Calvin and Hobbes Cartoon About Academic Writing.

There are four frames in this cartoon.

Scene: young boy, Calvin, sits at a desk with his best friend, Hobbes (a stuffed tiger that Calvin imagines comes to life).

[frame one]

Calvin: "I used to hate writing assignments, but now I enjoy them."

[next frame]

Calvin: "I realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity."

[next frame]

Calvin: "With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog! Want to see my book report?"

[final frame]

Hobbes (reading book report title): "The Dynamics of Interbeing and Monological Imperitatives in Dick and Jane: A Study in Psychic Transrelational Gender Modes."

Calvin: "Academia, here I come!"

Calvin and Hobbes cartoon.

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