Me too! Last week, I was playing catch with my daughter, and she made a wild throw that bounced off of two or three things. I declared “We’re playing Calvinball!”- which confused the kid, but made my wife almost double over with laughter :)
Sheer genius. The genius of it is that Calvin is a kid and the author succeeded in having Calvin be an actual kid. Not a kid with an adult’s mindset.
We were going to name our son Calvin but buckled to family and peer pressure against it.
Besides Calvin being Hobbes’ best friend, Calvin was my favorite President (but not my favorite theologian).