"See my snowman? He's enjoying a snow cone! There's nothing he likes better!" "And the snowman with the ice cream scoop in his back? "It's a sordid story"
"I'm a simple man, Hobbes." "You?? Yesterday you wanted a nuclear powered car that could turn into a jet with laser-guided heat-seeking missiles!" "I'm a simple man with complex tastes." Got to love calvin and hobbes :)
actually, it showed them all in separate panels, and at the end, Calvin's dad was saying to mother: "Well, you have to admit, it's slowed the traffic on our street."
@@knoven- It also is showing 8 years for me. I think there is a way to edit the date of comments but I am unsure of how exactly. Maybe by changing the date on the device you are using?
In the comics, Calvin’s creations mortified his parents and neighbors. If he was a kid today, he’d be an internet sensation! I wish it snowed where I live, I want to recreate his snowmen and snowgoons!
@@davidhanson4909 I was just thinking, "I wish I had the macabre creativity (& work ethic) of Calvin when I was young. I would've LOVED it if I had done those snowmen. Would enjoy doing them now too!" But sadly, you are 100% Right. ANY kid expressing such genuine (dark) emotions would be taken in for "counselling" & get medicated to Hell! (even though it is Perfectly normal & even healthy to do so.) Sad, oversensitive world we live in.
For anyone who says that Mr. Watterson didn't give Calvin and Hobbes the send-off they deserve, let me remind you... "It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!"
@@thearrogantirishman8352 You're a testament Mr. Watterson's influence. Calvin and Hobbes ended a couple of years before you were born, yet here you are and the strip obviously speaks to you. Meanwhile, I was 15 when the strip started and 25 when it ended and it still speaks to me all these decades later.
I always imagined Calvin as extremely smart and imaginative for his age, and doing things like this just for fun, to mess with other people and watch their reactions.
@@animeotaku307 I know this might not be a popular opinion, since I made it myself, but Calvin's personality wouldn't be that out of place in a borderlands game.
this was actually perfect. it straddles the line between remembering the strip and its wonderful laughs, whilst also respecting Watterson's wishes that Calvin and Hobbes as characters never be portrayed in film or be merchandizes.
A theory I have, which I have presented to two of my uncle's, who agreed with me, is that Hobbes is, at least in part, the personification of Calvin's conscience. He's basically Calvin's inner voice, in part at least.
Gator- sorry but I think you’re wrong. Calvin was actually a sweet well-adjusted, albeit misunderstood, child. But that Hobbes.... that was 1 untrustworthy tiger. 😉
I have the last two Calvin & Hobbes strips that appeared on Saturday and Sunday in my local paper. Hung on to them for years and now they are framed on my wall above my desk where I sit this very moment. It was awesome being a kid and getting to see brand new strips the world had never seen drop every day. I started my own comic strip and wanted to do newspaper comics but then I read Bill's story of the fight he had with the syndicate and that convinced me NOT to do newspaper comics. So I became an illustrator, got into graphic design, and am doing what I love today because of Bill Watterson's inspiration. My four daughters all read the Calvin & Hobbes books from when I was a kid and they love them.
Props to Mr Watterson for refusing to sully the spirit and integrity of the strip by licensing it for merchandise. He could've made bank but refused to compromise his principles. Huge respect.
@@Thompsongs Personally I think he was a fool for not wanting it, but I don't claim to be any more right than he was. For whatever it's worth he did great work anyways.
He initially sold the rights. When the strip became popular, he refused to sign off on anything. Finally, he threatened to quit if he didn't get them back. Integrity is predicate (like all such issues are) on people knowing about it. I'm afraid that C & H will just disappear, out of sight, out of mind. Watterson can't really control it after he's dead, and maybe there'll be a "Betty Boop" like resurgence, but who knows?
You forgot the following: - The line of snowmen facing the front walk and saluting Calvin’s dad as he walks past, annoyed. - The giant head peering over the hillside - The row of wide mouthed, Moai-like statues along the sidewalk. “What’s wrong with Easter Island? I _like_ Easter Island!” - The Axe-wielding giant snow chicken
The giant head peering over the horizon is my absolute favorite! I even stuck it in a Harry Potter fanfic almost 20 years ago. I also included a magically-created Snow Goon.
How the strip should have gone Calvin: You don't like my "Snowman House of Horror" do you??? Calvin's Mom: It's not that. I just don't understand how you always find the right tree limbs to do what you do with the arms.
Nicely done! I can still remember the day, decades ago, of opening the Los Angeles Times to the comic section and seeing the first Calvin & Hobbes strip, fell in love with it right away and read it ever after. Like everyone else, still miss it. And I still miss the Los Angeles Times of that era, comic section was two full pages, strips were easy to read. Sunday comic section was, as I remember it, 8 full color pages and eventually C&H covered a complete half of the first page of it.
Some of the punchlines immediately came back to me as I looked at these: "We need to get that kid to a psychologist." "Nobody ELSE at the office talks about things like this." "You don't like my 'Snowman House of Horror,' do you?" "CALVIN!" (That was for building the snowdog at the fire hydrant.)
Dang, that message at the end really makes me miss Calvin and Hobbes, such a simple story with a wild amount of imagination. I want it to come back in some way… I want them to be reintroduced in the new world. I know that people hate the idea of Calvin and Hobbes returning, I want my crazy boy and stuffed tiger back… ;-; We miss you Bill…
I assigned "A Nauseous Nocturne" as a reading this semester in my College Writing course on monsters, and only like 3 of my 22 students even knew who Calvin and Hobbes were. It hurt my heart.
Bill, We love and miss you. If you by chance happen to read this, you have 16 years more of material at your disposal. Times have changed, and I would love to see Calvin and Hobbes take on being a child nowadays. Being a tougher time for kids, and having to grow up quickly. I often ponder how Calvin would adjust. Your books were a huge part of who I am, and for that I couldn't thank you enough.
“YUKON HO!” I haven’t even read the paper comics in years... and not just because I don’t read the papers anymore! The comics were the last thing I stopped reading and that was before everything went electronic. So as not to ramble, I will only say that “the funnies” just got trendy,trite and shallow... in a word, “UNORIGINAL”... and not so funny. Quite simply, they just became too much like the rest of the paper... even the old classic cartoons that were taken over by the heirs. I don’t blame Bill W. at all for getting out when he did- it is the art of a child’s heart and if it starts to make you feel old, well... “YUKON HO!” I can also say,though, that I stopped reading the papers the same way I started... “Just the comics,Please!” Thanks again,Bill- and tell Calvin and Hobbes that I’ll see them up North! ••••••🐯•••••• “Yukon Ho!” My Tiger Friend has got the sled, And I have packed a snack. We're all set for the trip ahead. We're never coming back! We're abandoning this life we've led! So long, Mom and Pop! We're sick of doing what you've said, And now it's going to stop! We're going where it snows all year, Where life can have real meaning. A place where we won't have to hear, "Your room could stand some cleaning." The Yukon is the place for us! That's where we want to live. Up there we'll get to yell and cuss, And act real primitive. We'll never have to go to school, Forced into submission, By a monstrous, crabby ol’ teacher who'll make us learn addition... We'll never have to clean a plate, Of veggie glops and goos- Messily we'll masticate Using any fork we choose! The Timber Wolves will be Our Friends. We'll stay up Late and Howl... At the Moon, ‘Til Nighttime Ends, While going on The Prowl ! Oh, what a life! We cannot wait, To be in that Arctic Land, Where we'll be Masters of our Fate, And Lead a Life that's Grand! No more of those parental rules- We're heading for some snow! Good riddance to those grown-up ghouls! We're leaving! “Yukon Ho!” -Bill Watterson 1989 “Who wouldn't want the opportunity to yell and scream for no reason other than that you can? It's just part of being a kid, desiring all these things. ‘Yukon Ho!’ is a special little encasement of childhood sentiment and it comes across as genuine, rather than as a bunch of idealized cliches. If I were to meet my 7 year old self, I hope I'd be able to play along with him in his imaginative games. I want to be an adult that my littler self can be proud of and I think poems like this help to keep me on track.” -Chris Hart
Sorry .ust slip into a little bit serious thought. No political correctness to be found here because it stifles i ingenuity. Bill gave thst to Calvin and spoke his genious though him. More often though it was for laughs and little else. Others have also found that must abandon pc to get anything done. One of those is Donald Trump. He was hated by many for some of the things he saif bit they dhow their stupidity when they try to take down what Trump did.
Anti-Trump, anti-Calvin, anti-freedom and pro-political correctness gives us a Jackass president who gives us a demoralized police force and military as well as crazy inflation and a shortage of product on the shelves. Oh well, at least that coven of Democrats are out from under their beds or rocks and these monsters now are proudly showing their hatchlings. They don't even see how hidious their hatched ideas really are in the eyes or sane people.
I was so inspired by “Yukon Ho!”, that I set out to emulate the strip! I even started using my “Land Before Time”, “Little Foot” stuffed toy as a proxy for “Hobbes”, filled a suitcase full of comics and snacks, and left the house (with the intention of pretending that my aunt’s basement would be my “Yukon”, which was just a large block away), only to get less than two houses down before a local deputy pulled over to ask if I was running away from home!😆 Giving that awkward explanation really spoiled my fun!
Now, after the Great Freeze of 2021, I have to say that I'm even more impressed by Calvin's ability to make so many snowmen and in such creative poses. It took me so long to make such the base of a snowman that I just gave up before finishing and instead tried to make a fort.
Me, too! Calvin and Hobbes had just begun its run when I got my tiger boy. Mine was a ginger tom I found in front of our neighborhood bowling alley. He had been following some kids for blocks and didn't belong to any of them. I scooped him up - no complaints from him - and brought him home. Put up found signs - no bites, lucky me. :-) Hobbes was well-loved on my block, the neighbors always referred to him as "Mister" Hobbes - he was a gem of a cat. He had no enemies and lots of friends.
As someone who grew up loving these comics, I must admit this is ON POINT. Are these clay models or 3D models? Man I miss Bill's work so much, dude did so much that rings true today.
It’s truly a pity his parents don’t appreciate his work. Especially *that* one: the kraken lifting the snowman *alone* is worthy of an award simply for defying physics!
Thanks so much for making this wonderful video, James! I'm a huge "Calvin & Hobbes" fan, and I laugh out loud no matter how many times I watch it! You really nailed it perfectly!!!
Holy crap this takes me back, I loved those books so much and his horrifying snow creations always made me laugh so hard, seeing them in 3D incredible.
There's nothing better than having read Calvin & Hobbes as a kid, then come back ten years later and understand Waterson's voice behind the strip so much more fully. Calvin & Hobbes is brilliant.
One thing I love about Calvin is that despite being well…a brat. Come on now, but he is a kid what can you do. He is extremely creative, and does have moments of deeper understanding. There is no doubt his parents love him, but if they were able to help nurture this creative side then No doubt he would succeed
This is definitely one of those videos where I don't have time to watch it immediately, but instead of putting it on ''watch later,'' i've already added it to ''favorites.''
"See my snowman? He's enjoying a snow cone! There's nothing he likes better!"
"And the snowman with the ice cream scoop in his back?
"It's a sordid story"
"They're snowmen profits of doom!"
"You certainly take the pleasure out of waiting for daffodils."
"why does that snowman have a hot water bottle on his head?"
"He's committing suicide"
@@batyalivni3577 "You have to admit, it's slowed the traffic down on our road."
That’s my all time favorite snowman gag from the strip. I’m disappointed it wasn’t in the video.
Lol 😀😁😂🤣😃😄😅😆😺😸😹!!!!!!!!!
"I'm a simple man, Hobbes."
"You?? Yesterday you wanted a nuclear powered car that could turn into a jet with laser-guided heat-seeking missiles!"
"I'm a simple man with complex tastes."
Got to love calvin and hobbes :)
No comments pathetic
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@@Helpadoggoreachsubs ikr wth ? 😂
Why are the only reply’s within a day of this comment
I can't believe there are only 3 other replies to this comment
@@nathanielcatan6657 happy now?
actually, it showed them all in separate panels, and at the end, Calvin's dad was saying to mother:
"Well, you have to admit, it's slowed the traffic on our street."
8 years old
@@brandonaraiza8118 no it is showing 8 years
@@knoven- It also is showing 8 years for me. I think there is a way to edit the date of comments but I am unsure of how exactly. Maybe by changing the date on the device you are using?
Never mind, the video is 9 years old.
I thinks there's another one with the same situation except Calvin's dad says: we need to get that kid a therapist
In the comics, Calvin’s creations mortified his parents and neighbors.
If he was a kid today, he’d be an internet sensation! I wish it snowed where I live, I want to recreate his snowmen and snowgoons!
If he were a kid today, they'd have him in a home for "problematic" kids and probably drugged into near catonia.
@@davidhanson4909 I was just thinking, "I wish I had the macabre creativity (& work ethic) of Calvin when I was young. I would've LOVED it if I had done those snowmen. Would enjoy doing them now too!"
But sadly, you are 100% Right. ANY kid expressing such genuine (dark) emotions would be taken in for "counselling" & get medicated to Hell! (even though it is Perfectly normal & even healthy to do so.) Sad, oversensitive world we live in.
I wanna make snowmen like his this winter
@@Kids_Scissors Lol me too. I wish it snowed over where I live...
Calvin was an artist ahead of his time.
This is exactly how a Calvin and Hobbes movie or Christmas special should begin. So well made.
404 in two weeks! I need an agent ! Thanks!
Or a trailer for a movie.
For anyone who says that Mr. Watterson didn't give Calvin and Hobbes the send-off they deserve, let me remind you... "It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!"
@is keyboard me too bro, me too
Me three!!!!!
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
I'm 23 damn years old and you got me going through an existential Crisis with a TH-cam comment.
@@thearrogantirishman8352 You're a testament Mr. Watterson's influence. Calvin and Hobbes ended a couple of years before you were born, yet here you are and the strip obviously speaks to you.
Meanwhile, I was 15 when the strip started and 25 when it ended and it still speaks to me all these decades later.
There’s treasure everywhere!
I know the idea is supposed to be that Calvin is disturbingly morbid, but each of these snowmen shows a remarkable amount of creativity.
That’s point.
He is 6 years old!
Calvin is disturbingly smart for his age and Hobbes is a sentient being conjured from Calvin's genius in order to temper his ego
I always imagined Calvin as extremely smart and imaginative for his age, and doing things like this just for fun, to mess with other people and watch their reactions.
@@chpsilva Plus, he has the coolest hairstyle of any kid in his class. I would've needed a lot of gel to get that look. 😎👍
Watterson knew how to be a kid in an adult way. Calvin isn’t quite like a Peanuts character. He often displays a wisdom beyond his years.
But he still can be very immature, to the point of brattiness. Watterson struck a great balance.
@@animeotaku307
I know this might not be a popular opinion, since I made it myself, but Calvin's personality wouldn't be that out of place in a borderlands game.
@@mercwiththemouthsnewphone6798 calvin would be ruined in a borderlands game
He’s a dumb bratty kid has a vocabulary that’d make college professors seem like they drool 24/7
So do a bunch of the Peanuts gang.
“Egad! Bad dad!”
“Too Strict”
“Homework No”
“Calvin’s dad unfair!”
“Later Bedtimes! Fewer baths!”
“More Freedom”
Hahaha! .. now, part of me believes you know all those off by heart. I remember "Egad! Bad dad!" but that's it. Thanks for the laugh!
I forgot to add “More Freedom” (my brother and my bestie have the comic books).
I remember ALL of these.
Calvin would always make the most hilarious snowmen.
I fondly remember them. My mother loved him too.
same.
this was actually perfect. it straddles the line between remembering the strip and its wonderful laughs, whilst also respecting Watterson's wishes that Calvin and Hobbes as characters never be portrayed in film or be merchandizes.
And yet there is bootleg C&H merchandise galore available online. Watterson missed the opportunity to control quality.
Who cares what Watterson wants
@@neo-filthyfrank1347 i mean he made the characters soooo
@@mistimorgan9969 Yeah but the law can't stop that which isn't monetized. People can and should make additional content of things they like.
@@neo-filthyfrank1347 its not really a legal thing its more of a respecting the authors wishes thing
what a wonderful tribute to the creator of the best ever comic strip!!!
I love how accurately the snowmen are depicted. They're just like the comics.
As soon as I saw one bisected by a snow-kid on a sled and one hit by a cannonball, I thought, "Hey-- I remember those two!" 😀
When you realize just how dark the inside of Calvin’s mind really is. It’s a very good thing that he has Hobbes.
A theory I have, which I have presented to two of my uncle's, who agreed with me, is that Hobbes is, at least in part, the personification of Calvin's conscience. He's basically Calvin's inner voice, in part at least.
Gator- sorry but I think you’re wrong. Calvin was actually a sweet well-adjusted, albeit misunderstood, child.
But that Hobbes.... that was 1 untrustworthy tiger. 😉
"I don't care, we are not having an anatomically correct snowman in our front yard!"
- Calvin's mom
And everyone slowed down in front of his parents house because they wanted to see his creations.
I have the last two Calvin & Hobbes strips that appeared on Saturday and Sunday in my local paper. Hung on to them for years and now they are framed on my wall above my desk where I sit this very moment. It was awesome being a kid and getting to see brand new strips the world had never seen drop every day. I started my own comic strip and wanted to do newspaper comics but then I read Bill's story of the fight he had with the syndicate and that convinced me NOT to do newspaper comics. So I became an illustrator, got into graphic design, and am doing what I love today because of Bill Watterson's inspiration. My four daughters all read the Calvin & Hobbes books from when I was a kid and they love them.
I have 4 really thick books that are a collection of every strip and colored section. I love rereading through them
Forgot Suzie's anatomical snow woman, and Calvin's response.
And then his mom's reaction when he made the male anatomically correct snowman. 😆
This is why I love Calvin and Hobbes
Perfect blend of humor, philosophy, and snow-related violence.
Oh, Mr. Watterson, we miss you.
Benny Moonwalker | but he is alive! :)
U s, but hadn’t done anything since the late 90s
"Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!"
Props to Mr Watterson for refusing to sully the spirit and integrity of the strip by licensing it for merchandise. He could've made bank but refused to compromise his principles. Huge respect.
On the other hand, we lost a possible animation adaptation that would've had a lot of potential...
@@SadButter potential aside, it wasn't what Watterson wanted done with his creation.
@@Thompsongs Personally I think he was a fool for not wanting it, but I don't claim to be any more right than he was. For whatever it's worth he did great work anyways.
He initially sold the rights. When the strip became popular, he refused to sign off on anything. Finally, he threatened to quit if he didn't get them back.
Integrity is predicate (like all such issues are) on people knowing about it. I'm afraid that C & H will just disappear, out of sight, out of mind. Watterson can't really control it after he's dead, and maybe there'll be a "Betty Boop" like resurgence, but who knows?
You forgot the following:
- The line of snowmen facing the front walk and saluting Calvin’s dad as he walks past, annoyed.
- The giant head peering over the hillside
- The row of wide mouthed, Moai-like statues along the sidewalk. “What’s wrong with Easter Island? I _like_ Easter Island!”
- The Axe-wielding giant snow chicken
The giant head peering over the horizon is my absolute favorite! I even stuck it in a Harry Potter fanfic almost 20 years ago. I also included a magically-created Snow Goon.
Wasn't there one with a bunch of snowmen surrounding the house like the zombies from Night of the Living Dead? 🙂
How the strip should have gone
Calvin: You don't like my "Snowman House of Horror" do you???
Calvin's Mom: It's not that. I just don't understand how you always find the right tree limbs to do what you do with the arms.
Calvin: "Three little words, Mom - practice, persistence, perseverance!!!!!"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Me and my brother wondered that for years XD
I am 90% sure that was the main utility of Calvin's sledding trips - finding those branches for his projects...
just not on purpose
@@spikebrannigan that would be EXACTLY his response. 👌🏼
"You can always tell when you get to OUR house."
Nicely done! I can still remember the day, decades ago, of opening the Los Angeles Times to the comic section and seeing the first Calvin & Hobbes strip, fell in love with it right away and read it ever after. Like everyone else, still miss it. And I still miss the Los Angeles Times of that era, comic section was two full pages, strips were easy to read. Sunday comic section was, as I remember it, 8 full color pages and eventually C&H covered a complete half of the first page of it.
Some of the punchlines immediately came back to me as I looked at these:
"We need to get that kid to a psychologist."
"Nobody ELSE at the office talks about things like this."
"You don't like my 'Snowman House of Horror,' do you?"
"CALVIN!" (That was for building the snowdog at the fire hydrant.)
In the world of "Calvin & Hobbes," the first words of "Winter Wonderland" are spelled "Slay bells ring."
Dang, that message at the end really makes me miss Calvin and Hobbes, such a simple story with a wild amount of imagination. I want it to come back in some way…
I want them to be reintroduced in the new world.
I know that people hate the idea of Calvin and Hobbes returning, I want my crazy boy and stuffed tiger back…
;-;
We miss you Bill…
The horror of existence vs the terror of non-being
something along those lines
Seeing these pictures again made me laugh so hard
I miss Bill Watterson and Calvin and Hobbes so much.
I assigned "A Nauseous Nocturne" as a reading this semester in my College Writing course on monsters, and only like 3 of my 22 students even knew who Calvin and Hobbes were. It hurt my heart.
I grew up reading Calvin and Hobbes and broke out with a huge goofy grin when I stumbled upon this! Hats off to you!
Calvin is one skilled kid, making such realistically disturbing and stable creations from snow...
Points to anyone who can remember the captions to these. My favorite is the snowman crime scene while his dad yells "I'm going to be late for work!"
Just now in 2021 found this -- made my day. Have nearly all the collected works. Calvin and Hobbes live in my heart.
I love how cursed Calvin's snowmen creations were XD he was ahead of his time
currently re-reading all my Calvin & Hobbes comics... I've always been amazed at Calvin's imagination with snow :)
"It's not an attitude, IT'S A FACT!!"
- Calvin yelling at the principal in his office.
Bill, We love and miss you. If you by chance happen to read this, you have 16 years more of material at your disposal. Times have changed, and I would love to see Calvin and Hobbes take on being a child nowadays. Being a tougher time for kids, and having to grow up quickly. I often ponder how Calvin would adjust. Your books were a huge part of who I am, and for that I couldn't thank you enough.
Calvin's Snowman house of horrors. always makes me laugh to see this
From the bottom of my heart: YES!!! We miss you, Bill😩
“YUKON HO!”
I haven’t even read
the paper comics in years...
and not just because
I don’t read the papers anymore!
The comics were the last thing
I stopped reading and that was before everything went electronic.
So as not to ramble,
I will only say that “the funnies”
just got trendy,trite and shallow...
in a word,
“UNORIGINAL”...
and not so funny.
Quite simply,
they just became too much like
the rest of the paper...
even the old classic cartoons that were taken over by the heirs.
I don’t blame Bill W. at all for getting out when he did-
it is the art of a child’s heart and
if it starts to make you feel old,
well...
“YUKON HO!”
I can also say,though,
that I stopped reading the papers the same way I started...
“Just the comics,Please!”
Thanks again,Bill-
and tell Calvin and Hobbes
that I’ll see them up North!
••••••🐯••••••
“Yukon Ho!”
My Tiger Friend has got the sled,
And I have packed a snack.
We're all set for the trip ahead.
We're never coming back!
We're abandoning this life
we've led!
So long, Mom and Pop!
We're sick of doing
what you've said,
And now it's going to stop!
We're going where it snows all year,
Where life can have real meaning.
A place where we won't have to hear,
"Your room could stand some cleaning."
The Yukon is the place for us!
That's where we want to live.
Up there we'll get to yell and cuss,
And act real primitive.
We'll never have to go to school,
Forced into submission,
By a monstrous, crabby ol’ teacher
who'll make us learn addition...
We'll never have to clean a plate,
Of veggie glops and goos-
Messily we'll masticate
Using any fork we choose!
The Timber Wolves will be Our Friends.
We'll stay up Late and Howl...
At the Moon, ‘Til Nighttime Ends,
While going on The Prowl !
Oh, what a life! We cannot wait,
To be in that Arctic Land,
Where we'll be Masters of our Fate,
And Lead a Life that's Grand!
No more of those parental rules-
We're heading for some snow!
Good riddance to those grown-up ghouls!
We're leaving!
“Yukon Ho!”
-Bill Watterson
1989
“Who wouldn't want the opportunity to yell and scream for no reason other than that you can?
It's just part of being a kid,
desiring all these things.
‘Yukon Ho!’
is a special little encasement
of childhood sentiment
and it comes across as genuine,
rather than as
a bunch of idealized cliches.
If I were to meet my 7 year old self,
I hope I'd be able to play along with him in his imaginative games.
I want to be an adult that
my littler self can be proud of
and I think poems like this help to keep me on track.”
-Chris Hart
This^
Sorry .ust slip into a little bit serious thought. No political correctness to be found here because it stifles i ingenuity. Bill gave thst to Calvin and spoke his genious though him. More often though it was for laughs and little else. Others have also found that must abandon pc to get anything done. One of those is Donald Trump. He was hated by many for some of the things he saif bit they dhow their stupidity when they try to take down what Trump did.
Anti-Trump, anti-Calvin, anti-freedom and pro-political correctness gives us a Jackass president who gives us a demoralized police force and military as well as crazy inflation and a shortage of product on the shelves.
Oh well, at least that coven of Democrats are out from under their beds or rocks and these monsters now are proudly showing their hatchlings. They don't even see how hidious their hatched ideas really are in the eyes or sane people.
Thank you for posting this. I heartily agree with you & Bill Waterston. Yukon Ho!
I was so inspired by “Yukon Ho!”, that I set out to emulate the strip! I even started using my “Land Before Time”, “Little Foot” stuffed toy as a proxy for “Hobbes”, filled a suitcase full of comics and snacks, and left the house (with the intention of pretending that my aunt’s basement would be my “Yukon”, which was just a large block away), only to get less than two houses down before a local deputy pulled over to ask if I was running away from home!😆
Giving that awkward explanation really spoiled my fun!
im playing this next christmas to show my dad he is a very big fan of calvin and hobbes and will probably enjoy this
Now, after the Great Freeze of 2021, I have to say that I'm even more impressed by Calvin's ability to make so many snowmen and in such creative poses. It took me so long to make such the base of a snowman that I just gave up before finishing and instead tried to make a fort.
Oh man do I miss Calvin and Hobbes, even if I got into it 2 decades after it ended, it still holds special memories
Calvin and Hobbes is still my favorite comic till this day...even named my cat Hobbes. Nicely done.
Me, too! Calvin and Hobbes had just begun its run when I got my tiger boy. Mine was a ginger tom I found in front of our neighborhood bowling alley. He had been following some kids for blocks and didn't belong to any of them. I scooped him up - no complaints from him - and brought him home. Put up found signs - no bites, lucky me. :-) Hobbes was well-loved on my block, the neighbors always referred to him as "Mister" Hobbes - he was a gem of a cat. He had no enemies and lots of friends.
As someone who grew up loving these comics, I must admit this is ON POINT. Are these clay models or 3D models?
Man I miss Bill's work so much, dude did so much that rings true today.
I don't think the schools assign enough homework.
Only true Calvin and Hobbes fans will remember that exact strip.
My favorite :)
I think that might be my favorite as well. When it comes to the snowmen, at least.
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It’s truly a pity his parents don’t appreciate his work. Especially *that* one: the kraken lifting the snowman *alone* is worthy of an award simply for defying physics!
“Oh yeah? Define ‘well-adjusted!’”
Lol! This is so funn-
"We miss you Bill."
...Crap. Now I'm sad.
I can tell this came out over a decade ago because I can actually SEE everything.
No comic strip could make me laugh like Calvin and Hobbes. I was truly sad to see it end.
I miss Bill too, but in this age of reboots, I'm kinda happy Calvin and Hobbes has stayed a nice little time capsule.
Holy crap... love the imagination put into these terrified snowmen
...This is by far the most beautiful thing I've ever seen!
Those are amazing recreations of bills work. Look like they came right out of the panels on which they appeared. :D
Calvin deserved more credit for his snowmen. He's a talented little sucker!
Calvin's snow man house of horror
Still surprised this comic never got a little tv show.
"I swear, first thing in the morning, I'm calling the orphanage."
Calvin's snowmen were always the most disturbing, but hilarious gags 🤣!
Thanks so much for making this wonderful video, James! I'm a huge "Calvin & Hobbes" fan, and I laugh out loud no matter how many times I watch it! You really nailed it perfectly!!!
I'm so lucky to have grown up reading Calvin and Hobbes, thank you big brother for lending me your books!
I think Calvin would be proud of these snowmen.⛄️
One of my most beloved collection .
Awesome stuff and the author was brilliant.
Sorry to hear of Hobbes
Now this makes me wish I had a collection of these books. This and “bone” were the best book series I read while in public school.
So AWESOME !!!! Calvin was a Great Kid.
Ah, the fabled Snowman House of Horror and Calvin's other brilliant creations! What a wonderful tribute.
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I saw this video when I Was 8 years old. 8 years later, TH-cam recommends it to me. Thanks TH-cam.
Holy crap this takes me back, I loved those books so much and his horrifying snow creations always made me laugh so hard, seeing them in 3D incredible.
Took nine years but the algorithm is finally on your side.
Multiple snowmen WERE harmed in the making of this video.
I love Calvin and Hobbes!!! :D
A lovely homage to Bill Watterson and his 2 little friends..
Great job! This is one of my favorite strips of all time. I wish Bill comes back and writes more
There's nothing better than having read Calvin & Hobbes as a kid, then come back ten years later and understand Waterson's voice behind the strip so much more fully. Calvin & Hobbes is brilliant.
Awesome!
Calvin and Hobbes made the bests snowmen that I ever seen xDD
nice pfp
Seldom do i get tears in my eyes by simply watching a brief vid..
Bill, we miss here in europe too! :''(
I remember being young and laughing my head off at Calvin and Hobbes
I hope I remember to rewatch this on Christmas and/or just winter. Someone please remind me.
One thing I love about Calvin is that despite being well…a brat. Come on now, but he is a kid what can you do.
He is extremely creative, and does have moments of deeper understanding. There is no doubt his parents love him, but if they were able to help nurture this creative side then No doubt he would succeed
after a wile, i realized that through out this entire video, i had a a really deep sentimental feeling.
fuck i had a moment of panic when i saw "we miss you bill" at the end and instantly googled his name to see if he had died.
I did the exact same thing lel
Did the same, fuck!
Me too.
No comic nowadays could beat this masterpiece.......
This is awesome! I love it! I wish you would've done the one with the ice cream scoop in his back though. :D
The snowmen gags we're always my favorite
At least it's slowed down traffic on our road...
My favorite strip was the one where Calvin is holding a snowman kid hostage out his window and there's other snowmen pleading for his life.
*I don’t care. We’re not having an anatomically correct snowman in the front yard.*
I pray that Bill saw this, great homage to him.
Wonder if Bill ever saw this?
raven schunemann he’s not dead
@@Vito_Caligiuri that man’s in his early 60,s
This was very well done. Bravo!
This looks like something I'd expect to find in the front yard of The Munsters or The Addams Family.
And now I'm imagining Calvin living next door to the Addams family. Thank you for that. 🤭
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Calvin being friends with pugsley and Wednesday. Oh no.
This is definitely one of those videos where I don't have time to watch it immediately, but instead of putting it on ''watch later,'' i've already added it to ''favorites.''
Thanks so much for this! Calvin and Hobbs was my favorite comic growing up, this brought back a lot of great memories for me. :)
Merry Christmas!
This is my new favorite Christmas special!
This is beautiful. I'm gonna post this video in everybody's wall, come Xmas time. :)
So glad the algorithm gave me this.
This was in the movie "Dear mr Watterson".