The only similarity between C&H and Garfield is that most of the time they share the same paper space in the daily newspaper.

But then Porn Ad and Obama's speech too share the same space yet they are different :)

Let me qualify that a bit ... I liked Garfield when I was very young (probably < 10) and before I "got" other comics.

I always loved Bloom County and I still feel it was quite different than C&H.

One final note: I grew up on the beach in California–where silly people brought their big, lifted trucks over from the valley. Inevitably, the read window had a sticker of Calvin peeing on [insert some company/sports team logo]. Maybe that ruined it for me.

"Garfield, Far Side, ..."

That juxtaposition is freaking me out.

There's a head asplodin' just waiting to happen.

They both have a tigered cat in them, so they seem very similar to me. The humor is also kind of the same, in that nothing really happens and the actors just stand around staring into nothing for frames on end. It is supposed to be a witty comment on the absurdity of daily life (they both also seem to convey the message that food is all that matters). After about one frame or so, it becomes boring.

There is a fundamental difference. Garfield is cat, and the comics is basically its point of view. Kind of pet perceiving a human world.Which is most often intended to be stupid and funny and readers are not supposed to relate to Garfield's point of view any ways.

in C&H its a stuffed tiger who and other aspects are imagined by Calvin a 5 year old kid. Calvin's interpretation is very smart and we can always relate to his thoughts. Often Calvins thoughts give us food for thought unlike in Garfield.

That explains why we can have a animation movie on Garfield adventures for kids, i am not sure it will be so easy with Calvin.

That merely seems to be a matter of taste. Some think Garfield is witty, others think Hobbes is witty, some think neither of the two are witty.

Honestly I can not see the big difference, sorry. I think it is acquired taste (identification with C&H, therefore interpreting it to be witty).

>Some think Garfield is witty,

And lo, they were called morons.

>others think Hobbes is witty,

And they were the chosen people, taken into the folds of HN.

>some think neither of the two are witty.

And were cast down into endless darkness and forced to read MSDN.