The more words you have at your disposal, the more precisely you can express yourself.

Genius is never understood in its own time.

But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He's one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!

I've always tried to make the strip animated, even when the characters aren't moving, with expressions or perspectives or some sort of exaggeration. There's great potential for that which has yet to be fully mined.

Calvin: Life's a lot more fun when you aren't responsible for your actions.

Your fingernails are a joke, you've got no fangs, you can't see at night, your pink hides are ridiculous, your reflexes are nil, and you don't even have tails! Of course people aren't content! ... Now if tigers weren't content, that would be something to wonder about.

I try to make everyone's day a little more surreal.