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   Margueritem said, 9 months ago

   I hope that no harm came to that salamander, Calvin.

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   johndrake said, 9 months ago

   does he think about such things on Dec. 25th?

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   wndrwrthg said, 9 months ago

   Next on Peoples Court,The plaintiff, Calvin, he is a mischievous scamp, prone to over imagination and mayhem. The defendant is an old man who goes by many names and watches children when they are sleeping, only gives toys to little boys and girls when they are “good”, and has been found entering homes in the dark of night, the defendant, Kris Kringle.

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   txmystic said, 9 months ago

   Ahhh, the infamous salamander incident. Any ideas as to what went down? I mean, if even Calvin recognizes that an insanity plea is the way to go, does that not mean that this was worse than most of his adventures in mischief?

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   iowaweav said, 9 months ago

   As Christmas nears, sleep is short for little boys. They get real helpful too.

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   Sneha Jain said, 9 months ago

   Too much from a six-yr-old!!!

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   Nils Tiebos said, 9 months ago

   Haha, “temporary insanity”, just brilliant.

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   BlackKnight15 said, 9 months ago

   How come a 12-18 toon are being posted 1-30-2008. Surely in this day and age of Fax Machines and more the lag shouldn’t be more than a day. Does Calvin even know that Obama has been inaugerated?

   EDIT: So these are from years gone by?

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   KingRat said, 9 months ago

   calvin never even knew clinton was reelected, and when this comic was first printed he didn’t yet know that Bush beat Dukakis.

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    JosephR4570 said, 9 months ago

    BlackKnight15, Calvin and Hobbes ended in Dec. 1995. These are from a decade or two ago, yet they’re still fresh and funny.

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    JonD17 said, 9 months ago

    oh yes, the infamous salamander incident; no harm done, Mom did eventually regain her sanity….. lol

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    prasrinivara said, 9 months ago

    For JosephR4570–still, it would make sense if gocomics sync’ed the month/date, as it does look a little odd to have a Christmas-related comic over a month after.

    For txmystic, “salamander incident” likely refers to him dropping a salamander onto/into Ms. Wormwood’s desk (for marg–the salamander likely would have been unharmed, but Ms. Wormwood would have probably been stressed-out over that).

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    Wenthral said, 9 months ago

    The Salamander incident much like the “noodle incident” are referred to occasionally but never explained. The last book of Calvin and Hobbes has a little blurb from the author where he states he intentionally never explains it, leaving it to our imaginations for what happened.

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    Mowgli-Chiara said, 9 months ago

    wndrwrthg, leave it to Calvin to take Santa to Peoples Court, LOL

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    JosephR4570 said, 9 months ago

    prasrinivara said:For JosephR4570–still, it would make sense if gocomics sync’ed the month/date, as it does look a little odd to have a Christmas-related comic over a month after.
    It would but without the author’s involvement I doubt they put any effort at all into re-runs.

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    plus4 said, 9 months ago

    << Calvin and Hobbes ended in Dec. 1995. These are from a decade or two ago, yet they’re still fresh and funny. >>

    Here’s a sad thought: C&H has now been gone longer than it was around.

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    Macushlalondra said, 9 months ago

    I agree it is still fresh and funny. And I don’t mind a Christmas theme in January. Clever of the writer to leave the salamander incident to our imaginations. It’s more fun that way.

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    grazer said, 9 months ago

    What a masterpiece this comic strip was….it keeps our childhood imaginations alive forever!

    Thanks, Bill Watterson wherever you are.

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    team4karnage said, 9 months ago

    Calvin and hobbes has always been my fave, and now my 9yr old absolutely loves them, his older brother even got him a stuffie that looks exactly like Hobbs,they are soooo funny together,of course I can’t help but have Hobbs scare the pants off of my son when he gets home from school,comes out of the bathroom! etc.,he pretends Hobbs is alive, just like Calvin does. HE!HE!HE!LOVE IT!!!

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    melosch2010 said, 9 months ago

    I had a salamander incident once. But it involved a desert lizard, my cat and my mom’s best dress shoes…needless to say she can never wear peep toed heels ever again.

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    bigmitchperez said, 9 months ago

    i love calvin and hobbes!!!what a pisser!!!!

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    jaydubya58 said, 9 months ago

    bigmitchperez says:
    i love calvin and hobbes!!!what a pisser!!!!
    So glad to see someone use the term “pisser” in a way I grew up with. I’ve found out that east coasters use it referring to something funny but mid westerners for something that angers them. West coasters don’t even use it.

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    LX013 said, 9 months ago

    Perhaps the salamander had been a snake!

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    Handrew said, 9 months ago

    Didn’t Watterson sometimes go on vacation? I’d bet instead of the repeats that ran in the papers when Watterson was out, we’re getting the whole series in chronological order, minus any repeats.

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    mammacass said, 9 months ago

    Seems to me that using “Calvin” and “insanity” in the same sentence is just pure redundancy!

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    SlyGuy54 said, 9 months ago

    I love Calvin..

    Now about the salamander:P

    And its kinda sad that Calvin and Hobbes ended. Watterson did a great job in making it feel like you were really getting into a 6 year old boys life and his imaginary friend. I never wanted Calvin and Hobbes to end!

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    floatman12 said, 9 months ago

    Did Calvin’s dad ever see hobs move in a strip?

28. 

    mrprongs said, 9 months ago

    If Santa’s so good, why does he have so many aliases? He sneaks about at night, breaking and entering, and Big brothers select kids while racially discriminating against all others. He also encourages deforestization, and coal burning. Yet people love him.

    On the other hand, we freak out if Michael Jackson has a slumber party with little boys.

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    Yimsootlaw said, 9 months ago

    More proof that Hobbes is real: his breath is all foggy like calvins.

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    JasonFox4 said, 9 months ago

    why did’t they just make so god gave you presents instead of a fat old man who bieles in slavery it’s more realistice because god see’s all.

31. 

    Jez Cave said, 9 months ago

    Shhh… big secret here.

    SANTAS NOT REAL! :O