fan, i think i have literally every read every calvin & hobbes strip there is, and to me, it s the play between the real world and the fantasy world. even hobbes, he s a real stuffed tiger in the real world that s calvin s buddy, but also goes on all these fantastical adventures. is that part of why people love this, this element of escapism built right into the comic strip? yeah. definitely. the escapism or imagination. if you look at calvin & hobbes as a comic strip, you ve got calvin s school and his daily life at home. whether that s interacting with his parents or with hobbes in the backyard. but, you know, his world is huge. and, you know, you ve got spaceman spiff, dinosaurs, time travel. you ve got so much that appeals to people who are reading the strip. amen, joel allen schroeder,