Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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Margueritem said, 5 months ago

Thoughts that keep us awake at night…
Ladywolf17 said, 5 months ago

Gotta love that look on Calvin’s face on that last panel. Makes me want to cuddle him cause he’s so cute.
JonD17 said, 5 months ago

Hobbes! Shame on you!
Ladywolf17 said, 5 months ago

Anyways! at this point you think his mom and dad would have called him in by now.
Dutchboy1 said, 5 months ago

Wow, Hobbes actually got Calvin to think! I’m impressed.
Dawn said, 5 months ago

That’s not fair, Hobbes. You’re playing with his six-year-old mind!
Tabby Lynn said, 5 months ago

LOL poor calvin he has no clue what to think now. Hey marg good to see you as always.
Gweedo Murray said, 5 months ago

…But his six year old mind is so like a soft putty.
Margueritem said, 5 months ago

Hi, Tabby!
Turnbloom said, 5 months ago

I LOVE this one. Fantastic.
Yukoner said, 5 months ago

It almost looks as if he’s waiting for the Great Pumpkin to rise.
wolfbyte36 said, 5 months ago

Wow alot of deep thoughts here. hmmm! Oh! I got one …….Hey ladywolf how about being A good girl and get your dad a beer.
Ladywolf17 said, 5 months ago

Hey dad, how about being a good dad and get it your-self.

GOOD NIGHT!
I’m kidding dad I’ll go get it.
Doctor Toon said, 5 months ago

This is why I can’t wait for all my Tribal grandbabies to grow up a bit.
Young minds are so much fun to warp.
wolfbyte36 said, 5 months ago

she’s a good kid.
wolfbyte36 said, 5 months ago

I gotta agree with you charlie37133 it’s no fun to drink alone. unfortunately ladywolf fell asleep on the couch watching tv.
hcaulfield said, 5 months ago

deep
zhian mghuel Ng said, 5 months ago

hehehe
Leonardeuler said, 5 months ago

Hobbes has such an innocent face in the second panel.

Yukonner, this will only happen to Linus Van Pelt.
Lewreader said, 5 months ago

Linus would ponder any question.
tinhutjohn said, 5 months ago

Sounds like the question we used to ask the kids when travelling. Why is that light on top of the tower? To show the top of the tower. Why is the tower there? To hold up the light.
But but …..
fatima_ch said, 5 months ago

aww, he’s so cute - but that is HILARITY!
thrigun said, 5 months ago

HOBBES! you scared the poor little baby
banuli.ga said, 5 months ago

Hobbes….!!!! my friend wishes she should not give birth to one like u….!!!!
ds133 said, 5 months ago

What happens as the puddle dries up? Does the other Calvin shrink?
Calvinator said, 5 months ago

Hobbs: Feline existentialist
Richard said, 5 months ago

I truly believe that Calvin’s dad would have said the same thing. n’ces t pas?
prasrinivara said, 5 months ago

Except Lewreader, Linus doesn’t worry as much as Calvin seems to (as he can always ponder with thumb-and-blanket, which Calvin seems to have lost)
BC13 said, 5 months ago

Love Calvin’s face in the last panel. Isn’t it time for supper yet? Or at leasst bed time?
Macushlalondra said, 5 months ago

Leonardeuler said:

…This will only happen to Linus Van Pelt.

~~~

Be interesting for Linus to meet Calvin. Think of all the trouble Calvin could teach him to get into.
Madruga said, 5 months ago

This strip always remembers me of the mulitiverse theory…and make me think about it for another two days!!!

I just love to look at Calvin’s face in the last panel…such a poor boy!! =DDD
bald 716 said, 5 months ago

if calvin stands in the puddle, will that count as a bath for today?
BC13 said, 5 months ago

If my mom caught me standing or walking through a puddle, she would have kicked me where the sun don’t shine.
musicnut1986 said, 5 months ago

The artwork is so M. C. Escher like - the contrast of light/dark and the reflection in the puddle. That just adds to the pathetic puzzlement of Calvin’s quandry.

I guess we don’t have many gearheads here. Oh to experience the adrenaline rush of clipping an apex in full four wheel drift to straighten a curve while simultaniously executing a perfect toe-and-heel rev-matched downshift! To see a car as more then just an appliance to get from points A to B. Even Calvin appreciates the performance envelope of a finely-tuned spacecraft or F4 Phantom fighter jet. (Although he almost always crashes). Like JonD17, I think teenaged Calvin would have been a gearhead.
JonD17 said, 5 months ago

@Musicnut, I take it you saw my late response to your ponderment yesterday, good. My rushes used to come from a perfectly executed full throttle power shift that would pin ya to the seat back and make the rear end of my Old Catalina try to pass the front!

@Tabbylynn- What a beautiful Star-Gazer Lily you have chosen for your avatar!
JonD17 said, 5 months ago

This one is Watterson at his BEST!
LX013 said, 5 months ago

Wonderful! You will stay long time, Calvin!
Wiseguy411 said, 5 months ago

charlie37133 said, life is short.

You’re right Charlie, life is short …

Eat desert first.
bmwk12ltc said, 5 months ago

Hey JonD17 and Musicnut1986 it’s more fun on 2 wheels. Sliding part way through an s curve with the front wheel turned into the next curve and the rear wheel just barely gripping then leaning over and sliding the rear wheel ‘till it’s in line with the front wheel while you drop it a gear and give it some gas as you release the clutch. Awesome. My wife could never understand why I rode the 45 miles each way to work in western PA year round when we lived up there. Yeah being a gearhead on either 2 or 4 wheels is part of why we “live” our live’s.
ninmas said, 5 months ago

sigh……..life’s all a mystery
Comic-Nut said, 5 months ago

Watterson certainly knows how to make us wonder if we all got our mind twisted a bit in our youth…. LOL!
elbeck said, 5 months ago

Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons?
mjw22307 said, 5 months ago

ahh yes, the syke out. Technically, calvin just syked himself out, seeing as how hobbes is a figment of calvins imagination.
Tabby Lynn said, 5 months ago

Elbeck thanks for that. i didn’t worry about the puddle, but that is a good question. darn… lol

jonD17 thank you. I love Lilies and this one was just beautiful.
bmonk said, 5 months ago

Is this like Alice dreaming of the Red King, or is it the Red King dreaming of Alice?
grammahotsho said, 5 months ago

Don’t know if Adam or Eve had belly buttons but if you unscrew your belly button will your butt fall off?
Stede_Bonnet said, 5 months ago

Welcome to The Matrix.
chocolate1100 said, 5 months ago

Kinda feel like that some days myself!
prasrinivara said, 5 months ago

Well Macush: there was an article in 1992 in NYT’s magazine speculating about the result of an encounter between Charlie Brown and Calvin; perhaps that article could be dug-out, and Linus juxtaposed to replace Charlie Brown…
musicnut1986 said, 5 months ago

mjw22307 stated
“…seeing as how hobbes is a figment of calvins imagination.”

He is?!!! Wow!!! That throws a whole new wrinkle into Calvin’s existential dilemma.