Gotta love a good meta joke

Something I always loved about Calvin and Hobbes is how there’s usually something else going on in the background while they’re conversing. Instead of just being talking heads, Calvin and Hobbes are usually out for a romp in the woods or some such.

And yet, Watterson’s still using the four panel format common in syndication. He tells a richer story than most who share the format. And even here where he’s highlighting the talking heads trend - which has only become too prevalent since we ditched xerox in favour of copy/paste - he appears to have still drawn each pose by hand.