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> [Everyone says how Calvin and Hobbes is about a real kid, to me there's nothing real about it; it's an adult using a kid's body as a mouthpiece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/everyone-says-how-calvin-and-hobbes-is-about-a-real-kid-to-me-there-s/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/bill-griffith-17495_adults_everyone-says-how-calvin-and-hobbes-is-a_695565.jpg)

> [I hate Calvin and Hobbes. I think its a big re-hash of formula kid strips.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/i-hate-calvin-and-hobbes-i-think-its-a-big-re-hash-of-formula-kid/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/bill-griffith-17495_bigs_i-hate-calvin-and-hobbes-i-think-its-a-b_2671117.jpg)

## Other authors on Hobbes

## More by Bill Griffith

> [I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem or the beauty of doing good artwork.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/i-guess-if-you-take-yourself-seriously-as-an-artist-there-starts/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

> [Everybody that loves Nancy loves it in a slightly condescending way. Nancy is comics reduced to their most elemental level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/everybody-that-loves-nancy-loves-it-in-a-slightly-condescending-way/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

> [“My life is a patio of fun.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/my-life-is-a-patio-of-fun/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

> [Well, I've done a lot of strips since I've been here about Zippy and me being in Connecticut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/well-i-ve-done-a-lot-of-strips-since-i-ve-been-here-about-zippy-and/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

> [The down side of Americans being obsessed with pop culture is that they kind of like it light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/the-down-side-of-americans-being-obsessed-with-pop-culture-is-that/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

> [Everyone says how Calvin and Hobbes is about a real kid, to me there's nothing real about it; it's an adult using a kid's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/everyone-says-how-calvin-and-hobbes-is-about-a-real-kid-to-me-there-s/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

> [Frivolity is a stern taskmaster.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/frivolity-is-a-stern-taskmaster/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

> [Unfortunately what came out of it was also kind of an imitation community with a lot of mindless conformity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/unfortunately-what-came-out-of-it-was-also-kind-of-an-imitation/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

> [Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/mike-judge-who-i-ve-become-friends-with-over-the-years-never-took/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

> [What I do is draw but if you make an animated feature obviously it takes a whole team of people, and Zippy is my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/what-i-do-is-draw-but-if-you-make-an-animated-feature-obviously-it/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

> [Then I abandoned comics for fine art because I had some romantic vision of being like Vincent Van Gogh Jr.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/then-i-abandoned-comics-for-fine-art-because-i-had-some-romantic/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

> [My first character was Mr. Toad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/my-first-character-was-mr-toad/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

> [I had a very diametrically opposite set of parents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/i-had-a-very-diametrically-opposite-set-of-parents/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

> [I went to an art school in Brooklyn and painted Fine Art, if that's what you'd call it for eight years in New York,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/i-went-to-an-art-school-in-brooklyn-and-painted-fine-art-if-that-s/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

> [I had a mixture, my father was a career army man and my mother was a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-griffith/i-had-a-mixture-my-father-was-a-career-army-man-and-my-mother-was-a/)

[Bill Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-griffith/)

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