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'''Tracer Bullet''' is a fictional detective from [[Bill Watterson]]'s ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' comic strip. Like Calvin's other major alter egos, [[Stupendous Man]] and [[Spaceman Spiff]], he appears when Calvin finds himself in a situation he can't handle. He is a detective styled after ''[[film noir]]'' and [[detective fiction]] [[stereotype]]s; consequently, he wears a [[trench coat]] and [[fedora]]. He resembles Calvin somewhat, though the high-contrast art style Watterson uses in the Tracer Bullet strips makes Bullet's features harder to see and obscures the similarity. |
'''Tracer Bullet''' is a fictional detective from [[Bill Watterson]]'s ''[[Calvin and Hobbes]]'' comic strip. Like Calvin's other major alter egos, [[Stupendous Man]] and [[Spaceman Spiff]], he appears when Calvin finds himself in a situation he can't handle. He is a detective styled after ''[[film noir]]'' and [[detective fiction]] [[stereotype]]s; consequently, he wears a [[trench coat]] and [[fedora]]. He resembles Calvin somewhat, though the high-contrast art style Watterson uses in the Tracer Bullet strips makes Bullet's features harder to see and obscures the similarity. |
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The name Tracer Bullet is a pun on [[Tracer ammunition]], a type of bullet used in machine guns to let the operator see where they are hitting. |
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Revision as of 16:37, 16 November 2005
Tracer Bullet is a fictional detective from Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. Like Calvin's other major alter egos, Stupendous Man and Spaceman Spiff, he appears when Calvin finds himself in a situation he can't handle. He is a detective styled after film noir and detective fiction stereotypes; consequently, he wears a trench coat and fedora. He resembles Calvin somewhat, though the high-contrast art style Watterson uses in the Tracer Bullet strips makes Bullet's features harder to see and obscures the similarity.
The name Tracer Bullet is a pun on Tracer ammunition, a type of bullet used in machine guns to let the operator see where they are hitting.