It may seem strange to begin with the last episode, but this strip does things to my insides that no other (not even another Calvin & Hobbes) does. It works on all its levels and is the product of an artist in full mastery of his medium. When I knew that I was about to read the last strip, I had pre-empted my feelings by being annoyed that I wouldn't get to read any more new Calvin & Hobbes strips. The feeling I'm left with after this strip is one of profound embarrassment that I could be so selfish. Now that I'm a parent with a son about Calvin's age, I feel that I've waved goodbye to my precious bundle at the school gates and allowed him to go and find himself.
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