Calvin and Hobbes Insight

Whenever I read the comic, Calvin and Hobbes, I find myself lost in thought at the amount of depth that Bill Watterson put into his comics that I, years ago, would have never thought of.

Take this for example. It seems like some ordinary comic that could stand for just Calvin's childhood endeavors. But if you think about it, it could be in relation to the fact that we as humans want to make ourselves noticed and seen. Calvin here just gave us some insight on how we feel as humans that we feel insignificant at times and want to be out of the crowd, want to be noticed, want attention. 

It is generally said throughout the comics that Calvin does very poorly in school, but he has lots of insight on the world as a whole and on human nature. Calvin and his portrayal of his vastly different imagination that argues with him at times but also agrees on some points, Hobbes, is actually more of a genius on humans and nature in general.

Another little insight on life is this one discussion/rant Calvin has. In this, Calvin attempts to describe to us the reality that the world was currently in. People are destroying and fighting over the earth, and it really is sad when you think about it. Calvin may be a pessimist, but this pessimism is in the right direction, and I agree, and this may just be because I grew up on

Calvin's pessimism, but the world really is in an awful situation.

It really is sad to think about because the way things currently are going, the earth doesn't seem to have much left in it. Fossil fuels are going out and people are still stubborn to use renewable energy for whatever reason, we fight over "precious" minerals all the time. (I'm not very materialistic and live a somewhat Buddhist philosophy guided life). 

Just something to think about, how the author portrayed his views on the world inside the mind of a little boy.