One day a boy was encouraged to do drugs by a bully named Moe. The boy became addicted to drugs. He began thinking his toy tiger was real and alive. His parents were worried. For 10 years the boy continued his drug abuse. By the age of 16, he went into a 10 day coma. On the tenth day, he died. Later, the parents had another boy. That boy's name, is Bill Watterson. He learned about his brother's tragic death. Later, he was inspired to write a comic about him as a 6 year old. He did the strip for 10 years representing the 10 days of the coma. He kept the death secret. He made Calvin's vocabulary big to represent him being a 16 year old. His tiger, Hobbes, represents the drugs and hallucinations. Moe represents the bully. He only made the parents cruel for humor to avoid suspicion