Curious things happen in the world of Calvin and Hobbes, but the most baffling incidents are unintentional. These can range from mispublications to colouring mistakes, but they lead the reader to think, "What happened?" Unfortunately, we may not know for sure. The following is a list of oddities seen throughout the strip's life.
In the third panel, an extra duplicate (circled) is visible
- The other cartoon from 11/28/85.
- The strip from 5/23/87 that featured Calvin making ice tea was in The Essential Calvin and Hobbes, but not Something Under the Bed is Drooling. See Missing strip.
- In a Sunday strip from 5/10/87, Calvin's shirt is white in the second panel.
- The strip from 3/13/88 was correctly coloured in some books and miscoloured in the rest.
- And then, there is the bizarre occurence of Hobbes' reality, especially in the story arc where Calvin gets tied up.
- This is a little-known incident. During the "Scientific Progress Goes Boink?" strips, on January 26 1990, when the duplicates and Calvin are running, a sixth of actually only five duplicates is partly seen on the page and is wearing a plain shirt.
- In The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, the strips from January 7,1987 and November 2,1988 feature alternate dialogue. The alternate dialogue omitted references to adoption and the trade of children. Curiously, the censored January 7 strip did not omit references to cannibalism and child labor.
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