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Mi comics favorito, Calvin and Hobbes. Explicación para alumnos de 'Creative Writing' en la Universidad, quienes deben escribir un comics. This is my favorite comic strip, ever. I teach 'Creative Writing at university, and I show them the best example.
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PPHHIILLOOSSOOPPHHEERRSS
CALVINCALVINSix years
oldI commonly wear
my distinctive red-and-black striped shirt, black jeans,
and magenta sneakers
Last name unknown
Also a compulsive reader of comic books and has a
strong thirst for pop culture
PROTAGONISPROTAGONISTT
HOBBESHOBBES
Calvin’s Calvin’s SidekickSidekick
represents Calvin's represents Calvin's potential maturity potential maturity and externalized and externalized
conscience conscience
From From everybody’s everybody’s point of view point of view he is Calvin’s he is Calvin’s stuffed tigerstuffed tiger
From Calvin’s point of From Calvin’s point of view he is an view he is an anthropomorfic tiger, anthropomorfic tiger, much larger than himmuch larger than him
I am the I am the culmination of culmination of
evolution. evolution.
HOBBES AS A HOBBES AS A PLUSH TOYPLUSH TOY
This is how people – other than Calvin
– see Hobbes
DADDADTypical Typical middle middle
AmericaAmerican n
middle-middle-class class
parentparent
Patent
Patent
attorney
attorney
UnnameUnnamed, d,
except except for Dad for Dad
or or ‘Dear’‘Dear’
Down-to-e
arth
Down-to-e
arth
and sensib
le
and sensib
le
attitu
de
attitu
de
MOMMOM
Down-to-e
arth
Down-to-e
arth
and sensib
le
and sensib
le
attitu
de
attitu
de
Typical Typical middle middle
AmericaAmerican n
middle-middle-class class
parentparent
Housewife
Housewife UnnameUnnamed, d,
except except for for
‘Mom’ ‘Mom’ or ‘Hon’or ‘Hon’
SUSIE DERKINSSUSIE DERKINS
A classmate A classmate of Calvin's of Calvin's
who lives in who lives in his his
neighborhoneighborhood od
In contrast with Calvin, In contrast with Calvin, she is polite and diligent she is polite and diligent
in her studies in her studies
Has Has a stuffe
d
a stuffed
rabbit dubbed
rabbit dubbed
"Mr. B
un"
"Mr. B
un"
Her imagination Her imagination usually seems usually seems mild-mannered mild-mannered and civilized, and civilized, consisting of consisting of stereotypical stereotypical
young girl games young girl games
MRS. WORMWOODMRS. WORMWOOD
ROSALYNROSALYNCalvin’s Calvin’s
official baby-official baby-sittersitter
A teenage A teenage high school high school
senior senior
The only The only babysitter babysitter
able to able to tolerate tolerate Calvin's Calvin's antics antics
The only person The only person Calvin truly Calvin truly
fears fears
MOEMOE
ArchetypicArchetypical ‘bully’ al ‘bully’
figurefigure
““A six-year-A six-year-old who old who shaves”shaves”
Always shoves Always shoves Calvin against Calvin against
walls, demands his walls, demands his lunch money, and lunch money, and
calls him "Twinky." calls him "Twinky."
Only regular Only regular character character
who speaks in who speaks in an unusual an unusual
font font
STUPENDOUS MANSTUPENDOUS MAN
FRIENDSHIPFRIENDSHIP
SOME RECURRENT SOME RECURRENT ACTIVITIES: CALVINBALLACTIVITIES: CALVINBALL
SOME RECURRENT ACTIVITIES: SOME RECURRENT ACTIVITIES: WAGON AND SLEDWAGON AND SLED
SOME RECURRENT ACTIVITIES: SOME RECURRENT ACTIVITIES: SNOWBALLS AND SNOWMENSNOWBALLS AND SNOWMEN
SOME RECURRENT SOME RECURRENT ACTIVITIES: “G.R.O.S.S.”ACTIVITIES: “G.R.O.S.S.”