History AlternativeCharacterInterpretation / ComicBooks

** The ToyShip of [[BelligerentSexualTension Calvin and Susie]] becomes interesting when you consider that Susie seems to like Hobbes more. Inversely, Hobbes frequently shows interest in Susie, which Calvin attempts to rebuff. Are we looking at some kind of projection, or a weird LoveTriangle? It could also be a sign that Susie was more attracted to Calvin's nice side that he displays through Hobbes, rather than the [[BrattyHalfPint asshole]] he fronts himself as.

** [[Characters/IrredeemablePlutonian The Plutonian]]: A [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed]] AxCrazy PsychopathicManchild in waiting whose rampage was guaranteed as soon as he found an excuse? Or a BrokenAce who suffered from a lifetime of rejection and alienation and tried to be a good hero (even if it was ultimately [[SecretlySelfish for selfish]] [[LoveHungry reasons]]) until he was pushed over the edge after making a tragic mistake that cost him the things that he valued most? In light of the reveal that [[spoiler:he was originally a probe sent by his multiverse traveling parents that took on a human form after responding to the strong emotions of a distraught woman who went insane from the death of her child, possibly corrupting him from the start]], one could even debate whether Tony ever really had a choice to become a monster or not.

*** He made a deliberate DoubleEntendre because he's consciously attracted to Goldie but still hates her then and was deliberately [[IncrediblyLamePun screwing]] with her.

* ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy'' has Rob Wilco. Is he the OnlySaneMan patiently suffering through his life with two nutty pets or is he almost as mean as Bucky but with [[RaisedByWolves a better understanding of how the world works]]. Many of the things he says to his cat [[AbusiveParents seem to qualify as emotional abuse.]] Yelling, "For the last time, Take the Tuna Out of the Can First!" when multiple microwave ovens have been destroyed seems justified. Repeatedly calling your anthropomorphic pet an idiot or a 'fuzzy little fascist' does not. Satchel may be infinitely more likeable but Rob's [[ParentalFavoritism blatant favouritism]] seems heavy-handed at times. Satchel can have friends over but Bucky can't. Bucky has to hold his hand on the subway but Satchel does not. They are both adult animals so the argument that one of them is 'mature' and the other is not doesn't really hold weight. Also, it may have been Bucky's choice to sleep in the closet but Rob doesn't do anything to make it more livable. TheUnfavourite is sleeping on towels in the linen closet while the favourite has a nice room with beanbag chairs and posters. In any argument or fight he has a tendency to take Satchel's side before he even sees the evidence. Once Bucky even phones a telephone psychic, tells the woman that he is going through a rough time at home, he sleeps in the closet while the dog has its own room...and sometimes he goes through the trash at night so he doesn't go to sleep hungry. The woman is completely sympathetic until she finds out he is a [[AcceptableTargets cat]]. Bucky's still the personification of CatsAreMean [[JerkassWoobie but you have to at least feel sorry for him]].

* Depending on who you ask, Franchise/{{Tintin}} is either a good reporter who gets into sticky situations... Or a heartless, greedy, selfish, racist psychopath who couldn't care less about anyone else except those whom he sees as friends. He once went nearer a petrol truck so that the trail of gas (which was flaming because he pissed off the guy ''he stole it from'') would blow the truck up instead of him. (It didn't work.)
** Since most of that stuff occurred in the first couple of books, it's more likely a case of {{Early Installment Weirdness}}.

** Hobbesappears as a FunnyAnimal to Calvin and a stuffed tiger to everyone else. It's thus ambiguous whether he's an ImaginaryFriend or a NotSoImaginaryFriend. Cartoonist Bill Watterson has supported the ambiguity of Hobbes' existence by occasionally making strips which are difficult, but not quite impossible, to explain if Hobbes was not an independent and physical entity, by having him do such things as cut Calvin's hair, help him climb trees, and on one famous occasion, tie him to a chair. A popular third take on this paradox is the theory that Calvin is a RealityWarper, and that the things he imagines really ''do'' happen, as long as no one else is looking.

** The Plutonian: A [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed]] AxCrazy PsychopathicManchild in waiting whose rampage was guaranteed as soon as he found an excuse? Or a BrokenAce who suffered from a lifetime of rejection and alienation and tried to be a good hero (even if it was ultimately [[SecretlySelfish for selfish]] [[LoveHungry reasons]]) until he was pushed over the edge after making a tragic mistake that cost him the things that he valued most? In light of the reveal that [[spoiler:he was originally a probe sent by his multiverse traveling parents that took on a human form after responding to the strong emotions of a distraught woman who went insane from the death of her child, possibly corrupting him from the start]], one could even debate whether Tony ever really had a choice to become a monster or not.

* ComicBook/{{Preacher}} is full of this. The morality of almost everybody does have at least one alternate interpretation. God must be punished...or Jesse is just a JerkAss drunk who has suddenly been confirmation of God's existence and the power to do something about it. [[DesignatedVillain The Saint of Killers]] has been screwed over by God and Satan, only reluctantly hunting Jesse and [[spoiler:ends up siding with him, killing God and his angelic host, then replacing him as an ironically more benevolent God.]] Or, he's become a mindlessly homicidal lunatic, who is so completely obsessed with nothing but killing that he placidly goes along with everything that happens just because it keeps giving him more victims.

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' has plenty of [[WildMassGuessing food for thought]], especially in the nature of Hobbes, who appears as a FunnyAnimal to Calvin and a stuffed tiger to everyone else. But the ToyShip of [[BelligerentSexualTension Calvin and Susie]] becomes interesting when you consider that Susie seems to like Hobbes more. Inversely, Hobbes frequently shows interest in Susie, which Calvin attempts to rebuff. Are we looking at some kind of projection, or a weird LoveTriangle?
** This makes the comparisons to Film/FightClub more interesting...
** That could be a sign that Susie was more attracted to Calvin's nice side that he displays through Hobbes, rather than the asshole he fronts himself as.
** Cartoonist Bill Watterson has supported the ambiguity of Hobbes' existence by occasionally making strips which are difficult, but not quite impossible, to explain if Hobbes was not an independent and physical entity, by having him do such things as cut Calvin's hair, help him climb trees, and on one famous occasion, tie him to a chair. A popular third take on this paradox is the theory that Calvin is a RealityWarper, and that the things he imagines really ''do'' happen, as long as no one else is looking.
** Calvin's parents can get some of this. Calvin's mother in particular can come off as harshly authoritarian at times, in contrast to his father who tends to be a bit more lenient. She rarely smiles at her son, and has a knee-jerk reaction of trying to suppress whatever he's engaged in (granted, she often turns out to be right to do so). Considering Calvin has many of the standard symptoms of ADHD and doesn't appear to be getting any treatment, this does have more than a few mildly abusive/negligent overtones. [[WordOfGod Watterson himself later lamented]] that he regrets that the strips often showed Calvin's mom in a bad mood, since most of her appearances show her reacting to Calvin's latest misbehavior.

* ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' newspaper comics run on alternative interpretation of beloved Disney character. However, fans are divided as to whether they portray Pooh as a well-meaning idiot who doesn't realize things he says are rude, or a complete asshole.

** Jughead has been interpreted as {{asexual}} by many, or as being in love with Archie but hiding it. The latter got especially popular when Kevin appeared and he and Jughead got along easy. Archie and Jughead being lovers (along other theories about comic book characters) gets mentioned in ''Film/ChasingAmy''. Him being ace is AscendedFanon as of the ''ComicBook/ArchieComics2015'' reboot.