Calvin and Hobbes on City of Man Podcast

Every once in a while my friend Coyle at The City of Man Podcast drops an episode we had recorded and archived so long ago that I had forgotten about it—which is a treat, because I get to listen to the discussion as a listener with no idea what we’re going to say. Well, today is one of those days, and this episode is a particular treat.

Coyle invited me and Joshua Herring on to talk about “Calvin and Hobbes,” Bill Watterson’s great comic strip that ran from 1985-95, which for me at least were some formative years. We talk about Calvin and Hobbes’s relationships to work, school, imagination, enchantment, the environment, whether or not it’s appropriate for kids (spoiler: we think so), and whether it’s possible to have any joy in your life if you don’t love Calvin and Hobbes (spoiler: we don’t think so). We also hit on a lot of other topics and favorite tidbits—the Transmogrifier, the wagon, macabre snowmen, Spaceman Spiff and Tremendous Man, Susie Derkins and Miss Wormwood, Watterson’s artwork itself, and many more—along the way.

This was a really fun and freewheeling discussion and I’ve enjoyed listening to it again almost for the first time.

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