Bloom County was sheer brilliance, and very funny.
C&H was clever, and damn funny.
Both had geniuses for creators, agreed.
Trivium: did you know that Watterson never approved any merchandising? Thought it cheapened his work. So any C&H stuff you see is counterfeit (esp. those annoying "Calvin peeing on Chevrolet/Ford/whatever" you see on the rear window of rednecks' trucks)