On November 18, 1985, the very first comic strip of Calvin and Hobbes appeared in newspapers. “So long, pop! I’m off to check my tiger trap!” Calvin, wearing a safari helmet, said to his dad in the first panel. Calvin went on to explain that he rigged the trap with a tuna fish sandwich, something a tiger cannot resist. In the last panel, Hobbes is seen for the first time, hanging upside down in a tree, eating the sandwich.