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1. 

   wndrwrthg said, 11 months ago

   What did he ever do to deserve Calvin?

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   attyush said, 11 months ago

   Hah! Dad actually believed that his popularity has soared for a while there.

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   Gweedo Murray said, 11 months ago

   Yeah. He “sored” alright, soon as Calvin showed up.

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   c00k13m0n5t3r said, 11 months ago

   Love the face of Calvin in the 4th panel - the worry that dad’s gonna be allright out on the streets. :D

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   Janizzary said, 11 months ago

   Watterson’s art style was the best - details, angles, expressions - even for simple panels like these. Combined with his hilarious writing, he made C&H one of the best comic strips ever.

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   Ray C said, 11 months ago

   That was a REALLY dirty trick. Foolish to do that so close to Christmas, but it looks like the original date was late October (first panel).

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   prasrinivara said, 11 months ago

   No, attyush; he was skeptical at best.

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   Hellbo said, 11 months ago

   That was not cool for Dad, but still pretty funny….
   “Oops!!! its upside-down…!!!” good one.

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   Doug Dean said, 11 months ago

   “What did he ever do to deserve Calvin?”

   He got in the back seat of the car with Calvin’s mom. You see it all the time…

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    #1 redskins fan said, 11 months ago

    Re DougDean “footprints on the ceiling have left a stain on you…

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    grazer said, 11 months ago

    Sure glad I get to look in on that zany family every day….from a safe distance.

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    Groversfather said, 11 months ago

    If you stop and think about it, whether the paper is upside down or right side up, the graph line still goes down. REALLY!!! TRY IT!!!

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    #1 redskins fan said, 11 months ago

    GroversFather-truer words were never spoken, and it didn’t even take “Jack” to figure it out!

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    grazer said, 11 months ago

    Groversfather says: “If you stop and think about it, whether the paper is upside down or right side up, the graph line still goes down. REALLY!!! TRY IT!!!”
    .

    By cracky, yer right! Reading a dipping zag line left to right makes it work the same either way. Good catch!

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    Llywus said, 11 months ago

    My uncle and his daughter were both huge fans of C&H. When she was in the 8-10 range she would pull this same stunt on her dad.
    At her funeral several comments were made regarding the relationship between her and her dad and Calvin and his.

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    grazer said, 11 months ago

    Llywus says: “My uncle and his daughter were both huge fans of C&H. When she was in the 8-10 range she would pull this same stunt on her dad.
    At her funeral several comments were made regarding the relationship between her and her dad and Calvin and his.”

    I find that ^ very touching. Made me grin with understanding.

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    Ray C said, 11 months ago

    Groversfather says:
    “If you stop and think about it, whether the paper is upside down or right side up, the graph line still goes down. REALLY!!! TRY IT!!!”
    Gosh, it’s true! The only way it would work is if Dad were looking at it from the back side, through the paper; but then it would be obvious. Or in a mirror.
    Grover has a smart daddy!

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    Tabby Lynn said, 11 months ago

    poor dad cant win for lossing. lol love it. i love the part, “dont you have some homework to do?”

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    chromeboy said, 11 months ago

    perhaps calvin justhad the graph sideways instead of all the way upside down… then it would be going down…

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    topaz17 said, 11 months ago

    Poor Calvin’s dad… don’t worry Calvin will like you when he’s older!

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    Wildmustang1262 said, 11 months ago

    Perhaps, Calvin needs his daddy to help him doing on the math on his homework, eh!

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    vermontcooper said, 11 months ago

    Calvin’s parents shoppped at Target before shopping at Target was cool!

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    Taxi-Driver said, 11 months ago

    I’m a NOOB to GoComics but a long-time fan of Calvin & Hobbs. Top two comics EVER, in my opinion are Pogo and Calvin.
    This one, in my view, is Calvin as social commentator, Dad as the long-suffering target.

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    JoeMerl said, 11 months ago

    “Don’t you have some homework to do?”

    And he wonders why his polls keep slipping!

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    Vixen85 said, 11 months ago

    Dad’s expression in the third pane…priceless!

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    JonD17 said, 11 months ago

    Re: the graph. The paper could be blank with Calvin’s limitless imagination. Unbounded by reality, he will never run out of ways to “tweak” dear ol’ dad.

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    ldyhwkd said, 11 months ago

    Groversfather says: “If you stop and think about it, whether the paper is upside down or right side up, the graph line still goes down. REALLY!!! TRY IT!!!” Actually it depends on how the graph started. If the graph started by going up then when you flip it, it goes up; but if it started going down when you flip it, it goes down.