The adventures of a precocious 6-year-old and his stuffed tiger debuted on November 18, 1985. NPR’s Renee Montagne spoke with the comic strip’s editor, Lee Salem, in 2005.

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    And later ended because countless fucknuts had to have him plastered on their dick-surrogates pissing on whatever, etc.

    Ah, good ol’ dumbass hooman monkeys. The real reason the rest of us can’t have nice things. 🖕🏼

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      Watterson took a second sabbatical from April 3 through December 31, 1994. His return came with an announcement that Calvin and Hobbes would be concluding at the end of 1995. Stating his belief that he had achieved everything that he wanted to within the medium, he announced his intention to work on future projects at a slower pace with fewer artistic compromises.

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