Why is there no calvin and hobbes show

Nostalgia is a powerful force, and it fuels the desire to see comic strips you loved as a kid given new life on the small or big screen. Garfield, for example, turned from a successful comic strip into an equally successful '80s cartoon, and the award-winning Dilbert comic turned into a similarly award-winning animated series.

Even more recent comic strips such as The Boondocks have been successfully translated into beloved animated shows, so why hasn't the arguable king of comic strips, Calvin and Hobbes, joined the TV party?

For those who've never heard of the property, Calvin and Hobbes, created by Bill Watterson, was a syndicated strip of cartoons featuring the titular Calvin, a mischievous and imaginative boy, and Hobbes, his stuffed tiger who may or may not have been real.

Throughout the series, the two went on misadventures, tried to get out of homework, and discussed the meaning of existence on a toboggan. Calvin and Hobbes is widely regarded as "the last great newspaper comic," and its iconic g

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