I've mentioned before that, as I go through these, at times Calvin and Hobbes seems like it must have been directly inspired by early Peanuts. The characters are of similar proportions to the kids in C&H, and this bath-avoiding trick could have come directly from Calvin's playbook.
It's not a sure thing, but it does seem like it might be possible.
The images here haven't been showing up for me the past couple of days. Am I the only one?
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Nope, you're not the only one. The image haven
ReplyDelete't been working for me either over the last couple of days.
Me neither.
ReplyDeleteComics.com seems to be broken.
ReplyDeleteThat explains a lot!
ReplyDeleteSeems to be up again, thank god.
ReplyDelete"The characters are of similar proportions to the kids in C&H, and this bath-avoiding trick could have come directly from Calvin's playbook."
ReplyDeleteIndeed it has.
Nice find, Peter v!
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