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CALVIN: Our hero regains consciousness at the feet of a sarcastic alien.

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Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
Author
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Washington
District of Columbia
Hero
Consciousness
Feet
Regains
Calvin
Alien
Sarcastic
Aliens

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