Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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  1. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    I love this strip. Hobbes put all the buildings on Baltic Ave.

    We had a friend who would be the banker, and would stick several $100s in his pocket for ‘get away money’.

  2. pouncingtiger

    pouncingtiger said, 8 months ago

    (the last panel) The evolution or shall I say the de-evolution of a boy’s eduction.

  3. Yukoner

    Yukoner said, 8 months ago

    Now where would he learn those words? – Susie? Uncle Max? surely not from Hobbes! Where do all children learn such words?

  4. LX013

    LX013 said, 8 months ago

    Money often is a hard test for a friendship!Sometimes struggleing is the end of it!

  5. pouncingtiger

    pouncingtiger said, 8 months ago

    Yukoner, from television. Where else?

  6. txmystic

    txmysticGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    Love the flailing Calvin is doing in the last panel…and how unconcerned the parents seem that their child is having a major tantrum…more proof of how desensitized they’ve become to his temper even at such a young age.

  7. opuscroakus70

    opuscroakus70 said, 8 months ago

    “Now where would he learn those words? – Susie? Uncle Max? surely not from Hobbes! Where do all children learn such words?”

    From Dad on Christmas- “slippin’ rippin’ dang fang rotten zarg barg a ding dong!”

  8. txmystic

    txmysticGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    margueritem says:

    I love this strip. Hobbes put all the buildings on Baltic Ave.

    What’s even funnier is that Baltic is one of the cheap properties…

  9. baslim_the_begger

    baslim_the_beggerGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    Hmmm, sounds like how our financial crisis got going…

    And when Calvin lands a few streets down, Hobbes will move all the houses and hotels there. I think he learned the IRS rules of play…

  10. DreamScourge

    DreamScourge said, 8 months ago

    Never understood why people take monopoly so personally, so your brother/significant other just did you over for a few hundred $’s! It’s just a game lol, I hardly ever get to play it even tho’ I love it, ‘cause the rest of the family breaks down in to arguing with each other, and then won’t play again for years…. Crazy ^^

  11. Leonardeuler

    Leonardeuler said, 8 months ago

    After loosing yesterday’s chess game, another bitter blow for Calvin.

  12. Carmy

    CarmyGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    Ah, Calvin and Hobbes, what a riot.

  13. Wildmustang1262

    Wildmustang1262 said, 8 months ago

    I never see the name “Baltic” Ave., St., or Blvd. on the monopoly game. (Scoffs!) Apparently, they make up for that word to play that game. LOLs!

  14. robertsewellca

    robertsewellca said, 8 months ago

    This was written years ago and Calvin had bankers all figured out! It took most of us until 2008 to come to this realisation.

  15. Goggy98

    Goggy98 said, 8 months ago

    I had to laugh at every panel reading this! It’s even funnier now than when it came out originally!

  16. N7326 Foxtrot

    N7326 Foxtrot said, 8 months ago

    Yeah, I agree!! Watterson must have either had a kid or been one from hell himself. No adult could think up stuff like this himself. Loveit, loveit, loveit.

  17. N7326 Foxtrot

    N7326 Foxtrot said, 8 months ago

    Yeah, I agree!! Watterson must have either had a kid or been one from hell himself. No adult could think up stuff like this himself. Loveit, loveit, loveit.

  18. space-cadet

    space-cadet said, 8 months ago

    Although I would say realistically calvin does portray most yuong kids of his ages, I also think he is very stereotypical in the way he fights against his parents, won’t eat nicely, pretends hobbes is real, so although we might say Calvin is quite orginal maybe his not this strip today shows another stereotypical side to calvin a side that has to win, i agree watterson has an amazing imagination but how much of it did he get from justing watching a kid for a while?

  19. Northwoodser

    Northwoodser said, 8 months ago

    You gotta love it!

  20. h2oman

    h2oman said, 8 months ago

    Thanks Calvin, I really needed a good laugh this morning. Hobbes you better keep one step ahead of that little turp.

  21. gigi bell

    gigi bell said, 8 months ago

    i love calvin and hobbes. there soo funny and awesome!

  22. Tabby Lynn

    Tabby LynnGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    i dont much care for monopoly, it is just a realy boring way to find out you are bad with money. lol. cute strip though.

  23. pbuckland

    pbuckland said, 8 months ago

    Wildmustang: Do you mean you do not have a Baltic Ave. on your monopoly game, or that you ignore it when you play, because it is worth so little? There are different versions of the game now for many different cities around the world. Baltic was on the original based on Atlantic City, I believe.

  24. harywer

    harywer said, 8 months ago

    just get a bailout from the gov, calvin.

  25. saguaro_48

    saguaro_48 said, 8 months ago

    I used Monopoly to teach my kids that life is tough. If they landed on a property I would tell them the rent that was due and if they paid me (even though I didn’t own it), too bad. As banker, at the start of the game, and during it, if they were due money, I’d often short change them; if they didn’t count it, too bad. They both grew up to be successful businessmen ;-) And their psychiatrists say they are doing well.

  26. grazer

    grazer said, 8 months ago

    Surprisingly, Bill Watterson had no kids. He also mentioned he was nothing like Calvin although says his dad was alot like Calvin’s.

    Pretty neat how Watterson’s vivid imagination made a cartoon character so totally relatable to so many for so long.

  27. stupendousman6

    stupendousman6 said, 8 months ago

    I agree with you grazer! Also, When i was younger my friend and i always played monopoly. We’d put tons of 500s in the middle and whoever landed on free parking got them. I ended up with like 30 500s eventually. But we never fought like calvin and hobbes!

  28. Radical-Knight

    Radical-KnightGenius_badge said, 8 months ago

    Hey! Calvin-Monopoly. Last time I played monopoly (I don’t remember how long ago) we ran out of money so I called the company and got more, My own little bail-out.
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    I still lost. LOL

  29. Wildmustang1262

    Wildmustang1262 said, 8 months ago

    pbuckland says: Wildmustang: Do you mean you do not have a Baltic Ave. on your monopoly game, or that you ignore it when you play, because it is worth so little? There are different versions of the game now for many different cities around the world. Baltic was on the original based on Atlantic City, I believe

    FYI, I never play the monopoly game all my life. Sorry!

  30. Ivy0730

    Ivy0730 said, 8 months ago

    Isn’t Calvin cute? thou sly sometimes. Childish sly. lol and Hobbes alwayz so out of words and go with the flow, haha
    TV taught Calvin alot, or just him so smart that could learn from? LOL

  31. SlyGuy54

    SlyGuy54 said, 8 months ago

    Wow.. who knew Hobbes could be SUCH a “play by the rules kinda guy”

    Although I wonder how both Mom and Dad can listen to all that and not question Calvin’s sanity!

  32. Carina

    Carina said, 8 months ago

    it’s sooo funnyyyyy!!