About

Donald and Hobbes is a series of digitally edited Calvin and Hobbes comic strips in which the head of the protagonist Calvin is replaced with that of Donald Trump.

Origin

On December 7th, 2015, Redditor eucalyptusfire posted an edited Calvin and Hobbes comic strip comic strip titled "Donald and Hobbes," in which Trump explains why money is the secret to happiness (shown below). Prior to being archived, the post gained over 1,700 votes (89% upvoted) and 50 comments on the /r/funny^[5] subreddit.

Spread

On December 9th, 2015, the /r/DonaldandHobbes^[2] subreddit was launched for Donald Trump edits of Calvin and Hobbes comic strips. The following day, Redditor saintsfan92612 posted a comic in which Trump expresses he must remain ignorant to be a "man of action" (shown below).

In the coming days, Mashable,^[3] A.V. Club and Distractify^[6] published articles about the edited strips, highlighting various examples from the series. On December 12th, IGN^[7] Forums member jabroni12 submitted a thread featuring several comic examples. On June 22nd, 2016, The Telegram reporter James McLeod tweeted^[1] a Donald and Hobbes comic along with the caption "Deep in a little corner of Reddit, somebody had a brilliant idea" (shown below). Within 24 hours, the tweet gained over 1,400 retweets and 1,100 likes. The following day, UpRoxx^[9] published an article about the edited comics.

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