: Awesome...totally.....awesome Posted Feb 7, 2010 7:01am
	Art By Misen: What a lovely feeling, very beautiful! Posted Feb 7, 2010 1:27pm
	Laura K.: This is wonderful beyond words! I've been snowed in for the past week, and I have been re-reading (for the millionth time I'm sure) every single Calvin and Hobbes book. Such good memories; they never get old :) Posted Feb 10, 2010 9:18am
	Ron Johnson: What an amazing work...beautiful and dangerous! Wonderfully done! Posted Feb 11, 2010 4:22pm
	francesco porcacchia artistacontemporaneo: very tenderly and beautiful work Posted Feb 12, 2010 5:46pm
	Kevin Curtis Barr: Awesome work. Posted Feb 12, 2010 7:29pm
	temovskidragan: Wonderful work! Posted Feb 12, 2010 7:29pm
	Craig Cantrell: fantasticlly done,your use of colors are awesome. Posted Feb 13, 2010 3:37am
	Dustin: Hahahaha, that is awesome!! Oh, I love it! Posted Feb 20, 2010 5:09am
	SusanWhitney: wow how nicely done,quite outstanding to say the least. best wishes always Posted Mar 24, 2010 1:40pm
	SublimeHues: Great work! I Love Cats! Posted Apr 23, 2010 11:59pm
	jturner: Love it! Desperately want to buy a print (but am utterly failing to reach you...) Posted Jun 6, 2010 8:18pm
	Moczas Zoltan ۪۪۫۫●۪۫۰☆♥☆ ♫๏̯͡๏﴿☺☺☺: Wonderful work Posted Sep 9, 2010 1:56pm
	Deborah: That is so sweet...I am a lifetime fan of Calvin and Hobbes. Thanks for posting this! Posted Sep 29, 2010 6:54pm
	caroline_nb: This painting is so happy and beautiful! I love it :) Posted Apr 15, 2012 7:09am
	sumati: I am in love with this and want to own it in painting or print. Please tell me how. Thanks Posted May 1, 2012 3:30am