Hobbes of "Calvin and Hobbes" is the Mickey Mouse of my childhood. I was a voracious reader of the comics page as a kid, and every Sunday I'd pour over the 4 whole pages of color comics, and in particular "Calvin and Hobbes".
Part of what made "Calvin and Hobbes" so fun was the art was just so much better than anything else in the comics. Bill Watterson's characters were full of life that bounded all over the page, and despite their being cartoons, they were beliveable. Hobbes, when not walking upright, evoked the slinky, strechy gestures of a cat.
As a kid, I'd draw Hobbes all the time: Hobbes sleeping, Hobbes being sneeky, Hobbes mauling Calvin.
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