In one of his books where he writes about the strips, I remember him saying he liked this one, but it was a bit difficult to draw things “incorrectly”.
My daughter has a stuffed puppy that she values almost as much as Calvin does Hobbes. If I could only save one thing from my house in a fire, you can bet I’m ignoring the high value electronics, cash, and firearms and I’m saving that puppy. It cannot be replaced.
Somehow they all look simultaneously too conservative and too liberal.