Originally Posted by
Roody
Comic strips must surely be one of the greatest simple joys. When my grandson visits me, he pulls a little role reversal. He crawls into my bed and reads me bedtime cartoons until I fall asleep. Hiis favorite is Garfield, and we both laugh at the rather obvious jokes. But when he reads Calvin & Hobbes, we sometimes laugh at different meanings in the same strip--an indication of Watterson's sheer genius. I remember how sad I was when he quit writing new strips, but I[m glad the old ones are still available.
I'm convinced that it's universal.