Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Week 3 Assignment

This week I drew a comic about a kid talking to his stuffed animal and believing it is real. The inspiration for this comic was inspired after reading of a couple of Calvin and Hobbes comics.  Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson, are hilarious and very sophisticated, with something that almost everyone can relate to.  The character of Calvin is a clever and witty child that loves to go on make believe adventure with his stuffed animal tiger named Hobbes. I think that the exaggerated expressions and gestures of the characters really add to the story telling.

Calvin sees Hobbes as a real tiger that converses back and for to him, but his parents just see Hobbes as a stuffed animal. I figure that Calvin talking to his stuffed tiger is representing his wild child imagination and not the fact that he might have schizophrenia, which would be rather dark for comic targeted toward people of all ages.  I enjoyed reading about the adventures of Calvin and Hobbes and found them to be very inspirational.

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