November 20, 1985

I am wondering if this first arc takes place on the same day?  Calvin's dad is pretty busy, washing the car, writing at his desk.  Then he isn't even in bed himself when he goes in to yell at Calvin.  Big news in this strip!  Hobbes appears to be a stuffed tiger!  One of the biggest aspect of Calvin and Hobbes and it takes until the third strip to get there.  Calvin's dad also puts Hobbes' name in quotation marks.  He is a no nonsense guy here.  He can't even let Calvin have an imaginary friend!  Another note here, at the end if Calvin was playing the cymbals, why is Hobbes holding them at the end?