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The strip is vaguely set in the contemporary Midwestern United States, on the outskirts of suburbia, a location probably inspired by Watterson's home town of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Calvin and Hobbes appear in most of the strips, though several focused instead upon Calvin's family. The broad themes of the strip deal with Calvin's flights of fantasy, his friendship with Hobbes, his misadventures, his views on a diverse range of political and cultural issues and his relationships and interactions with his parents, classmates, educators, and other members of society. A number of cartoons feature Calvin announcing the results of "polls of household six-year-olds" to his father, treating his father's position as though it were an elected political office.

The dual nature of Hobbes is also a recurring motif. Calvin sees Hobbes as alive, while other characters see him as a stuffed animal, a point discussed more fully in Hobbes' main article. Unlike political strips such as Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury, the series does not mention specific political figures, but does examine broad issues like environmentalism and the flaws of opinion polls.[2]

Because of Watterson's strong anti-merchandizing sentiments[3] and his reluctance to return to the spotlight, almost no legitimate Calvin and Hobbes merchandise exists outside of the book collections. Some officially approved items were created for marketing purposes and are now sought by collectors.[4] Two notable exceptions to the licensing embargo were the publication of two 16-month wall calendars and the textbook Teaching with Calvin and Hobbes.[5] However, the strip's immense popularity has led to the appearance of various "bootleg" items, including T-shirts, keychains, bumper stickers, and window decals, often including obscene language or references wholly uncharacteristic of the whimsical spirit of Watterson's work.

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Calvin et Hobbes est une bande dessinée américaine (comic) écrite et illustrée par Bill Watterson, où l'on peut suivre les aventures de Calvin, un enfant imaginatif de six ans, et de son tigre en peluche, Hobbes. Cette série, créée en 1985, s'est terminée 10 ans plus tard, en 1995, après avoir connu un succès fulgurant et avoir été publiée par plus de 2400 journaux de par le monde. Aujourd'hui, plus de 30 millions de copies des 18 tomes de Calvin et Hobbes ont été imprimées.

Calvin est un petit garçon comme les autres qui aime s'imaginer vivre toutes sortes d'histoires. Ces aventures extraordinaires, il les vit en compagnie de Hobbes, son tigre en peluche. Seulement Hobbes est doué de parole… sauf en présence d'une tierce personne ! Là, il s'enferme dans un mutisme absolu et redevient une peluche… Hobbes est ici la représentation des points de vue entre les gens. Nous ne voyons pas tout le monde de la même manière. Pour Calvin, Hobbes est vivant et bien réel, pour les autres ce n'est qu'une peluche. Le dessinateur a voulu ici exprimer l'aspect du monde changeant selon chaque point de vue. Pas seulement un tigre qui prend vie.

Merveille de sensibilité et d'humour, cette série est devenue un classique du genre.