Week 3: The Comic Strip

This week I had read Charles Schultz's Peanuts, and Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes. Peanuts has  the kind of sense of humor that will make you smirk to yourself, which can be nice if you just want to read something that will make you smile. The characters are super memorable and likable, so you kind of start to realize their personalities as the return more and more. Calvin and Hobbes is something that I have always loved, because they really make you believe that Hobbes has this defined personality. When you see him as a stuffed animal in certain scenes it makes you remember that he is just a stuffed animal, and most of the comic comes from Calvin's imagination. The style of Calvin and Hobbes is also one of my favorite drawing styles of the comics that I have read. The way that Calvin is only slightly detailed makes you able to picture yourself in the same situations as him, with your own stuffed animal as a kid.

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