Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes is known for its insightful depiction of childhood, following the imaginative, reckless Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes. While Calvin and Hobbes is as family-friendly as contemporaries like Garfield and The Family Circus, it goes further in exploring the trials and tribulations of childhood, digging into what it feels like to be an excitable, curious kid running up against the adult world. However, in one 1994 strip, that realistic depiction takes a dark turn.
