Years later, the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes came out- I immediately fell in love with the strip, because it gave me that same feeling I had when I used to read Peanuts, and it wasn't just the fact that Linus and Calvin dressed the same! Calvin's world of make-believe and the way Watterson strung several strips to tell a greater story all had the feeling and warmth of the old Schulz strips!
Reading Calvin and Hobbes, every once in a while I would get a strange feeling of Deja Vu, like I'd read something like it before in a Peanuts strip. It got to the point that I went back and dug out some of my old Charlie Brown books, and was quite surprised how many of the Calvin and Hobbes strips echoed the Peanuts ones!
For those like me who always had that sense of deja vu,I thought I'd line some of them side-by-side so you can understand better what I'm talking about!
"Killing the Pumpkin"
Both Linus and Hobbes get squeamish watching a Pumpkin meet its demise
"When You Wish Upon A Star"
Both Sally and Calvin expect instant rewards from Starwishing.
"The "Penitent Sinner" Shtick"
False regret doesn't work for either Linus OR Calvin!
"If I could, I'd flee from School"
Sally and Calvin both dream of tickets out of Elementary School.
"I'd rather dance that perform my part in the School Play"
Linus and Calvin both try to soft-shoe their way out of reciting.
"Pursued by Inanimate Object!"
Both Lucy and Calvin are being chased by things brought to life,
in Lucy's case her brother's Blanket, and Calvin's is his bike!
"I Opt out of this Sled Ride"
Both Snoopy and Hobbes wisely step-off a dangerous sled ride.
"Homework? What Homework?"
Both Charlie Brown and Calvin procrastinate all week on doing their homework.
Both don't learn their lessons.
Peanuts is copyright United Features Syndicate Inc
Calvin and Hobbes copyright Universal Press Syndicate
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