Nostalgia: What Would Calvin Say?

An encounter with childhood Calvin and Hobbes anthologies inspires a rumination on the comic and nostalgia itself in this essay at the Awl.

Tackling aspects of nostalgia that we often forget, as well as the drawbacks of overdosing, the essay also explores the comic’s perspective on the subject:

“Calvin and Hobbes tells us not to wallow in nostalgia for childhoods that were more complicated than we remember. We should spend our time exploring more worthy terrain.”