In celebration of the week-long holiday I am
currently observing, Big Cat Week, this week’s theme is the best fictional big
cats of all time!
Big cats are often
defined as members of genus Panthera (Lion, Tiger, Jaguar and Leopard), but
we’re going to use the more expansive definition, which also includes Cougars
and Cheetahs. So although Garfield is a
large fictional cat, he is not eligible.
The following were considered but
ultimately left off: Baby Puss (The Flintstones), Bagheera (The Jungle Book), Daniel
Striped Tiger (Mister Roger’s Neighborhood), Diego (Ice Age), Leo the Lion (MGM), Master Tigress
(Kung Fu Panda), Shere Kahn (The Jungle Book and TaleSpin)
1. Hobbes (Calvin and
Hobbes)
If you have never read any Calvin and Hobbes, stop reading this immediately, revert back to
your ten-year-old-self and annoy your parents until they buy you a copy of one
of the many amazing Calvin and Hobbes
collections.
If you are still reading, that means you have either read Calvin and Hobbes in the past or you are now ten years old, taking a break from reading Calvin and Hobbes because you just finished the one where Calvin finds an injured Raccoon and you are emotionally spent.
If you are still reading, that means you have either read Calvin and Hobbes in the past or you are now ten years old, taking a break from reading Calvin and Hobbes because you just finished the one where Calvin finds an injured Raccoon and you are emotionally spent.
The highly acclaimed comic strip is ranked number one on
every single list of the best comic strips of all time (we here at Ned Snark do
not acknowledge any list that does not agree) and Hobbes is certainly one of
the top two characters in said comic strip (the other being Calvin, which
probably goes without saying, but I wanted to make that clear for the hundreds of ten-year-olds reading this blog post).
