Little Nemo has an interesting concept. It's like they took a child's thoughts and sayings and brought it to life, much like how some do these days with children's drawings. It's very surreal in which his dreams become his real life and his real life becomes the dream.
So one online comic strip I love to read is Hark, A Vagrant! by Kate Beaton. It combines a few of my favorite things: History, Humor, and Comics. These quick reads can get extremely addicting once you start. One of my favorite strips of the webcomic is the Gatsby ones located here: http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=259. What makes these so successful to me is the fact that these have historical facts to back them up with clever jokes within the words and visuals. It's that fact that they are almost inside jokes that you either get or don't.
Krazy Kat on the other hand I found humor in other ways. It isn't something I really was into. The accents do sometimes make it hard to read sometimes. What I found interesting is the use of a cat, mouse, and the side character dog. It seems like the basis for cat and mouse themed comics and shows such as Tom and Jerry and Itchy and Scratchy of the Simpsons.
Calvin is based on the child that's inside every adults mind that is struggling to escape. An example of this is that Calvin is very advanced for his age but still finds comfort to his imaginary tiger. Hobbes is the embodiment of a conscience and sort of like a parent figure by making sure Calvin doesn't do anything bad but still provides him with childlike imaginary activities such as Spaceman Spiff.
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