Calvin and Hobbes is the best comic strip ever made. That might seem like a bold statement, but it's really not. It's a pretty simple fact. Opinions come in varying degrees of ferocity, but there are few who would even bother to contest that opening statement as an opinion. No other comic --hell, no other work of any kind-- has managed to so perfectly capture the wonderment and innocence of childhood and blend it so masterfully with a scathing critique of American culture. Wildly imaginative and always pushing it's own boundaries, Calvin and Hobbes is an absolute treasure.
Speaking of treasure, the above watercolor illustration for a 1989-90 calendar by Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Waterson is going up for auction in New York, where it is expected to fetch over $50,000. If everyone who has one of those incredibly tasteful bootleg Calvin bumper stickers chipped in a nickel, there would be more than enough money to hang this in the Ultimate Salt offices.
Find out some more details on the work here.
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