170: Turn Back

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Turn Back
I hear that these days Bill Watterson is happy just painting in the Ohio woods with his father and doesn't get any mail or talk to anyone.
Title text: I hear that these days Bill Watterson is happy just painting in the Ohio woods with his father and doesn't get any mail or talk to anyone.

Explanation

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Calvin and Hobbes is a daily comic drawn by Bill Watterson, published between 1985 to 1995, followed the adventures of a young boy named Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes. The frequent themes of spontaneity, beauty and adventure that characterize many of Calvin's conversations with his friend Hobbes can also be seen in this exchange between Cueball and Megan as they explore a landscape reminiscent of Calvin's daydreams of intergalactic adventure. The cluelessness and simultaneous wonder that Cueball and Megan feel at their surrounding landscape mirror Calvin's inexperience and curiosity that he exhibits in Watterson's comic.

Transcript

Cueball: Should we keep going?
Megan: I don't know.
Cueball: We can turn back if you want.
Megan: Look--
Megan: Did it ever occur to you that maybe I don't have a plan any more than you? Maybe just having this conversation means we're lost.
[Wide shot of the characters walking through a Calvin and Hobbes-esque alien landscape.]
Cueball: Kind of scary.
Megan: It's terrifying.
Cueball: This place is beautiful.
Megan: Yeah.


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Discussion

I'm hoping that the little "x" denotes where Spaceman Spiff left his cloaked spacecraftSquirreltape (talk) 21:00, 1 March 2014 (UTC)

This comic reminds me the canyon in #13. Coincidence? 141.101.104.123 12:14, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

103.22.200.66 23:05, 12 October 2017 (UTC)According to his interview with Jenny Robb for the book Calvin and Hobbes: A Retrospective, Watterson has actually lived in Arizona since his hiatus in the early '90s.

I think comic is less about Calvin and Hobbes and more about relationships. I think the setting maybe is just inspired by Watterson.