Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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Margueritem said, 11 months ago

Grandpa’s my kinda guy!
si_rat said, 11 months ago

margueritem, then may be you should recommend your nursing home then…
wndrwrthg said, 11 months ago

Next on her list: Military academies.
Margueritem said, 11 months ago

si_rat says:

margueritem, then may be you should recommend your nursing home then…

But I have no nursing home. Shall I buy one?
shadowcougar8 said, 11 months ago

Has anyone else noticed that this strip is nothing more than xeroxed talking heads.
Gweedo Murray said, 11 months ago

But these is good talking heads.
Gweedo Murray said, 11 months ago

margueritemPro says:

si_rat says:

margueritem, then may be you should recommend your nursing home then…

But I have no nursing home. Shall I buy one?

I woulda spritzed if I was drinking. Are you Irish ?
Yukoner said, 11 months ago

I’m a Grampa who takes is funnies seriously. Does that mean that I am a prime candidate for a nursing home?
si_rat said, 11 months ago

margueritem says: But I have no nursing home. Shall I buy one?

Oh… you are still looking for one ! I kinda thought you already live in a one.
Hobomaster said, 11 months ago

But they’re not Xeroxed. Each panel is slightly different. Each was separately drawn, which is awesome.
si_rat said, 11 months ago

Yukoner says: I’m a Grampa who takes is funnies seriously. Does that mean that I am a prime candidate for a nursing home?

“serious” in what way ? Do you know a stuffed teddy that talks or something like that…
Otherwise, we can wait till margueritem to buy her place.
shadowcougar8 said, 11 months ago

yes, but xeroxed was the general intent, at least thats what I’m guessing…
LX013 said, 11 months ago

Merry Christmas to everybody who is writing in this community!
Adamaratam said, 11 months ago

Whatever you do, don’t complain to the newspapers, especially if you’ve been drinking… They might twist the truth and accuse you of being a member of ALKY-DA…
txmystic said, 11 months ago

si_rat says:

Oh… you are still looking for one ! I kinda thought you already live in a one.

Why would anyone live in steak sauce?
KingRat said, 11 months ago

my grandpa always said comics were a lot better before they were just a bunch of mimeographed heads using words.
nickdangerfield said, 11 months ago

uh oh. I might be in trouble,too.
Jackone said, 11 months ago

hilarious.
grazer said, 11 months ago

Funny poke indeed!
Yeah, nice touch the way Watterson imitated 4 photocopies.

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Just thinking: Did we ever meet Calvin’s grandparents over the years? Can’t remember.
Greypilgrim said, 11 months ago

The four panels are NOT exactly the same. Watterson did four separate drawings…but the joke is STILL funny…LOL!!!
ridenslide65 said, 11 months ago

These guys are the bomb. They Rock.
Mowgli-Chiara said, 11 months ago

When I grow up I want to be just like his granpa
Doctor Toon said, 11 months ago

Good thing none of us take the comics too seriously. How can you take comics too seriously. They are more important than food and almost as good as sex, right?
Maxine_Viller said, 11 months ago

Funny and very true, although Charles Schulz made a similar observation years earlier:

Linus and Charlie Brown were leaning against that familiar brick wall, and the first three panels had Linus waxing verbose about problems facing the world today. In the final panel, he says something like, “Then there are people who think that there is too much talk and not enough action in modern comic strips. What do you think of that?” To which Charlie Brown answers, “Ridiculous.”

And of course, “Peanuts” was the smallest strip on the printed page at that time…
hintzy said, 11 months ago

Sadly, I read this and I hear some of Watterson’s reasons for ending C&H. He said it himself: “…because there’s no room for better artwork, the comics are simply drawn; because they’re simply drawn, why should they have more room?”

His mind and the strip were both too brilliant to be restrained to such a small space, but nobody listened. Thankfully, we still have over 3,000 C&H strips that many, myself included, will enjoy reading forever.
CaptainColorado said, 11 months ago

Grandpa’s right!
bhac12 said, 11 months ago

THEY ARE TALKING HEADS!!!!!!!
merry christmas eve!!!!!
meche3040 said, 11 months ago

it’s really funny
Margueritem said, 11 months ago

Gweedo Murray says:

margueritemPro says:

si_rat says:

margueritem, then may be you should recommend your nursing home then…

But I have no nursing home. Shall I buy one?

I woulda spritzed if I was drinking. Are you Irish ?

Hi Gweedo! Yes, on my Dad’s side.
Merry Christmas!
aerwalt said, 11 months ago

30 It’s amazing how beautiful those old strips by Mcmanus et.al.
were done
chromosome said, 11 months ago

I’m glad some cartoonists still do detailed drawings, such as those in Cul-de-sac, nonsequitur, Lio, and a few others.
Margueritem said, 11 months ago

txmystic says:

si_rat says:

Oh… you are still looking for one ! I kinda thought you already live in a one.

Why would anyone live in steak sauce?

That’s an excellent question, tx.
Margueritem said, 11 months ago

si_rat says: Otherwise, we can wait till margueritem to buy her place.

I’m puzzled. That sentence makes no sense. Could you state that again, to lessen my confusion?
greaserman44 said, 11 months ago

calvin and hobbes dont change expression or position at all in each panel.. they are in the same position in each
h2oman said, 11 months ago

I’m mixed on this. I remember in the 50’s growing up in the
St. Louis area, the newspaper had two pages of comics that were printed small, there were a lot of comics to read, now that paper has two pages of comics that are printed big but less comics to read. Some of the same comics continue but are done by another artist, sometimes an offspring or relative and while close to what I remember in a simpler time, they have evolved, maybe I should gather up my wine collection and head for the nursing home…
JonD17 said, 11 months ago

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL. And especially to you, LXO13 for initiating the sentiment
TED80 said, 11 months ago

Come on, at least shoot an email off to your newspapers!
Margueritem said, 11 months ago

JonD17 says: MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.

The same to you and yours, Jon!
si_rat said, 11 months ago

margueritem:
Cal’s mom is looking for a nursing home…and you said your Grandpa’s type… that’s why I asked you to recommend your one. Then you were going to buy one…

Obviously, I was joking.
Anyways, have fun on X’mas
SamFP said, 11 months ago

Shadowcougar8: Is this to say that our comments are “Xeroxed Talking Heads”? I love this expression!
Wildmustang1262 said, 11 months ago

My father had been in different nursing homes three times. He kept complaining about those nursing homes he disliked. I was glad he was gone peacefully.
cello_wizard said, 11 months ago

In panels 1-3, the gears in Hobbes’ head are turning.
JonD17 said, 11 months ago

Texmystic, could you please enlighten me on the steak sauce reference? hate to think I’ve been missing out on something all these years.
forrest11 said, 11 months ago

chromosone don’t forget get fuzzy
marvee said, 11 months ago

Please don’t tell my children that I subscribe to tis, read all the comments and een comment myself.
Been reading comics for more than 60 years. Some now are wa-a-a-ay too small.
marvee said, 11 months ago

..and make too many typos.
dahling128 said, 11 months ago

ummm shadowcougar8, that is the point of the whole strip. No offense but wow.
Margueritem said, 11 months ago

JonD17 says:

Texmystic, could you please enlighten me on the steak sauce reference? hate to think I’ve been missing out on something all these years.

Tx was talking about “..you already live in a one.” It reminded him of A-1 Steak Sauce. It reminded me of the same thing.
Yukoner said, 11 months ago

margueritem, if you do buy that nursing home, save me a space.
JonD17 said, 11 months ago

!smackin’ self in tha forehead,…. margueritem, thank you even tho I ad to read yur explanation 3 times to pick it up. Have gotten so used to typos(sadly diminished expectations), that it kept going right by me.
Texmystic good shot pal!