Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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  1. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    I wonder if Calvin married Susie Derkins when he grew up?

  2. Gweedo Murray

    Gweedo Murray said, about 1 year ago

    Mr Bun is probably saying the same about you Hobbes.

  3. runar

    runarGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    I don’t think he grew up.

    Original date on this strip: 1 October 1987.

  4. attyush

    attyush said, about 1 year ago

    “Dumb ol’ tiger?”

    Man…two insults in one statement?

    “Girls are like slugs?”
    don’t mean to sound chauvinistic…but heh heh heh

  5. Rico del Rosario

    Rico del Rosario said, about 1 year ago

    Poor Susie!

  6. flammable_feline

    flammable_feline said, about 1 year ago

    “Go play in a microwave, Susie” hahaha, gotta love it

  7. jaigwapa

    jaigwapa said, about 1 year ago

    calvin’s so mean and i love it!!!

  8. prasrinivara

    prasrinivara said, about 1 year ago

    runar, is margueritem familiar with “Dennis The Menace”?

    margueritem, a shortcut explanation: “Dennis The Menace” has been running since 1951–and Dennis is still 5 1/2!

  9. Ray C

    Ray CGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    “Mr. Bun seems comatose.” Oh, that’s great!!!
    I’m sure I read all these strips back in the 80’s, but it’s almost like I’ve never seen them before.

  10. ninmas

    ninmas said, about 1 year ago

    i feel the exact way about girls
    :)

  11. shasneha

    shasneha said, about 1 year ago

    bad calvin so mean

  12. Thomito

    ThomitoGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    Margueritem have you ever watched “Fight Club”? Susie grows up to become Marla anda Calvin will become the narrator (Edward Norton’s character)

  13. Coldfusion

    Coldfusion said, about 1 year ago

    No way…i would play with girls any day…lol lol lol

  14. Tetsuo

    Tetsuo said, about 1 year ago

    There’s also a rumor going around that Calvin grows up to become Frazz ^^

  15. jwojr003

    jwojr003 said, about 1 year ago

    Boy’s will be boy’s

  16. rach1

    rach1 said, about 1 year ago

    haa! haa!haa!! “Go play in a microwave Susie.”

    Poor Calvin hasn’t figured out girls yet.

  17. REDSOXbryan

    REDSOXbryan said, about 1 year ago

    Ya, Susie…go play in a microwave. Can’t you see Calvin is busy.

  18. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    I know that the strip ended before he grew up, but I’m going with ‘what ifs’ here. I can picture Susie being just like Calvin’s Mom. I can’t see Dennis ever marrying Margaret, however.

  19. swolf48110

    swolf48110 said, about 1 year ago

    I don’t even want to THINK about Dennis marrying Margaret!

  20. Yukoner

    Yukoner said, about 1 year ago

    … or worse yet, Calvin marrying Margaret.

    Rock on Calvin, you’ll find your special slug eventually.

  21. krisbee

    krisbee said, about 1 year ago

    girls exist because otherwise boys will not have any motivation to do anything in life. it will be sooooo boring!!!!! it goes the other way around too… girls need boyz..otherwise to whom they will show off their beautiful dress and nice make up :)

  22. Coffee-Turtle

    Coffee-TurtleGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    Mr. Bun has no kid with the level of imagination that Calvin has, and therefore, is a stuffed toy to everyone. I love it how Hobbes even perceives the bunny as being comatose! :) (from one stuff toy to another)

  23. Mowgli-Chiara

    Mowgli-ChiaraGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    “go play in a microwave” LOL i had forgotten that remark :-D

  24. mantenga

    mantenga said, about 1 year ago

    Check out this link for a full C&H/Fight Club parallel explaination. Absoultely fascinating.

    http://metaphilm.com/philm.php?id=2902_0

  25. chromosome

    chromosomeGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    We used to say “Go play in the freeway.”

  26. Coffee-Turtle

    Coffee-TurtleGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    mantenga, think your link is broken?

  27. Matt_Nelsen

    Matt_Nelsen said, about 1 year ago

    take spaces out of link. this comment section doesnt like underscores.

    http://metaphilm.com/philm.php?id=29_ 0_ 2_ 0

    link fixed

  28. fidget360

    fidget360 said, about 1 year ago

    It seems to me that Susie simply has too tight of a hold on reality. Calvin would much rather be playing games that no one has ever actually experienced on this planet. No time for ‘playing house’… blah!

  29. B2tell

    B2tell said, about 1 year ago

    It does seem like Calvin and Frazz have the same haircut!)

  30. nickdangerfield

    nickdangerfield said, about 1 year ago

    Dennis and Gina. Yeowwwww.

  31. stpatme

    stpatme said, about 1 year ago

    Hobbes growing up to be Brad Pitt? Woof!!!

  32. mrprongs

    mrprongs said, about 1 year ago

    Calvin will undoubtedly marry Susie. It’s her reality that’ll keep him grounded, and his imagination that’ll help her live. Calvin is just firmly routed in the girls are icky phase. They’ll just fight alot more than most, because Calvin will always be immature.

    Occasionally, he does play with Susie. One Sunday strip, they were married, but ran into trouble when Calvin became Tarzan. And there was the time he called her a name, then felt bad an apologized.

    Calvin will probably refine Cavinball to have set rules, and go on to make it a real sport. With his creativity, and Susie’s perceived common sense turned good business sense, they’ll go quite far. They complete each other. I also think Calvin is aware of liking Susie more than other girls, and is so confused he blames her for it, and lashes out at her for making him like a girl. Yet through it all, Susie always comes back to him. She knows there’s decency in him towards her, and wants to bring it out when they’re together. When Calvin grows up a little, he’ll like all the attention.

  33. stripeyfuzzball

    stripeyfuzzball said, about 1 year ago

    Mr. Prongs, your future predictions are completely and utterly rediculous. For starters, “Calvinball having rules?” That goes against everything calvin stands for. Furthermore,your final comments are so preposterous, I laughed out loud when I read them. They complete each other. You said, “I also think Calvin is aware of liking Susie more than other girls, and is so confused he blames her for it, and lashes out at her for making him like a girl. Yet through it all, Susie always comes back to him. She knows there’s decency in him towards her, and wants to bring it out when they’re together.” This is a comic about a six-year-old, not a soap opera! The entire “Calvin marries Susie” thing is possibly debatable, but I personally believe that it wouldn’t happen. Calvin certainly does not “like” Susie.

  34. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    Mrprongs: You and I are of a mind. I can can visualize things happening the way that you described. Well put.

  35. chasegoobers

    chasegoobers said, about 1 year ago

    Buzz-kill.

  36. dahling128

    dahling128 said, about 1 year ago

    wow. way to totally analyze and kill calvin and hobbes u guys.

  37. jrot

    jrot said, about 1 year ago

    “Calvin certainly does not “like” Susie.”

    I seem to remember one strip where she throws a snowball at him, and he’s all excited because that means she likes him.

    SO HAH. MARRIED.

  38. Tabby Lynn

    Tabby LynnGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    i love that. He told her to “go play in a microwave, susie. We’re Busy.” i am so using that line. Then hobbes with the “comatose” is just great. this whole thing is greatness.

  39. stripeyfuzzball

    stripeyfuzzball said, about 1 year ago

    Ahh…Jrot, you bring up a good point. In the very beginning of the strip, and Watterson himself has commented on this, he made it so that Susie and Calvin DID sort of have a “love” relationship. However, as the strip progressed, Watterson realized that this was not how he wanted their relationship to be, so it changed to more of a “simply annoyed by one another” relationship. At the airing of this particular strip, as well as the majority of the strips, the latter was how their relationship was conveyed. So, I can see how some people, who have only read the early strips, would seem to think that Calvin and Susie are somehow “desperately in love” with one another.
    And yes, tabylynn, “go play in the microwave” is one of the best insults ever.

  40. Gweedo Murray

    Gweedo Murray said, about 1 year ago

    mrprongs prediction scenarios look pretty good.
    Despite total analyzing I can very well enjoy the story in the moment.

  41. stripeyfuzzball

    stripeyfuzzball said, about 1 year ago

    sigh Well, I tried my best. Sorry for the overlong comments, but one of my pet peeves are the people who seem to have “Calvin and Hobbes” confused with “For better or For Worse.”

  42. NoFearPup

    NoFearPupGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    I still don’t get it what makes the tiger come alive?

  43. attyush

    attyush said, about 1 year ago

    @nofearpup: that thingy called imagination

  44. NoFearPup

    NoFearPupGenius_badge said, about 1 year ago

    %I’m sorry ATTYUSH, that was a joke I heard 20 years ago and it still makes me laugh, LOL

  45. mrprongs

    mrprongs said, about 1 year ago

    Well stripeyfuzzball, if I made you laugh, then good. Laughter promotes better health, and makes you happy. Happy people don’t kill. Therefore, I made the world a little bit better, and a little less violent.

  46. dlopez180

    dlopez180 said, about 1 year ago

    nofearpup my 12 yr old just found out about the strip and asked that same question about Hobbes and the bike. Man that was crazy funny.

  47. Bandmom

    Bandmom said, about 1 year ago

    I think that calvin and hobbs became a great game development duo and are locked away in a basement someplace writing killer video games and raking in all that money. Susie is just a glimmer in the past.

  48. chasegoobers

    chasegoobers said, about 1 year ago

    My 10- and 8-year-olds love C & H, and it’s really shaping who they are growing up to be. Super cool to watch, and boy, they are so much funnier now…

  49. wheelsjo

    wheelsjo said, about 1 year ago

    Love this guy!

  50. comicgirl1000

    comicgirl1000 said, 12 months ago

    i like mr. bun