Dana Simpson is not Bill Watterson and Phoebe And Her Unicorn is not Calvin And Hobbes, but when Dana started syndication, Universal gave her a copy of the comp

Dana Simpson is not Bill Watterson and Phoebe And Her Unicorn is not Calvin And Hobbes, but when Dana started syndication, Universal gave her a copy of the complete C&H, and she still suspects it may have been a not-so-subtle hint that they expected her to fill those shoes. P&HU has a similar dynamic of "smart kid with a magical animal companion", and an artist who refuses to bow down to the ultra-simplified styles so many strips adopt to work at the miniscule sizes a lot of papers want to squeeze them into. Perhaps it will make every day a little bit better. https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn