had it for 25 years, all the way back to when i was posting on message boards in 2001. recently i saw a couple of presumably younger people who got the idea that i was the creator of calvin & hobbes. never would've guessed that would be an issue but figured it was probably a good idea to switch

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the timing is perfect lol
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See I just thought you were a cartoon tiger
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i kind of just assumed you were a stuffed tiger
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i originally found you back on progressive boink and have fond memories of reading you then and the hobbes on that website. but its ok to change :)
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world sucks but youre pretty cool jon, happy immortality day
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IT'S THE DAY. CONGRATS AND GOOD LUCK TO US ALL, FOREVER
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Jon aren’t you the creator of yellow-tinted satellites
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that's a good reason! excited to see the book :)
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Awwww I am really going to miss that upright little Hobbes (such good posture) in my Bluesky feed
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Oh my god. I'd been following you under this assumption for ages and thought this was sarcastic until I googled your name. And I would know who Bill Waterson was if someone asked me! Take it as a compliment that people find you funny enough to make that mistake, I guess.
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Wait you're not?
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Would you believe that I am not actually jayztwocents despite the pfp?
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Took me a second to register who you were. I’ve always know you as “that person with a Hobbes pfp”

(And even though I’m Gen Z I was raised on Calvin and Hobbes so I never thought you were the creator, in case that was a concern)
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This was me unfortunately
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end of an era
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welcome to jon’s comic strip
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All this time I thought you were the owner of a sandwich shop that was about to open any day now
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it's going to take me a while to recognize you on here without it
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Took me a second after seeing his displayname, to be honest.
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Everyone thinks I’m Knicks legend Walt “Clyde” Frazier so I get it
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thats extremely funny
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to be entirely fair, there is a very good amount of watterson in the way you write too
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Do you feel like alway seeing that avi associated with you shaped your online persona? Did you ever feel like you were posting "as" Hobbes in any meaningful sense?
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Can I buy a sandwich
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Calvjon and Hobbois
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💔💔💔
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a new era begins
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Well i first found your stuff through 17776 so this is appropriate too
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your whimsy and aloofness will take a hit with this change, replaced with an ominous sort of forebode.
"going to the store" w/ c&h: perhaps for a snack or something silly
"going to the store" now: profound, perhaps the last time you shall ever shop
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damnnn, that's gotta be like a world record or something
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Aw, dang it.
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you should have said "no i'm not the creator of calvin and hobbes but I am the creator of the calvin peeing on things stickers"
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Some say an end of an era.
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I hope Bill Watterson has read 17776 I imagine he would love it
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I thought it was kind of shit and made your posts funnier by being like that
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everyone knows you’re the creator of outer space
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I always thought of you as the only person online who could ethically handle the responsibility of a Hobbes avi
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so when are you setting up the football game
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Ill miss it, but thats a completely fair reason lmao
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I just assumed your fursona looked exactly like Hobbes
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but the sandwich shop’s logo is still the same…right?
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Did you create Calvin and Hobbes?
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Keep the new avatar but change your display name to Bill Watterson
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You did create Robotman though, right?
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Thanks for sharing, jon. Means a lot
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You figured wrong. Change it back immediately
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personally I just tape your old avi to my monitor and pretend that you never changed it
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2026 internet's final remaining thread to whatever-dude.com is severed
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Whoa, so, in reality you're the creator of... err... I wanna say... umm... the Hubble space telescope?
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happy immortality and sterility day
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im a gen z from poland, so for a long time my only exposure to the strip was random memes and scraps from the web, so im pretty sure i mightve been among those people at some point.
just assumed the comic writer also has some funny tweets up his sleeve, way before discovering your videos.
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C’mon Jon, we all know you invented satellites.
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hi jon i am very used to your profile picture having a white background. would you please consider inverting the colors of this image? thank you
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The idea of Bill Watterson having a second career as an avant garde sports writer is so funny to me
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Bill "Jon "going to the store" Bois" Watterson
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Jon has always been a spiritual successor to Watterson to me. They both find the profound in the absurd and the humanity in every story. And what is Jon’s work if not an appreciation of the way sports, and life, are at their best when they’re a little more Calvinball than math?
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now i'm even more convinced you should keep it
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I was one of those people who mixed it up lmao. Something about your idiosyncratic humor that seemed to clock. Although it always felt a bit strange that the Calvin & Hobbes guy was so into baseball
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Understandable! The clarification is a-purr-eciated!
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Also, this is a very insightful post ❤️
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April 7, 2026 has become an even more momentous day in Jon Bois history for a completely different reason.
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here's hoping someone someday believes you were involved in the launch of the Pioneer probes
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Jon Bois is responsible for one of the greatest threats to humanity in the 2270s, V'Ger.
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That's JUICE, give my man the credit he deserves.
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I was hoping for a blurry photo of your secret base you keep talking about
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Also of COURSE you would switch to Juice specifically. Absolutely no surprise there to be honest Jon
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I had to give up a much beloved avi as part of my transition. it was really sad. I'll miss you random extra from ds9 or tng or something
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you have had that avatar for roughly the entire time i've been alive
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I only followed you because of the avatar, but now I’m having a great time going through the Secret Base videos
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My windows login profile pic has been Kermit the Frog for 20+ years..... not linked to any socials, just for me. Your Hobbes can still live on
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Man, people actually thought you were Roy Hobbes?
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You created bois tho
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