Killswitch
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Here's my dream project for Doug Tennapel: Pick up the Calvin and Hobbes story for a short piece about growing up.
I know it sounds crazy! Please hear me out! It would start like this:
It's a few years after the "Calvin and Hobbes" series ends. Calvin is now a skinny high-school senior (still with the same hair) who is moving away to college.
The issue begins with his mom packing boxes (ie: model rockets, posters of sci-fi stuff, drawings of Spaceman Spiff style adventurers done by the obviously older Calvin, etc.)
"Hey Calvin!" she says. "Remember this? Hobbes? You used to play with him all the time."
Cut to: Calvin's reaction. He had almost forgotten about it.
Now THERE's a moment! The moral of the story would be about how children have this whole imaginary world, and once you grow up you simply cannot live there anymore.
SO Calvin would be moving out of the house, but he would also realize he has ALREADY "moved out" of his childhood universe, and he never realized he missed it.
Hobbes would no longer talk. Because Calvin is too old.
The empty boxes would be extra symbolism, because Calvin used to use them as "trans-morgifiers" and stuff.
A perfect match for Tennapel's sensitivity and cartooning style? A piece which would get worldwide attention? A poignant tale of growing up?
This could be all three. Any reaction?
For copyright reasons, I guess it would have to be "Kevin" and his stuffed leopard, "Holmes."
I know it sounds crazy! Please hear me out! It would start like this:
It's a few years after the "Calvin and Hobbes" series ends. Calvin is now a skinny high-school senior (still with the same hair) who is moving away to college.
The issue begins with his mom packing boxes (ie: model rockets, posters of sci-fi stuff, drawings of Spaceman Spiff style adventurers done by the obviously older Calvin, etc.)
"Hey Calvin!" she says. "Remember this? Hobbes? You used to play with him all the time."
Cut to: Calvin's reaction. He had almost forgotten about it.
Now THERE's a moment! The moral of the story would be about how children have this whole imaginary world, and once you grow up you simply cannot live there anymore.
SO Calvin would be moving out of the house, but he would also realize he has ALREADY "moved out" of his childhood universe, and he never realized he missed it.
Hobbes would no longer talk. Because Calvin is too old.
The empty boxes would be extra symbolism, because Calvin used to use them as "trans-morgifiers" and stuff.
A perfect match for Tennapel's sensitivity and cartooning style? A piece which would get worldwide attention? A poignant tale of growing up?
This could be all three. Any reaction?
For copyright reasons, I guess it would have to be "Kevin" and his stuffed leopard, "Holmes."
