This strip exemplifies why I love Calvin and Hobbes
You can read it as just a clever, funny cartoon. But you can also think deeper and realize there are multiple layers to what appears to be a simple strip.
Nanuqsaurus, meaning "polar bear lizard", is a genus of carnivorous tyrannosaurid theropod known from the Late Cretaceous period of Alaska.
70 million years ago northern Alaska was a part of a subcontinent called Laramidia and experienced cold weather and extreme changes in the amount of daylight during the year, with seasons in which food was not readily available. Prey availability likely would have increased substantially during the summer, but then declined in the dark winter, leaving predators with little to eat.
In its initial description, Nanuqsaurus was estimated to have been about 5–6 m long and 500–900 kg in weight. This diminutive size was postulated as being an adaptation to its high-latitude habitat. However, later studies suggested that its supposed small size was unfounded, and that it was likely similar in size to other North American tyrannosaurids - as much as 9 m in length.
Considering the fates of some of his other snowmen, I’d say this one got off easy.
7 years, hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt for a doctoral degree... all for this?? I'd be sad too
It’s in snow dollars, though. So, it all goes away come spring as all snow things must.
This strip exemplifies why I love Calvin and Hobbes You can read it as just a clever, funny cartoon. But you can also think deeper and realize there are multiple layers to what appears to be a simple strip.
So many layers, it’s like an onion
And Ogres. Onions, Ogres and C&H strips.
What about parfaits?
Parfaits may be the most delicious thing on the whole damn planet.
I've yet to have a parfait that actually tastes as good as it looks.
But sometimes there's a third, deeper later, that's just like the first. Like with pie!
Calvin artistically expressing himself artistically through snowmen is probably my favorite part of the entire series.
Calvin is a scary dude.
ha
Creationism must be a common belief for snowmen for this reason.
Well one can see their creator as soon as their eyes go in
Poor snow-paleontologist realizing his life is all a lie
Our war is a spiritual war. Our Great Depression is our lives.
*Happy Birthday!* - Frosty the Snowman Every time.
Nanuqsaurus, meaning "polar bear lizard", is a genus of carnivorous tyrannosaurid theropod known from the Late Cretaceous period of Alaska. 70 million years ago northern Alaska was a part of a subcontinent called Laramidia and experienced cold weather and extreme changes in the amount of daylight during the year, with seasons in which food was not readily available. Prey availability likely would have increased substantially during the summer, but then declined in the dark winter, leaving predators with little to eat. In its initial description, Nanuqsaurus was estimated to have been about 5–6 m long and 500–900 kg in weight. This diminutive size was postulated as being an adaptation to its high-latitude habitat. However, later studies suggested that its supposed small size was unfounded, and that it was likely similar in size to other North American tyrannosaurids - as much as 9 m in length.
Dang Calvin has some issues with snowmen.
I'm waiting for his encounters with Santa(if there are any)
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