Talk:Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes)

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Contents 1 Evil Calvin! 2 Question 3 thx 4 Isn't John Calvin more important? 5 Regarding Hobbes 6 Calvin Peeing 7 Stupendous Man's origins

[edit] Evil Calvin!

Seem to remember a run of strips where Calvin's evil counterpart made an appearance. Worth a mention on this article? --OscarTheCat^talk 18:28, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Evil Calvin? I remember one strip where he describes an evil duplicate from a parallel universe and a Sunday strip where aliens replaced him with a robot. I don't recall it being the subject of a storyline though. Feezo (Talk) 14:37, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't remember one either. There is one where there is a good Calvin who shows up. JoshuaZ 06:15, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

There is a storyline where Calvin duplicates imself and all his duplicates are "evil" because they are duplicates... adamfc 23:28, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Question

Does anybody know how many anniversary books Patterson has written LEOnardo 13:30, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] thx

Thanks to feezo,info appreciated LEOchild 12:37, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Isn't John Calvin more important?

If so, shouldn't the query of "Calvin" go to his page instead? Hugo.Lacerda 20:01, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

A query of merely Calvin does indeed redirect to the Calvin (Calvin and Hobbes character) page. This could be because Calvin the cartoon character does not have a surname, therefore someone searching for just "Calvin" is looking for the cartoon character? The important thing is that there's a disambig link at the top of the cartoon character's page, pointing people at the John Calvin page. If you believe this naming is incorrect, you may want to take a read of Wikipedia:Requested moves. --Oscarthecat 20:19, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Good call. Thanks for the helpful reply! Hugo.Lacerda 03:12, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding Hobbes

since Hobbes only exists as sentient in Calvin's imagination, couldn't hobbes be considered one of calvin's alter-egos? He is, after all, merely an extension of Calvin's imagination and their dialogue could be construed as conversation between two sides of Calvin's personality? Antimatter 23:40, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Hobbes is a completely seperate persona than Calvin is, and his reality is not completely dismissed by most readers, not to mention the creator of the cartoon. See Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes) for more information about Hobbes' reality. - Mike 23:43, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Calvin Peeing

Sholdn't there be a section about the decals featuring Calvin peeing on car logos and other simbols.

Those are illegal copyright violations, although they are rather notable. They are discussed a bit at Calvin and Hobbes though, which is probably more where that info belongs -  Mike | trick or treat  21:07, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stupendous Man's origins

As I recall, Stupendous Man first made an appearance in a Sunday strip where he had the cape, but not the hood. I don't remember if he was actually called "Stupendous Man" at the time - someone with the books might want to check on that. I think it's near the end of "The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes". Also, I recall a weekday strip where Calvin turned into "Captain Napalm".