As a lifelong reader of Calvin and Hobbes, there have been many times where Bill Watterson’s words and drawings struck a deep chord with me. When I was a kid, there were times I’d see Calvin traipsing through the forest, and it would prompt me to go into the woods in my backyard and do the same.

While I’m sure I read it earlier, it wasn’t until I was an adult that I learned to appreciate the open-ended beauty of the last Calvin and Hobbes comic, which features the titular duo sledding off into a snowy white wilderness, suggesting that, even though the strip has ended, Calvin and Hobbes’ adventures, and their friendship, endure.

And when I became a dad, I remember being deeply moved by a wordless comic strip with Calvin’s dad, who decides to put his work aside to go play with his kid in the snow.

On occasion, Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes has gotten me thinking about the nature of........

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