Gallery of Calvin and Hobbs Comics

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The individual frame of the comic that shows a single moment.

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panel

Front

The choice of scenes to display in each panel. The layout of the scene.

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encapsulation

Front

The characters' spoken words, usually in an oval or circular shape.

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speech balloon

Front

Guesses a reader makes based on evidence in a text and their own personal knowledge.

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inference

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What does a cloudy or dotted border around a speech balloon mean?

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It shows the character's thoughts.

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Hobbs is a...

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stuffed toy tiger

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In Cartoon 1: What does the last panel make you infer about Calvin's imagination?

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It is very powerful because he scared himself so much, he and Hobbs stayed up all night.

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Why is Calvin's speech balloon spikey, the letters bold and all capitalized, and end in an exclamation point in the last panel of Cartoon 2?

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It expresses Calvin's annoyed/frustrated emotions at Hobbs' questions.

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Does every panel in a comic strip must have dialogue?

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false

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Comic Strip with one panel encapsulating the whole story in one scene: Cartoon 1: Ghosts, Cartoon 2: Do You Like Her?, Cartoon 3: Snowman X-ing

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Cartoon 3: Snowman X-ing