Knock-off Calvin Clipart!

I haven't done anything for Project C.A.L.V.I.N. and H.O.B.B.E.S. lately.

I don't know when I will again.

But for now, this:

Somebody tried to draw Calvin, but didn't "really" try.


That's not what this is about.

It's not about all those peeing Calvin things either.




I'm posting this because I saw this clipart recently:

It was in a slideshow presentation workshop thing for work.

It was in black and white, but I could still tell that his hair would be yellow and shirt would be red.

I knew this because that is pretty much Calvin. It's drawn a little differently, but it's Calvin alright.

After seeing it and finding it on a google image search, I decided to look for more clipart that was inspired by (ripped off from) Calvin and Hobbes.

Here's the only other one I found.

The hair goes the other way, but it's still yellow. And his shirt isn't red, but it's still striped in the same way.


I love these (and other knock-off stuff)! I would love to have a full collection of them on the Ponder Couch!


If you find any please send them my way!

You should watch the below videos about 50 times each, too!

Project CALVIN and HOBBES: Hobbes Cosplay!

(check out other installments of Project CALVIN and HOBBES: HERE and HERE!)

It's been over a month since our last installment in the Project CALVIN and HOBBES series, but it is still March! So here is this month's Calvin and Hobbes things made real! As you can see in the picture above, my stuffed tiger Sprite and I have been hard at work coming up with our next big video or other piece in the series.

In the mean time (and for this month's last-minute installment)...

Sprite loves Hobbes and often cosplays as him. Here are a couple of his recent pics.

In the strip Hobbes often gets washed in the washing machine.

(pg. 16 in "Calvin and Hobbes" and pg. 31 in "the Complete Calvin and Hobbes" book 1) 

And here is Sprite cosplaying as Calvin and Hobbes trying to get into the movie "Vampire Sorority Babes".

(pg. 51 in "Calvin and Hobbes" and 65 in "the Complete Calvin and Hobbes" book 1) 

And one final picture. In the strip we find out that Calvin's shirt is made in Taiwan.

(pg. 36 in "Calvin and Hobbes" and pg. 50 in "the Complete Calvin and Hobbes" book 1)

I checked my Calvin red and black stripe shirt, but unfortunately mine was made in China.

That's all for now! Thanks for looking and check back often! I hope to keep adding something to the project series at least once a month.

Feel free to send me links to your own Calvin and Hobbes creations in the comments! I would love to have others take part in Project Calvin and Hobbes.

Project CALVIN and HOBBES: Calvin's Valentine to Susie!

(for an explaination of Project CALVIN and HOBBES click here!)

Happy Valentine's Day!

On February 12, 1986 Calvin made a Valentine for Susie Derkins. (pg. 44 of the first Calvin and Hobbes book "Calvin and Hobbes", pg. 58 in "The Complete Calvin and Hobbes", book 1)

It was a hate-mail Valentine.

Here is my recreation!

And here it is with the comic in my copy of "The Complete Calving and Hobbes"!

Calvin then got her some dead flowers and gave them to Susie on Valentine's Day. Susie called him a baloney brain and gave him a Valentine of a snowball to the head and called him an "insensitive clod".

I hope your loved ones give you lots of not-hate-mail Valentines and candy!

Give me a Valentine by commenting below and sharing this article with people who like such things!

Edit/Update (4/5/14): For some reason the pictures in this post disappeared. So I took a couple more and here's a bonus pic of my stuffed tiger Sprite with the valentine!

Project CALVIN AND HOBBES! - The Yukon Song!

Welcome to Project C.A.L.V.I.N. and H.O.B.B.E.S. !

That stands for Create A Loving Version Incarnate Namesake and Homage Of Bill's Best Entertainment Strip!

I love Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson! They were my first tattoo!

The world is sometimes a sad and scary place. I want to do my best to counteract that by adding as much joy to it as I can. What better way than to bring imaginary things from Calvin and Hobbes into actual, real life being!

I plan on making at least one thing from Calvin and Hobbes into physical existence a month.

Here's phase one: The Yukon Song (from the beginning of "Yukon Ho!", and pg. 325 of "The Complete Calvin and Hobbes" book 1)

 

 

I got this idea from Dinosaur Dracula! Well, Mummy Shark (the tumblr companion to Dinosaur Dracula).

 

Matt (the guy who writes all the DinoDrac articles) wrote a tumblr post in December about making Calvin's perfect snowball.

 

 



He made something from Calvin in Hobbes into something real!

"Hey!" I thought to myself, "I could make stuff from Calvin and Hobbes real!"

He also wrote an article on Dinosaur Dracula about how Target sells these tiger dolls that look like Hobbes mid-transition between a toy and real tiger.

So I bought one. (It's in the video with me). I named it Sprite. (Why Sprite instead of Hobbes? If you do a little research about Bill Watterson, I bet you'll be able to guess why.)

I plan on making at least one fictional thing from C and H into something real a month....

If I can think of something each month....

If I have the time...

and resources...

and skill....

Anyway, I'll post as often as I make something. And I hope you'll follow my path of creation and make some of your own Calvin and Hobbes stuff too! Leave a comment, share this blog with those who are interested, and thanks for reading!

For now, here are 3 comics I made for my Ponder and Enlightening series that involve Calvin and Hobbes in some way.

 

 

 

 

 

And one from my other comic Impending Doom!

 

 

 

 

And finally one from my other other comic Happy Seth:

 

 

 

Until the next imaginary-made-real thing, take care!