Calvin and Hobbes
（重定向自CalvinBall）
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![This standard half-page layout can easily be rearranged for full, third, and quarter pages. However, Watterson wished to draw comics which did not conform to the standard panel division, making such rearrangement impossible.](/Images/godic/202501/02/Comics_half_page.svg4343.png")
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Calvin and Hobbes is a daily comic strip by American cartoonist Bill Watterson that was syndicated from November 18, 1985 to December 31, 1995. Commonly cited as "the last great newspaper comic," Calvin and Hobbes has evinced broad and enduring popularity, influence, and academic interest.