5 Hilarious ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Comic Strips About Hating School
Calvin and Hobbes portrayed its titular character’s relationship with school distinctly compared to other comic strips. While strips like Peanuts featured characters like Sally Brown and Peppermint Patty with adversarial school relationships, and Bloom County set scenes in classrooms, Calvin and Hobbes took a unique approach to the theme.
Calvin’s depiction set him apart from most comic strip peers, with few exceptions like Huey and Riley Freeman from The Boondocks. What made Calvin and Hobbes distinctive was treating school as perhaps the clearest antagonist in the strip’s canon. The article highlights how Calvin oscillated between viewing school through the lens of boredom during his time there, and at other times, conceptualizing academia as an institution actively working against him—occasionally indulging in fantasies about this adversarial dynamic.