Hero #029: Calvin & Hobbes (B. Watterson) … (05/05/16)
Calvin & Hobbes is a daily comic strip (syndicated from 1985 to 1995) by American cartoonist Bill Watterson. It follows the humorous – and often brilliantly insightful — antics of Calvin, a precocious six-year-old boy, and Hobbes, his stuffed-yet-sardonic tiger. The pair is named after John Calvin, a 16th-century French reformist theologian, and Thomas Hobbes, a 17th-century English political philosopher. Though it avoided mentioning specific political figures or current events, the strip frequently explored broad issues like environmentalism, public education, philosophical quandaries, the flaws of opinion polls, and the inanity of war.
“The torture of a bad conscience is the Hell of a living Soul … So let us never cease to do the utmost for others — and let us never despair of the apparent smallness of our accomplishments.” ~ via John Calvin
“It can never be that war shall preserve life, and peace destroy it … As such, the first and fundamental law of Nature is to seek peace — and then to follow it … Hell is this Truth seen too late” ~ via Thomas Hobbes
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