Calvin and Hobbes - W3

In the comic book Calvin and Hobbes Something under the Bed, Watterson depicts a quirky 6-year old whose best friend is his tiger, has a vivid and wild imagination, and who somehow talks about concepts that are beyond his years. Calvin and Hobbes is interesting because this 6-year old Calvin, is relatable to pretty much all ages. He throws tantrums at his parents about eating veggies and taking baths, he hates school, his monstrous teacher, and has girl problems. And he talks about polls and wonders about the concept of fate.
 One of the defining Visual characteristics of Calvin and Hobbes is the use of negative space. Watterson uses negative space to accentuate drama in facial expressions, and treats the negative space as a part of the background and setting. The visual style of the drawing is very linear with  minimal elements of shading, but the negative space is utilized again, as interactive with the characters. There is also a distinction between the extreme normal-ness of the world Calvin lives in physically, and the world he tends to live in mentally, which usually involves aliens and monsters and his alter ego Spiff.
In terms of the sequence of the book, there are about six days worth of four panel strips and on the seventh day, there is a whole page-worth of panels where the narrative is longer for that day. The humor consists mostly of dry sarcasm where Calvin is serving up a healthy serving of sass.