Editing Calvin and Hobbes (section)

===Grown-up Calvin===
Portraying Calvin as a teenager/adult has inspired writers.<ref name="leavitt2015">{{cite book |last=Leavitt |first=Martine |author-link=Martine Leavitt |title=Calvin |year=2015 |publisher=[[Farrar, Straus and Giroux]] |isbn=978-0374380731}}</ref><ref name="jagny2015">{{cite book |last=Jagny |first=Louis A. E. |title=All Grown Up: A Boy and His Tiger |type=[[One-act play]] |year=2015 |publisher=[[Amazon.com|CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]] |isbn=978-1514752487}}</ref>

In 2011, a comic strip appeared by cartoonists Dan and Tom Heyerman called ''Hobbes and Bacon''.<ref name="heyerman2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.pantsareoverrated.com/archive/2011/05/10/hobbes-and-bacon/ |title=Hobbes and Bacon |first1=Dan |last1=Heyerman |first2=Tom |last2=Heyerman |date=2011-05-10 |work=Pants are Overrated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103002409/http://www.pantsareoverrated.com/archive/2011/05/10/hobbes-and-bacon/ |archive-date=2015-11-03 |url-status=live |access-date=2015-12-05}}</ref> The strip depicts Calvin as an adult, married to Susie Derkins with a young daughter named after philosopher [[Francis Bacon]], to whom Calvin gives Hobbes.<ref name="krulwich2011">{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/05/31/136817328/calvin-hobbes-and-comic-book-biology |title=Calvin, Hobbes And Comic Book Biology |first=Robert |last=Krulwich |author-link=Robert Krulwich |date=2011-05-31 |work=Krulwich Wonders... |publisher=[[NPR]] |location=Washington, D.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912150150/http://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/05/31/136817328/calvin-hobbes-and-comic-book-biology |archive-date=2015-09-12 |url-status=live |access-date=2015-12-05 |quote=Dan and Tom Heyerman...to the delight of many Calvin and Hobbes fans...brought Calvin back...as an adult!... Not only that, he has a kid, a daughter named 'Bacon' (named for the Enlightenment philosopher, Francis Bacon.)}}</ref> Though consisting of only four strips originally, ''Hobbes and Bacon'' received considerable attention when it appeared and was continued by other cartoonists and artists.<ref name="krulwich2012">{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/02/15/146939479/calvin-and-hobbes-add-the-bacon |title=Calvin And Hobbes, Add The Bacon |first=Robert |last=Krulwich |author-link=Robert Krulwich |date=2012-02-15 |work=Krulwich Wonders... |publisher=[[NPR]] |location=Washington, D.C. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920153452/http://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2012/02/15/146939479/calvin-and-hobbes-add-the-bacon |archive-date=2015-09-20 |url-status=live |access-date=2015-12-05 |quote='Hobbes and Bacon'...went instantly viral.}}</ref><ref name="robinson2013">{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/article/check-out-the-web-cartoonists-continuing-icalvin-a-93700 |title=Check out the web cartoonists continuing ''Calvin And Hobbes'' |first=Tasha |last=Robinson |date=2013-03-14 |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |publisher=[[Onion, Inc.]] |location=Chicago, Illinois |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526073337/http://www.avclub.com/article/check-out-the-web-cartoonists-continuing-icalvin-a-93700 |archive-date=2015-05-26 |url-status=live |access-date=2015-12-05 |quote=The strips got a lot of attention when they first posted, and Watterson fans often point back to them.... Terra Snover picked it up with...strips continuing the ''Hobbes And Bacon'' idea... In February 2013, Phil Berry at DeviantArt started posting his own, more elaborate ''Hobbes And Bacon'' strips... Meanwhile, a fourth artist, DeviantArt's DomNX, has spent the past year churning out his own still-ongoing ''Calvin And Company'' strip...}}</ref>

A novel titled ''[[Calvin (novel)|Calvin]]'' by [[CLA Young Adult Book Award]]–winning<ref name="cla2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=14096&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm |title=Canadian Library Association Announces 2013 CLA Young Adult Book Award Winner and Honour Books |date=2013-04-15 |publisher=[[Canadian Library Association]] |location=Ottawa, Ontario |format=CFM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508091031/http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=14096&TEMPLATE=%2FCM%2FContentDisplay.cfm |archive-date=May 8, 2015 |url-status=dead |access-date=2015-12-05 }}</ref> author [[Martine Leavitt]] was published in 2015.<ref name="leavitt2015" /> The story tells of seventeen-year-old Calvin—who was born on the day that ''Calvin and Hobbes'' ended, and who has now been diagnosed with [[schizophrenia]]—and his [[hallucination]] of Hobbes, his childhood stuffed tiger. With his friend Susie, who might also be a hallucination, Calvin sets off to find Bill Watterson in the hope that the cartoonist can provide aid for Calvin's condition.<ref name="pw2015">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/68658-pw-picks-books-of-the-week-november-16-2015.html |title=PW Picks: Books of the Week, November 16, 2015 |date=2015-11-13 |magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122152055/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/tip-sheet/article/68658-pw-picks-books-of-the-week-november-16-2015.html |archive-date=2015-11-22 |url-status=live |access-date=2015-12-05}}</ref>

The titular character of the comic strip ''[[Frazz]]'' has been noted for his similar appearance and personality to a grown-up Calvin. Creator [[Jef Mallett]] has stated that although Watterson is an inspiration to him, the similarities are unintentional.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-09-22|title=newsobserver.com {{!}} Jef Mallett: 'Frazz'|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/514066.html|access-date=2021-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922222529/http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/514066.html|archive-date=September 22, 2008}}</ref>