Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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  1. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    Dern slimey amphibians…

  2. tenaciousr

    tenaciousr said, 6 months ago

    Imagine the power of auto suggestion…

  3. wndrwrthg

    wndrwrthgGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    Ribbet.

  4. LX013

    LX013 said, 6 months ago

    Frog sitting on Calvins head and how they look at each other, wonderful!

  5. Cedric Atizado

    Cedric Atizado said, 6 months ago

    I love how they look at each other in the first panel.

  6. Boycott_KY

    Boycott_KY said, 6 months ago

    Could be worse: he sounds “hoarse” to me!

  7. grazer

    grazer said, 6 months ago

    Gosh, I always thought viruses were much smaller than that.

  8. CaptainColorado

    CaptainColorado said, 6 months ago

    I just thought of something: If you believe in the character of this comic strip does that make you a Calvinist?

  9. JonD17

    JonD17 said, 6 months ago

    Boycott_KY says:
    Could be worse: he sounds “hoarse” to me!… Wow, Boycott, you said a mouthful there! :=/

  10. Leonardeuler

    Leonardeuler said, 6 months ago

    Grazer, there are some new viruses around since a few weeks. Didn’t you know ? Calvin got infected by one of these. I don’t know where they come from ….. Mexico ??

  11. WCLamb

    WCLamb said, 6 months ago

    At least it wasn’t swine flu. I don’t think Calvin would look too good with a pig on his head… in his mouth.

  12. johnmcfarm

    johnmcfarm said, 6 months ago

    Now that is bad…

  13. prasrinivara

    prasrinivara said, 6 months ago

    But the suggestion of a trip to the doctor will get him better in almost no time at all.

  14. PTui2

    PTui2 said, 6 months ago

    Frogs in the throat,
    Can’t sing a note…
    Can’t a body sleep,
    And wake up from the deep,
    Without sounding like a goat?

    (Hope Hobs is ok.)

  15. Macushlalondra

    MacushlalondraGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    It was probably just a bad dream.

  16. ninmas

    ninmas said, 6 months ago

    maybe yesterday was the start of his sickness…..

  17. Richard

    Richard said, 6 months ago

    It was said that when a black man would be president, pigs would fly.
    100 days into Obama’s presidency guess what?
    Swine flu.

  18. Josh

    Josh said, 6 months ago

    wicky-That was a myth. Check Snopes.com about it

  19. Owlsly Whistlepig

    Owlsly WhistlepigGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    wicky says:

    It was said that when a black man would be president, pigs would fly.
    100 days into Obama’s presidency guess what?
    Swine flu…..I really dont care what skin colour our pres.is…I just want her/him to do a good job for us all…but I must say that was a good one…I am styll cleaning coffee from my monitor…lol

  20. Owlsly Whistlepig

    Owlsly WhistlepigGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    o and one more thyng…that would have been better received over at state of the union…we try and remain pleasant and funny over on this side of the page

  21. Rmom

    Rmom said, 6 months ago

    CaptainColorado - I’ve always wondered why Bill Watterson picked “Calvin” and “Hobbes” and thought there might be some deeper reason. A Calvinist follows the theologian John Calvin, and in the 1600’s there was a philosopher named Thomas Hobbes. I’ve heard of guys named Calvin, but Hobbes is unusual, so…

  22. musicnut1986

    musicnut1986 said, 6 months ago

    prasrinivara says:
    “But the suggestion of a trip to the doctor will get him better in almost no time at all”.

    Four bowls of Sugar Bombs with added chocolate syrup and sugar will do the same thing.

  23. grammahotsho

    grammahotsho said, 6 months ago

    Does Calvin got ‘ligion?

  24. Wildmustang1262

    Wildmustang1262 said, 6 months ago

    WHAT! What did Mother’s comment mean? She said, “You sound awful. You’ve got a frog in your throat.” I just pondered what that means. Sore throat? CROAK! I think that sounds terrible.

  25. Tabby Lynn

    Tabby LynnGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    Wildmustang i havent seen you in a while, have you been okay?

  26. bmonk

    bmonkGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    RRAmom says:

    “CaptainColorado - I’ve always wondered why Bill Watterson picked “Calvin” and “Hobbes” and thought there might be some deeper reason. A Calvinist follows the theologian John Calvin, and in the 1600’s there was a philosopher named Thomas Hobbes. I’ve heard of guys named Calvin, but Hobbes is unusual, so…”

    I’ve often mused on that myself. Maybe Hobbes was used for the tiger’s name because he is more unusual, less likely to be known or mentioned in normal society?

  27. redsheri

    redsheri said, 6 months ago

    I love Calvin’s imagination! He could grow up to be a writer or a cartoonist!:-)

  28. StradMan37

    StradMan37Genius_badge said, 6 months ago

    He grew up 2b “Rerun” - wait, that’s Pnutz…..

  29. Coffee-Turtle

    Coffee-TurtleGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    even though you saw this coming, you had to keep reading! LOL!

  30. primacyofreason

    primacyofreason said, 6 months ago

    Wildmustang1262 says:
    WHAT! What did Mother’s comment mean?

    A frog in your throat is an idiom that means your voice is raspy from congestion.

    Funny how these odd sayings show up, and I always wonder where they come from. My husband’s side of the family, when they have a little something stuck in the corner of their eye, say they have a kitty in their eye. As far as I know, only Wisconsinites use that expression.

  31. Gweedo Murray

    Gweedo Murray said, 6 months ago

    If anymore only, Wisconsonisms show up can secession be far behind ?

  32. dinosaur123

    dinosaur123 said, 6 months ago

    redsheri says:

    I love Calvin’s imagination! He could grow up to be a writer or a cartoonist!:-)
    I suspect that he did; that Calvin’s name is actually BILL!

  33. bmonk

    bmonkGenius_badge said, 6 months ago

    I think “frog in your throat” comes from the disgusting, slimy lump of muck that makes the congestion and raspiness. It’s similar to “coughing up an oyster,” which I’ve also heard.

    Yuck! Let’s find something nicer to talk about. How about Calvin’s face in panel 3? Or the look of disbelief in panel 1?

  34. Wiseguy411

    Wiseguy411 said, 6 months ago

    To RRAmom & Captain Colorado:

    I’ve always been confused. Hobbes (the Philosopher) described life as “nasty, brutish & short”. In reading this strip I’ve always felt that described Calvin best (at least physically).

    Conversely, Calvinism is best described as an ascetic recognition of predestination or the practice of strict self-denial as a measure of personal and spiritual discipline. Given that Hobbes (the Tiger) is usually austere and aloof when he discusses life matters, in manner and attitude, this seems one of the lovely philosophical contradictions of the strip.

    Such is the wisdom of Watterson …

  35. bald 716

    bald 716 said, 6 months ago

    calvin doesn’t wanna go to school because he forgot to do his homework for science

  36. prasrinivara

    prasrinivara said, 6 months ago

    For musicnut1986, a major difference.



    • Sugar-bombs = good

    • sugar-bombs with added sugar and chocolate syrup = tops

    • visit to doc = something to avoid worse than plague


  37. Leonardeuler

    Leonardeuler said, 6 months ago

    Calvin shouldn’t worry about his homework: Hobbes fixed it already.

  38. cloudcat625

    cloudcat625 said, 6 months ago

    primacyofreason: oh, i love weird phrases like that. earlyier i was wondering where “ditching” someone came from. could it be that once upon a time people fell in ditches and their buddies left them there?

  39. Wildmustang1262

    Wildmustang1262 said, 6 months ago

    tabbylynn says: Wildmustang i havent seen you in a while, have you been okay?
    Hi there! That’s nice thoughtful of you asking about where have I been? I am doing fine as usual. This morning I had to check those comic strips and posted funny comments, drank my coffee twice and then went over my sister’s home to help her pulling the ugly weeds out of her yards. Now I am home and rest for this afternoon. Today and tomorrow are my days off. :-) I hope you have a grrrrrrreat day! :-)

  40. Wildmustang1262

    Wildmustang1262 said, 6 months ago

    primacyofreason says: Wildmustang1262 says:
    WHAT! What did Mother’s comment mean?
    A frog in your throat is an idiom that means your voice is raspy from congestion.
    Funny how these odd sayings show up, and I always wonder where they come from. My husband’s side of the family, when they have a little something stuck in the corner of their eye, say they have a kitty in their eye. As far as I know, only Wisconsinites use that expression.
    Thanks for defining what that idiom means. :-) My sister and her family live in Bonduel, Wisconsin; west of Green Bay, WI. because my sister got job for medical at the hospital. :-)

  41. green_engineer

    green_engineer said, 6 months ago

    Frogking! - I may be mistaken but isn’t that tag from the LICD comic?

  42. SQUIDBREAKER

    SQUIDBREAKER said, 6 months ago

    Oh no - all the unclean frogs have gone into the media and organized religion. Good thing we know that was yesterday.

  43. Richard

    Richard said, 6 months ago

    Well, at least it wasn’t a mythster.

  44. LX013

    LX013 said, 6 months ago

    “Frogking” is a fairy-tail for children from the brothers Grimm.The frog is a bewitched prince and when the princess kisses the frog he gets back into a prince!

  45. SQUIDBREAKER

    SQUIDBREAKER said, 6 months ago

    Now we have some good discussion. Yes ligion&; is very close to ‘legion’. Ligion is probably the singular of legion, which was used to describe ‘many demons’. Excellent note on the ‘John Calvin’ vs ‘Hobbes’. Wow - I can’t believe it. Calvin has to win because philosophers are without Torah. An beast can’t reason or have a soul. Am I no longer an Armenian - have I become a ……(gulp) Calvinist? What has become of everything I have denied??? Oh, Wisconsinism to note: ‘When sieves hold water, hell has frozen over by means of a bubbler.’ And of course -’ I’m from Bevent, ya der hey.’ Gammatria - I better check 8217, 8216 and 8230 hard, like Chris Chelios trying to protect Gretzky! Greek or Hebrew?