Imagination is an intrinsic and essential part of the human experience, especially in childhood, and to call it a 'coping mechanism' is completely missing the point.
Bill Watterson's genius was showing that there's a magic world in all of us; not that the world outside was not oppressive or unpleasant.
Imagination is an intrinsic and essential part of the human experience, especially in childhood, and to call it a 'coping mechanism' is completely missing the point.
Bill Watterson's genius was showing that there's a magic world in all of us; not that the world outside was not oppressive or unpleasant.