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1. about 15 hours ago on Wizard of Id Classics

   It must be a topical reference from fifty years ago.

2. about 15 hours ago on Breaking Cat News

   Far more reassuring than the shower scene in Psycho.

3. about 15 hours ago on Nancy Classics

   Merry Christmas.

4. about 15 hours ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   No. I quoted Watterson as I remembered him and you kept reminding me of the correct quote until I learned to remember the quote correctly.

   As I say I STILL AGREE WITH WATTERSON that Hobbes is “more real than any kid would make up” and I STILL BELIEVE HOBBES IS MORE REAL THAN EVEN THE HIGHLY INTELLIGENT CALVIN CAN MAKE UP BECAUSE HOBBES HAS A MORE COMPLEX MIND THAN CALVIN AND THINKS FASTER THAN CALVIN.

5. about 15 hours ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Exactly. I NEVER stated that Hobbes had done anything that characters other than Calvin could see. I only stated that Hobbes gave Calvin the confidence he needed AND that Moe could tell that Calvin was playing a trick and that he did not know what the trick was.

   I DID state that Calvin and Hobbes are both unaware that other characters see Hobbes as a doll and cannot hear what he says. That was shown at the end of the strip in which Calvin and Hobbes confronted Moe together. The first panels showed that Moe was unnerved by Calvin’s confidence and the fact that Calvin obviously had a trick up his sleeve. The final panel showed that Hobbes had been speaking harshly to Moe who was seeing Hobbes as the stuffed tiger that all characters apart from Calvin see him as.

   I have explained many times that I thought that Hobbes was supposed to be part of Calvin’s imagination and that I started to question this a few months after I started reading Calvin and Hobbes and bought my first book collection and saw that Hobbes is shown as alive when completely alone.

6. about 15 hours ago on Andy Capp

   Nope. The glass is behind where his cap was in panel 1. It is likely that it is the same pint that was in his hand but it is possible that it was hidden by his cap.

7. about 15 hours ago on Wizard of Id

   In the Wizard’s case, great power comes with a great amount of irresponsibility.

8. about 15 hours ago on Red and Rover

   When Red said that he was doubting Rover, I thought at first that he was doubting Rover would live long enough to go into space with him. Rover will probably go to Heaven before Red goes into space.

9. about 15 hours ago on Red and Rover

   Red’s parents nearly always call him “Red” but his Mom calls him “Russell McClean” (as Ruby does here) when she is really mad at him.

10. about 15 hours ago on Garfield

    “Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.”

    This time it is VERY different. All the characters are restless on The Night Before Christmas including Squeaks the Mouse.