Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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Margueritem said, 5 months ago

LMAO!! That’s quite a come back!
cleokaya said, 5 months ago

Yep, I also like my handy cattle prod. My wife has her objections, but the prod makes life simpler, yes siree.
Ladywolf17 said, 5 months ago

I’ll be the indian, shoot me shoot me! God I love this comic.
pouncingtiger said, 5 months ago

Calvin’s always prepared.
wolfbyte36 said, 5 months ago

This reminds me of the Lone Ranger. God! I can’t believe that I still remember that show.
Ivy0730 said, 5 months ago

Sneaky Calvin! l♥ve them!!!
corpuskevin said, 5 months ago

Modern technology William.
Alicia said, 5 months ago

HeeHee:) I have to say, I wouldn’t have thought of that, Calvin!!!
Superfrog said, 5 months ago

and walked right into it, Hobbs.
watcha said, 5 months ago

He’s a Rhinestone Cowboy…….
madampresident said, 5 months ago

Always prepared - Can yo imagine Calvin as a Boy Scout?
yyyguy said, 5 months ago

wolfbyte, i remember maturity being defined as ‘the ability to listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of The Lone Ranger’ but i’ve never quite managed to do that. Who was that masked man?
grazer said, 5 months ago

“I don’t know who that masked man was….but look!—he left this silver bullet.”

“Hi Ho Silver….awaaay!!!” (fade)

“Git ‘em up, Scout.” (fade)
yyyguy said, 5 months ago

& Jay Silverheels was a Canadian.
papawhale said, 5 months ago

Any body ever hear the Stan Freeberg satire of the Lone Psychiatrist? Hilarious, as all of Freeberg’s stuff.
zhian mghuel Ng said, 5 months ago

Calvin got Hobbes there! Quite a stun!
wndrwrthg said, 5 months ago

When I was a young lad, a favorite game around the corrals was to find someone bending over the loading chutes and acquaint them with the business end of a Hot Shot.
Yukoneric said, 5 months ago

Check out today’s Spanish version.
jelzap said, 5 months ago

hobbes go: punch
vibjyor said, 5 months ago

cleokaya said, about 6 hours ago

Yep, I also like my handy cattle prod. My wife has her objections, but the prod makes life simpler, yes siree.

I am aghast !! Dont tell me you really mean this ! (rofl)
prasrinivara said, 5 months ago

You’re right Alicia (speaking for myself, I would have said “my gun’s a Luger, it has eight shots, you wanna dare?”)
bald 716 said, 5 months ago

as always calvin is prepared for any thing.

on another note i have read of a possible lone ranger remake in the future
Coffee-Turtle said, 5 months ago

movie or television show?
Dry said, 5 months ago

Coffee-Turtle, finally caught up with you. Been meaning to tell you I love your avatar!!

I also love Calvins expression in the last panel!
JimmyLite52 said, 5 months ago

stamped with the C
Carmy said, 5 months ago

They look so cute in their cowboy hats.
Stede_Bonnet said, 5 months ago

It is the small mind that can only think of one way to skin (kill?) a cat. A+ for Calvin today.
Doctor Toon said, 5 months ago

Calvin better not leave that cattle prod lying around, might give his parents ideas.
Wildmustang1262 said, 5 months ago

Zap! Huh? That should be transmogrify to make Hobbes changing to something else. Maybe an Indian with a feather on back of head and arrow/bow.
Leonardeuler said, 5 months ago

Funny, Hobbes with that cowboy hat.

Please, can someone explain “cattle prod” ?? I’m living in a foreign country and I looked it up in a dictionary, but I didn’t find an explanation.
musicnut1986 said, 5 months ago

Drystyha said,
“I also love Calvins expression in the last panel!”

Yes, such a self-satisfied look knowing he got one over on Hobbes. I also love the drawing detail, with his hand going from a gun in the first panel to obviously holding a cylindrical object in the third panel. Kudos Bill Watterson.
dasandman said, 5 months ago

ROFL
To Leonardeuler:
From Wikipedia:
A cattle prod, also called a stock prod, is a handheld device commonly used to make cattle or other livestock move by striking or poking them, or in the case of a Hot-Shot-type prod, through a relatively high-voltage, low-current electric shock
prasrinivara said, 5 months ago

Leonardeuler, a cattle-prod is an electrical device which gives a shock to a cow or bull to prod it to move.
wndrwrthg said, 5 months ago

Leonardeuler, a cattle prod or “hot Shot” is a battery operated shocking device used to move cattle along when they are in confined areas. They vary in shape and size, and deliver a non-lethal electrical charge when pressed against the animal. As a kid, we used to have great fun zapping one another with them.
Wiseguy411 said, 5 months ago

Did anyone notice who has the “White” hat and who has the “Black” hat ???

PS: I don’t think Hobbes has finished the part of the Sagebrush Saga …
plus4 said, 5 months ago

Don’t prod me, bro!
Tabby Lynn said, 5 months ago

Oh I so love it!!!!! LMBO to funny. i would have never thought of that. Go Calvin love the look on Hobbes face the whole time.
bald 716 said, 5 months ago

Coffee-Turtle

movie version possibly win 2012 or 2013
BC13 said, 5 months ago

Priceless. From out of nowhere, the cattle prod. Holster that.
JonD17 said, 5 months ago

Wildmustang1262 said, about 2 hours ago
Zap! Huh? That should be transmogrify to make Hobbes changing to something else……

Good catch there Wildmustang! Now we know what the ultra top secret moto drive of the transmogrifier is.
wickedvick12 said, 5 months ago

Always count on Calvin to be resourceful…haha.
pinkdryad said, 5 months ago

high-capaciaty magazine. i’ve still got 10 shots!
pomy2191 said, 5 months ago

both look so cute in their hats!! zap him back hobbes!
Comic-Nut said, 5 months ago

“prod”? I was thinking Taser …. LOL!
Comic-Nut said, 5 months ago

Old west revolvers varied in capacity.
There were the old single shot breach loaders.
The five shot revolvers.
The six shooters really made way for the side arms.
I’m surprised Calvin didn’t raise his other arm and say he was using his other six shooter ….
pookid54 said, 5 months ago

vibjyor, since it’s cleo you’re talking about, there’s a strong possibility that CATTLE PROD is a nickname…..he loves being naked!!! ;-)

STILL LOVE YA, CLEO!!!!!
prasrinivara said, 5 months ago

Yes Wiseguy411–explained in second panel (where Calvin is the rustler and Hobbes the “good” cowboy).

Or (for Comic-Nut) he could easily have pulled out a boot-gun (wee single-shot pistol), but I guess he didn’t think it apt as those aren’t ABF cowboy boots (well, he could have imagined his shoes were cowboy boots, right?)

(I remember at a church I used to attend, the associate-pastor’s son almost always wore cowboy boots–and termed them “army boots”–to service)
Leonardeuler said, 5 months ago

Thank you guys for the explanations (that just shows how stupid I am). I can imagine a lot of “applications” with such a device.
grammahotsho said, 5 months ago

This has to be a classic! I’ll be chuckling every time I think of it!
bmonk said, 5 months ago

Comic-Nut said, about 5 hours ago

“Old west revolvers varied in capacity.
“There were the old single shot breach loaders.
“The five shot revolvers.
“The six shooters really made way for the side arms.
“I’m surprised Calvin didn’t raise his other arm and say he was using his other six shooter ….”

Or he could just use a revolver from many of the earlier Westerns. They seem to hold 20 or 30 shots at least–nobody ever seemed to need to reload!