This summer I got into the habit of reading through Calvin and Hobbes strips with my eight year old brother every night before he went to bed. He got to work on his reading skills, and I got to relive my childhood. I'm heading of to college tomorrow, and this was the last strip we read tonight.

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image showing This summer I got into the habit of reading through Calvin and Hobbes strips with my eight year old brother every night before he went to bed. He got to work on his reading skills, and I got to relive my childhood. I'm heading of to college tomorrow, and this was the last strip we read tonight.

Arbitrary_moondust on August 18th, 2017 at 04:31 UTC »

I'm also a college student that recently said goodbye to my 8 year old brother. Fuck this hit me hard

Alexdan94 on August 18th, 2017 at 04:50 UTC »

Calvin walking out with Hobbes and then his mother running to get him is too cute

Fuzzytrtle on August 18th, 2017 at 06:03 UTC »

I love how in the top right panel they aren't talking. Obviously, the emotional punch in this strip comes from it being free of dialogue but normally the friendship between C&H is dialogue-driven. Not here though. Hobbes is just waiting with Calvin because he cares for him (or rather, Calvin brought Hobbes because he cares for him). Sometimes words don't need to be spoken, the fact that a friend is present says enough.

Maybe I'm reading into it a little much, but it gets me.