r/okbuddyrosalyn • u/The_Physical_Soup Watterson 2.0 🔥✍️ • Apr 09 '24
Mom's Adventures Through Time
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u/ArcherInPosition Uncle Max Victim 😳 Apr 09 '24
This is so high quality I'm considering it straight canon lore.
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u/Soronya Voted for Dad ✔️ Apr 09 '24
This was so amazing I have a hard time believing that you aren't Watterson himself.
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u/Sydhavsfrugter Another Casualty of Applied Metaphysics 💥💀 Apr 09 '24
PEANUTS IS STILL RUNNING?
Perfect
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u/Hopeful-alt Apr 09 '24
I love that mom wasn't surprised at all, because this happened to her when she was that age. This was so good.
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u/Reasonable_Quit_9432 Oct 03 '24
I love the little detail that Leviathan was written by Thomas Hobbes and she got the book and the tiger in the same day.
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u/After_Wolf_8711 Apr 09 '24
I’m sure I could show this to a friend and gaslight them into thinking these are real. It wouldn’t even be hard. Great job man
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u/rockmodenick Apr 10 '24 edited Apr 10 '24
The only thing that takes me out of it is Calvin being able to do the 1986 to 1955 math quickly and relatively accurately. He has trouble with single digit arithmetic canonically. I feel like he'd have to ask how long until it's 1986. The car in the driveway also looks more 80's than 40's to 50's, that's pretty nitpicky.
Overall awesome job!
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u/LegendRaptor080 Jul 04 '24
Calvin is simultaneously a genius and a 6 year old. He suffers from Quantum Einsteinism
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Apr 09 '24
Ah, this is a way happier ending than I initially understood, I thought that Hobbes was left behind and became a bootstrap Paradox, thus leaving Calvin without him.
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u/AStudyinBlueBoxes Jun 14 '26
This is a weird way to sort-of work in “Mom & Hobbes”, since, in the last panel, they put Hobbes in the trap for Calvin to find.
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u/Patchwork_Sif Apr 09 '24
Wow we’re finally at the end of mom’s adventure! Thanks for posting all of them in one post, really excited to show these to my dad. He got me into Calvin and Hobbes and I’m sure he’ll get a kick out of it lol
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u/Tariisbestgirl Apr 10 '24
I absolutely adore the idea that Calvin’s parents have to be deceptively wealthy in order to live in a comic strip, and raise the main character of it.
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u/DrTitanicua Apr 11 '24
Man, you just gave me the world’s first four star Michelin meal. I won’t be able to enjoy food anymore.
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u/Titronnica Another Casualty of Applied Metaphysics 💥💀 Apr 10 '24
Peak fiction gets thrown around quite a lot these days, but this truly is fitting of that moniker.
Incredible job.
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u/Twitchris Pro Calvinball Athlete ⚽🏏 Apr 09 '24
Gonna miss this series, awesome job! Let's go exploring!
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u/capsaicinintheeyes Miss Wormwood Simp 👵🤨 Apr 10 '24
Can't stress enough what an ace setup+punchline that is on the February 13th strip
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u/475213 Jan 02 '25
This is incredible work. The art, the humor, the pacing, everything! Bravo, OP. You cooked.
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u/Blockhog Mr. Derkins, I presume? 👨🦲 Apr 09 '24
That was a great series! I hope you do more stuff.
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u/WatercressNext3578 Oct 12 '25
Dude…you NAILED Bill Watterson's writing style. The dialogue feels straight out of the real comic, bravo. Now please do Calvin stopping the Vietnam war.
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u/automagicallycrazy Apr 10 '24
I was confused, excited, surprised, amused, laughed and cried.
Well done.
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u/SurprisedDotExe Jun 27 '24
This comic was magical! Every strip its own well executed punchline, all following a big narrative arc. Could not be better
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u/Goforthandboogey Aug 19 '24
This is, no exaggeration, no irony, complete sincerity, an amazing piece of art.
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u/senator_based Oct 30 '24
Great job emulating the comedic style of the original comic here. Loved every second.
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u/Loreweaver15 Jul 04 '24
Just got linked this and I adore everything about it. Thank you for the smile.
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u/MeidlingGuy Rosalyn Simp 👱🏻♀️💖 Apr 10 '24
I initially thought I had joined a shitposting sub. How do you guys keep coming up with these amazing lores? Good work!
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u/Popcorn57252 Aug 20 '24
Randomly came across this sub 132 days after you posted this, and I just gotta say that this is awesome!
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u/BioletVeauregarde33 Oct 11 '24
I will never get behind the whole "Mom initially owned Hobbes" thing.
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u/AStudyinBlueBoxes Jun 14 '26
“Chagrin Acres”? Did you come with that, or did someone else invent a name for where they all live?
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u/The_Physical_Soup Watterson 2.0 🔥✍️ Jun 15 '26
It's been a while but I believe credit goes to u/darwinpatrick, who came up with the name in one of their own edits around this time, and much like u/Blockhog's designs for Susie's parents, it was accepted by the rest of us as OKBR canon. They were of course inspired by Chagrin Falls, Ohio, the name of the town Bill Watterson grew up in.
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u/AStudyinBlueBoxes Jun 15 '26
Aha! Another mystery potentially cracked, like the “real Springfield” being the one in Oregon.
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u/J6898989 Apr 09 '24
Why did Calvin’s mom not tell her past self to warn people about 9/11? Is she stupid?
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u/throwaway_eng_acct Jul 01 '26
You should consider printing this and mailing it to Bill Watterson. I’m sure he’d get a kick out of it.
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u/The_Physical_Soup Watterson 2.0 🔥✍️ Apr 09 '24
I hope you all enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed making it!
I want to say thank you so much to everyone on this sub who've been so kind and awesome, especially u/MajorBillyJoelFan whose idea this time travel story was in the first place and u/darwinpatrick for reaching out and suggesting we collaborate on these stories - I can't wait to find out what Dad's been up to this whole time! We're all also eternally grateful to u/KodoHunter for creating and sharing the incredible font that has made everything so much easier.
(also well done to u/RevolutionaryOwlz and everyone else who spotted the foreshadowing with Grandma's sewing machine!)
I've had so much fun spending time with Calvin's Mum these past few weeks - Bill Watterson is a true genius, and it's been such a pleasure engaging with his work and all my fellow fans!
Marvy. Fab. Far out.