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   win said, about 1 year ago

   is that Waldo?!
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   templo SUD said, about 1 year ago

   Looks like the very, very last “Calvin and Hobbes” strip, but with Watterson contemplating for the final inspiration. It is, indeed, a magical world.
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   Rick Smith said, about 1 year ago

   Very nicely done, Kory!
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   hildigunnur said, about 1 year ago

   no, the worst of it was that Melissa had forgotten their son :(
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   benklaz said, about 1 year ago

   The design for Melissa seems to be taken from the 22 July, 1988 strip (or vice versa).
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   Sisyphos said, about 1 year ago

   Something, some toy or the like, was left behind, as in each of the Bogey’s abductions. Poor Mr. Watterson. Now at last we know the real reason he ceased cartooning (as well as the inspiration for that final “Calvin and Hobbes” strip)….
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   crookedwolf said, about 1 year ago

   Very evocative.
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   Three Steps Over Japan said, about 1 year ago

   “The worst was when I turned around and the house was gone. And I’d just made the last payment on it, too.”
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   J2P2 said, about 1 year ago

   @hildigunnur

   I fear you’re right about that. Yike…
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    waycyber said, about 1 year ago

    The last C&H for comparison http://bestofcalvinandhobbes.com/2012/02/final-calvin-and-hobbes-its-a-magical-world-lets-go-exploring/
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    T_Lexi said, about 1 year ago

    Love this – enjoying every second! (This is reminding me of my grade school, where the teacher would read to us for a half hour first thing every morning…) Thank you, Kory : )

    Interesting that the kids from ‘our’ story have disappeared overnight from their rooms, and Bill’s son Marvin disappeared during the day, while playing outside…
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    arsmall said, about 1 year ago

    Awesome Kory! Marvin is even dressed like Calvin from the last strip.
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    Joel Schroeder said, about 1 year ago

    I don’t know if you all realize it, but “Calvin & Hobbes” was originally going to be “Marvin & Hobbes”, but a strip called “Marvin” came out before Calvin & Hobbes was launched.
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    Demonick said, about 1 year ago

    @Joel Schroeder

    Joel…you just completely blew my mind!!!!
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, about 1 year ago

    And as I recall last year Lió found Calvin’s bones an a stuffed tiger in the snow. And we also see a news paper saying a boy is missing from 1990. A masterful bit of Kory an it isn’t over yet. Lovecraft would be proud!
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