Turn Back
Turn Back
Cueball: Should we keep going? Megan: I don't know. Cueball: We can turn back if you want. Megan: Look--
Megan: Did it ever occur to you that maybe I don't have a plan any more than you? Maybe just having this conversation means we're lost.
[Wide shot of the characters in a Calvin and Hobbes-esque alien landscape.]
Cueball: Kind of scary. Megan: It's terrifying. Cueball: This place is beautiful. Megan: Yeah.

Calvin and Hobbes was a daily comic drawn by Bill Watterson , published between 1985 to 1995. It followed the adventures of a young boy named Calvin and his tiger, Hobbes. The frequent themes of spontaneity, beauty, and adventure that characterize many of Calvin's conversations with his friend Hobbes can also be seen in this exchange between Cueball and Megan as they explore a landscape reminiscent of Calvin's daydreams of intergalactic adventure. The cluelessness and simultaneous wonder that Cueball and Megan feel at their surrounding landscape mirror Calvin's inexperience and curiosity that he exhibits in Watterson's comic.
The title text, while unclear if it were actually true or not, reflects Mr. Watterson's reclusive nature. He has never licensed his characters for any use outside of reprints, and he stays out of the public spotlight. Thus, it is very probable that it was true at the time of this comic. The title text also serves to point out the connection between Watterson's work and this comic.
However, in more recent years, Watterson has come out of his shell a bit. He collaborated with Stephan Pastis, creator of "Pearls before Swine," to do a story arc where a second grader was a better artist than an actual cartoonist. Stephan Pastis later wrote of the experience: "I began to wonder if [Bill Watterson] even had electricity, then I remembered we were using e-mail to communicate."
Cueball: Should we keep going? Megan: I don't know. Cueball: We can turn back if you want. Megan: Look--
Megan: Did it ever occur to you that maybe I don't have a plan any more than you? Maybe just having this conversation means we're lost.
[Wide shot of the characters in a Calvin and Hobbes-esque alien landscape.]
Cueball: Kind of scary. Megan: It's terrifying. Cueball: This place is beautiful. Megan: Yeah.
