Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson is fun, Adventurous comic strip that perfectly depicts life through the eyes of a child. Calvin is a six-year-old boy who primarily goes on adventures with his imaginary friend/stuffed animal tiger, Hobbes (although the nature of Hobbes’ existence is technically undetermined). And sometimes, the two – together with others Calvin and Hobbes Letters – Go on adventures outside the realm of their own dimension.
Calvin and Hobbes Constantly sends his characters hurtling through time and exploring alternate realities, all of which are brought to life through Calvin’s imagination. None of it is strictly literal (unless one comic strip in particular is taken literally), meaning every imaginative realm Calvin thinks up is another universe or time period just waiting to be explored, and readers are given a front-row seat to the Exciting explorations. Here are those 10 best Calvin and Hobbes Comics where they explore time travel and alternate realities By the wonders of Calvin’s imagination!
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Calvin peers into a reality where he is a universe-creating god
Calvin and Hobbes – December 6, 1987
While playing with Tinkertoys, Calvin imagines himself as an old god, wrathful and merciless, who carries himself. The power to create entire universes with mere thought. The artwork is so unlike an average Calvin and Hobbes comic that it transports readers to another realm, an alternate dimension where Calvin is a god responsible for creation in an epic and convincing way. While the reader knows that this is not literal, that it is just Calvin’s imagination run wild, it becomes more interesting when considering one possibility: what if it is real?
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Instead, this is perhaps a product of Calvin’s creativity The comedian told readers that Calvin was actually the god of another universeand that he has the opportunity to look into this field and witness the power of his variant’s power. Suddenly, this makes every other ‘alternate reality’ Calvin visits that much more fascinating.
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Calvin is a cruel ‘god’ to the most unhappy man in the world: Farmer Brown
Calvin and Hobbes – April 11, 1993
Calvin tells Hobbes about a man named Farmer Brown, who is about to have a very bad day. A plane is about to crash right into Farmer Brown’s house right as a derailed train is about to do the same. The tectonic plates in the earth’s crust have begun to shift, opening up where Farmer Brown’s house is. There is a gas leak in Farmer Brown’s house, which he does not know when he will light his stove.
And the way Calvin describes the scene makes it feel as if he is controlling it, something he would be able to do as an all-powerful god.
For some reason, Calvin really wants Farmer Brown dead with zero chance of survival. And The way Calvin describes the scene makes it feel as if he is controlling itSomething that he will be able to do as an omnipotent god. If it is true that the previous comic strip that depicts Calvin as a literal god from another reality, then the trip to another world through Calvin’s ‘imagination’ becomes infinitely more cruel.
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Calvin and Hobbes’ first trip in the time machine is soiled by Hobbes
Calvin and Hobbes – September 3, 1987
The time machine is not just a figment of Calvin’s imagination (like the other trips through time and space), but is a physical device designed by Calvin himself. well, It’s a cardboard box, but it’s still a vehicle in which Calvin and Hobbes can travel through the timeline. as they want. After Calvin excitedly tells Hobbes that he ‘invented’ a time machine, they decide to go to the future, which requires them to travel at the speed of light through hyperspace.
At which point, Hobbs decided he needed to go to the bathroom. Because they broke through the barriers of space and time in a cardboard box with no other protection than glasses, it’s safe to say that Hobbes soiled the trip both figuratively and literally, all because he had to go to the bathroom with the time travel.
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Calvin and Hobbes take readers to a world where deer hunt people
Calvin and Hobbes – February 26, 1995
What begins as a fairly mild comedy quickly turns to brutal tragedy, as a man working a mundane job in an office is suddenly shot dead while walking among the cubicles, with all his coworkers shocked and horrified by what they have just witnessed. then, A group of anthropomorphic deer holding hunting rifles Go into the office to claim their ‘trophy’, because this is a world where deer hunt people, not the other way around.
Calvin brings the reader into this alternate universe through A story he wrote for schoolGiving fans a look into this twisted universe where anthropomorphic deer are free to hunt people seemingly anytime and anywhere, and that’s just something humanity has to deal with.
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Calvin destroys the fabric of the main Calvin and Hobbes Universe
Calvin and Hobbes – June 17, 1990
While Calvin and Hobbes usually deals with alternate reality stories by giving fans a glimpse into Calvin’s imagination, This strip decides to throw another dimension right on top of the main one Calvin and Hobbes Universe. When Calvin admits that, after an argument with his father, he begins to see things from his father’s perspective, Calvin begins to see everything from every perspective at once.
His whole world becomes neo-cubistBecause his entire dimension collapses into a completely new one, broken because of Calvin’s newly found open mind. This is easily one of Bill Watterson’s most creative Calvin and Hobbes comics, because it’s not only a fun idea that Calvin’s reality begins to break down into something new just because he agrees with his dad, but because it expertly incorporates an art form that’s completely different from the classic cartoonist style of Calvin and Hobbes .
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Calvin and Hobbes come up with a hilarious way to get rich with their time machine
Calvin and Hobbes – June 29, 1990
In true Calvin and Hobbes fashion, they decide that the best use of a functional time machine is to use it to make a bunch of money. Although this is additionally what most people would do, the method they decide on is completely absurd – and absolutely hilarious. Calvin and Hobbes decide to go back in time to the Jurassic periodTake photos of dinosaurs, and then sell the photos back in the future.
Not only are Calvin and Hobbes risking their lives for what probably won’t even be that much money (considering they have no way to authenticate the photos), but there must be an easier way to make money with the invention of time travel – such as Selling the time travel technology itself. If money is the endgame, they’ve hit the jackpot without having to fend off hungry dinosaurs.
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Calvin and Hobbes narrowly escape a T-Rex in their time machine
Calvin and Hobbes – July 3, 1990
In a prime example of why it was a bad idea for Calvin and Hobbes to travel back to the age of dinosaurs in this temporal ‘get-rich-quick’ scheme, the two are almost immediately attacked by a T-Rex. Like a scene from Jurassic Park, Calvin and Hobbes barely escape the jaws of the hungry dinosaur As they fly away in their time machine, cutting it way too close for comfort.
To be fair, though, the two get the photos they are after, meaning they didn’t almost get eaten by a T-Rex for whatever reason. However, as mentioned earlier, there’s no way to authenticate the photos, as Calvin’s dad just assumes they’re pictures of his toy dinosaurs rather than the real thing (although that’s probably exactly what they are).
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A universe created by Calvin and Suzy is absolutely hilarious
Calvin and Hobbes – November 18, 1990
It means Calvin is not the only one with the power to create entire realitiesAs Suzy also flexes the ability – at least, when she’s playing with Calvin. Every once in a while, Calvin would happily agree to play one of Susie’s games with her, which were often games like ‘House’ or ‘Doctor’, and the way their pretend game was brought to life was absolutely hilarious.
The artwork carries a serious tone, as if it were a drama series. However, the dialogue is that of little kids. When these lines are said through the mouths of grown adults, it is enough to make the readers laugh out loud. The way the comics are presented gives the impression that they are not just Calvin and Susie playing pretend, but are actually windows into An alternate reality where the adults actually exist – one that was created by Calvin and Susie.
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Calvin and Hobbes creates a world where dinosaurs never go extinct (& pilot fighter jets)
Calvin and Hobbes – January 1, 1995
Dinosaurs are not only unique Calvin and Hobbes‘ time travel stories, but also ‘alternate reality’ ones. In this case, Calvin and Hobbes play with Calvin’s toy dinosaurs and fighter jets, and in the process, they create a world in which dinosaurs are clearly never extinct, and instead developed human technology – that they are fighter jets.
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There are few things cooler than a T-Rex flying a fighter jetAnd although the image itself is undeniably awesome, it is also intriguing to consider the complexities of this world, because it forces one to wonder how the dinosaurs were able to achieve such advantages while sidestepping evolution. But, for now, fans will just have to be content with the sweet depiction of a T-Rex flying a fighter jet.
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Calvin has crafted an elaborate space opera in the universe of Spaceman Spiff
Calvin and Hobbes – March 27, 1988
This ‘alternate universe’ is one that Calvin actively participates in, because it’s where he’s not just ‘Calvin’, he’s the amazing space-hero Spaceman Spiff. The alter ego travels the cosmos, exploring new worlds and fighting evil aliens wherever he finds them. TThe saga of Spaceman Spiff is an epic space-opera Similar to Bottle Gordon Or the original Star WarsAnd the reason it should be considered its own separate reality is due to how well-crafted the Spaceman Spiff universe is.
Like other examples on this list, Spaceman Spiff could be its own completely unrelated spin-off comic Calvin and HobbesAnd can do very well on its own merit.
Like other examples on this list, Spaceman Spiff could be its own completely unrelated spin-off comic Calvin and HobbesAnd can do very well on its own merit. It is a product of Calvin’s imagination (like almost everything in the comic strip, including Hobbes), however The world of Spaceman Spiff is very real to fans as they read itMaking it a completely different universe. That’s why this is one of the 10 best Calvin and Hobbes Comics exploring time travel and alternate realities!