Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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Margueritem said, 5 months ago

Critics everywhere…..
Yukoner said, 5 months ago

And later in the day Dad will watch some sport event that is designed to sell beer and daydream of actually being macho enough to engage in the sport. Go figure.
pouncingtiger said, 5 months ago

If Dad’s Gene Siskel, who’s Roger Ebert?
J. J. COOK said, 5 months ago

I WISH TO THANK “GOCOMICS FOR GIVING ME ALL WEEK TO COMMENT ON VARIOUS COMICS. I DO COLLECT OLDIES–HAVE SOME AS FAR BACK AS 1907. AM LOOKING FOR SOME “FU MANCHU” DAILIES (1931–32), ALSO SOME EXAMPLES OF “BRUTUS” BY JOHN GRUELLE (1938 OR EARLIER). J. J. COOK/ABLEBAKER
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Margueritem said, 5 months ago

DOC: Can you help him?
Niki1983 said, 5 months ago

Hey, I MISS those kinds of cartoons (He Man, She-ra, Smurfs…)! It’s the ones that are on today that I don’t get.
Dawn said, 5 months ago

Dad’s just remembering the cartoons he used to watch - Bugs Bunny, Tweety and Sylvester, Wiley and the road runner…
Motor Psycho Mad Man said, 5 months ago

Hello everyone. I’ve not really new here. as a matter of fact I been nothing but a silent reader. I need to get something of my chest, so everyone please listen. I love this site, but the recent events going on here has caused me to make a profile so that I can do this. This is a comic place where we all come to read and discuss comics. Now recently ladywolf17 made a mistake of posting a problem that happened to her. Some of us were supportive of her and her dad. others my self included doubted her and her father. We trolls as doctortoon calls us then began to post negative comments at them. We called them fake or fraudulent people. Then they did a noble thing and apologized to us all. Even though I hated them I thought that it was over. But it wasn’t, we continued to assault them with negative comments and outburst. We here are supposed to be like family. It is our duty, no our responsibility to make this the best comic site around so that new people could come and enjoy the thrill of comics. Instead we all act like a bunch of Moes. I am ashamed of my self as you all should be of your selves. in the end it was us not the wolf family that ended up being fake and fraudulent. We all owe wolfbyte36 and ladywolf17 a very deep and sincere apology. I shall be the first to do so. To wolfbyte36 and ladywolf17: I don’t know either of you but it was wrong of me to insult your family name even though I never made post of it. I do not hate either of you anymore, and I humbly offer my self as your friend, if you’ll have me. Please ladywolf17 please come back. None of us had any right to judge you, for you had not harmed any one of us. In the end it was us trolls who ruined comic reading for everyone. I’m sorry.

Your friend robbiejohn123.
Dawn said, 5 months ago

OK, everyone, let’s make that the very last comment on the topic.
Enjoy the ’toon
wndrwrthg said, 5 months ago

Remember back to before the day when the networks got the bug up their butts to actually cut the “violent” scenes from Bugs Bunny, The Road Runner and other old favorites that had delighted generations. Those were great cartoons.
Dawn said, 5 months ago

Yes, Those were the days, my friend!
serenasakitty said, 5 months ago

Right on!!!
Ok, I used to watch and read comics and cartoons with my son when he was little. Then he grew up and started life on his own and I still read comics.
Carmy said, 5 months ago

There were so many great cartoons back in the day. I loved the Bugs Bunny Show. Tom and Jerry too.
Leonardeuler said, 5 months ago

Don’t forget Woody Woodpecker, Popeye the sailor, the Flintstones, ……….
wolfbyte36 said, 5 months ago

Saturday morning cartoons are’t as good as they used to be. Thank you robbiejohn123 I shall take your comment and apology to heart and will get ladywolf17 to read it as I did. Your friendship is accepted greatfully.And I hope others will be our friends as well.
Wildmustang1262 said, 5 months ago

Me, too! I used to watch the old classic cartoons like the Bugs Bunny show, Tom and Jerry and Popeye. These are so classic Now I look at the new cartoons that seem OK especially SpongeBob I hate it That is terrible!
BC13 said, 5 months ago

I loved the Flintstones, Jetson, Tom & Jerry & Bugs Bunny. Scooby Doo, too. Anyone remember the Loan Ranger? I couldn’t stand Teanage Mutant Ninga Turtles.

Love Dad’s reaction in panel 3 & Calvin’s in panel 4.
yyyguy said, 5 months ago

chuck jones was the BEST!
Leonardeuler said, 5 months ago

And how about Speedy Gonzalez “the fastest mouse in whole Mexico !!” ?
yyyguy said, 5 months ago

not to mention Pepe le Pew! and don’t get me started on some of the Hanna Barbera cartoons like Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound. I blame Snagglepuss (in part) for my difficulties in learning directions. Exit, grinning all the way, stage left…
unemandarine said, 5 months ago

The flinstones were the best, and the Pink Panter too, very psychodelic that one…
Harvey Smith said, 5 months ago

I liked Spongebob, I just can’t handle too much of him. As we age our tastes change. I am a big fan of star trek but my kids don’t want to watch the new movie because their Dad likes the new movie. The cartoons today are created by a new generation that values violent action in cartoons coupled with revenge talk from non moving characters. These new cartoons do not give out jokes they set up kids to want to be violent in real life confrontations. Let’s cheer when the other guy gets beaten by a sword or a strike of energy from the other world.. This is your son’s Bugsbunny
bald 716 said, 5 months ago

today’s cartoon programming is why once in a while i will change over to boomerang network [also operated by cartoon network]
they show a lot of older toons
Doctor Toon said, 5 months ago

J. J. COOK - My collection only goes back to 1978.
I do have a handful from 1974 and a Sunday comics page from 1924 and 1931 each.
The old stuff is hard to find.
Jon said, 5 months ago

Just my 2 cents worth on cartoons… I always envied Mel Blanc and his ability to consistently produce such a wide range of voices. Bugs Bunny developed my affection for classical music. My dad would get irritated when he would listen to some classical piece and I would laugh, associating the music with some cartoon scene. Honestly, can you listen to the Barber of Seville without picturing flowers popping up on Elmer Fudd’s scalp?

I have to agree with yyyguy: it took me a while to sort out left and right after watching Snagglepuss. Also lived a childhood filled with Huckleberry, Yogi, Speedy, Augie Doggie, Deputy Dawg, Quickdraw McGraw… It just occured to me… I think I may have spent waayyy to much time watching TV as a kid.

As to cartoon violence: growing up with cartoons and slapstick in the 1960’s range, I think no matter how funny it was on TV, we knew better than to poke our friends in the eyes with both fingers.

Then again, this is a comic site. Although Calvin is my daily stop, I check on Tarzan daily as well. I still like reading Blondie and Peanuts when I pass a newspaper, and miss the likes of Nancy, Alley Oop, and Li’l Abner.
rshive said, 5 months ago

for Harvey Smith – In my view, the function of cartoons /humor is to showcase the little insanities that exist in everyday life. That’s very hard to do unless one takes some little artistic license. In days of yore, the licennse was having horrible stuff befall the agressor– exploding firecrackers, falling off cliffs, etc. Everyone knew or was supposed to know that that stuff was unreal. Then a small group decided that children (who really were probably much smarter and sopisticated than they realized) couldn’t tell the difference. The result is some of the blandness one now sees on TV. Lessons are now not taught by humor, but by earnestness. I think a little something has been lost.

Face it, we’ve all had times when we figuratively want to wring the road runner’s neck.
3hourtour said, 5 months ago

…dear robbiejohn123…you lost me at,’Hello”….
Yukoneric said, 5 months ago

I miss “Circus Boy” aAnd the rest of the great shows before the trash of today came about.
mjw22307 said, 5 months ago

I am watching blues clues with my son right now on nogin. Where can I find bugs bunny haven’t seen those in years
n2theabyss said, 5 months ago

anybody remember the rooster’s name in the Hanna Barbera toons? he’s one of my favorites.
pomy2191 said, 5 months ago

all the cartoons that yyyguy and jon mentioned have been one of my favorites.my all time favorites are bugs bunny and tom & jerry.i still watch them when nothing seems to be coming on tv and i’m 18!!!!anyone remember penelope pitstop..i hated that cartoon.i use to watch top cat (i think that was the name) a lot too

back to the comic,doesn’t dad’s attitude remind you of calvin giving his opinion on everything.i’m sure dad’s talking about teletubbies and the like=)
nickdangerfield said, 5 months ago

In the 1950’s, there were a few television cartoons that actually allowed us kids to think. For example, Rocky and Bullwinkle used history and current topical themes to make us laugh.
Superfrog said, 5 months ago

Down here in Oz, back in the 50’s, in the papers, we had Raddish, The Potts, Ginger Meggs, Lil Sport, Garth, Bluey and Curly and Mandrake the magician. Then we got Dennis the Menace, Flash Gordon and The Phantom. I even remember James Bond (Dr No) as a comic strip in the 60’s.

Was that rooster ‘Foghorn Leghorn’?
Ash said, 5 months ago

Seems dad has been away from his childhood for too long.
Johanan Rakkav said, 5 months ago

Yes, but that means someone is confused. Foghorn Leghorn was one of Warner Bros.’ toons. If Hanna Barbara ever featured a rooster, I don’t remember him.

ladywolf17, if you read this, I changed my mind about my favorite character on this site. It’s B.C., all the way. I admire Peter, but B.C. and I think and emote in much the same screwball way.

But Calvin and Hobbes tie in second place. And Calvin, of course, is my evil twin.
aerwalt said, 5 months ago

I miss Rocky & Bullwinkle. Not to mention Henry Hawk & Foghorn Leghorn.
Also Claude the cat.
Macushlalondra said, 5 months ago

You’re all bringing back memories of when I was a kid watching cartoons Saturday mornings with my brother. Maybe Dad can find some dvd’s of his favourite cartoons and watch them with Calvin to show what real cartoons were like.
Valena76 said, 5 months ago

I just wanted to say hi and that I’m new to this, signed on yesterday….
pearlandpeach said, 5 months ago

i thout it was Fog horn Claghorn……i remember him well, regalrdless of name. Good character.
zerotsm said, 5 months ago

Amen to Rocky and Bullwinkle. Sherman and Peabody was always a setup for some really bad puns!
primacyofreason said, 5 months ago

We have a collection of Looney Tunes on disk, and my kids love them as much as I do.

How ‘bout Might Mouse and Underdog? I loved those fiesty little guys.
Silverpearl said, 5 months ago

I remember when Aleta was kidnapped and taken to Niagara Falls and Val came and rescued her. If comics today are not bland, they are too violent. No happy medium.
cleokaya said, 5 months ago

Welcome Valena76. Hector Heathecoate, Beany & Cecil, Top Cat, Linus the Lionhearted…
addiehas said, 5 months ago

and you wonder where Calvin gets it from.
Kerovan said, 5 months ago

[quote]John said:
Then again, this is a comic site. Although Calvin is my daily stop, I check on Tarzan daily as well. I still like reading Blondie and Peanuts when I pass a newspaper, and miss the likes of Nancy, Alley Oop, and Li’l Abner.[/quote]

All three of those are available on another website comics.com. here’s a link to Li’l Abner http://comics.com/lilabnerclassics/ Unfortunately since they changed the format of that website they’ve repeated the same 5-6 storylines at least 6 or 8 times, where it used to be updated with a classic every day. Kinda annoying really, I’ve read these I wan to move on.

Some of the other classics are appearing on Newsok.com, but in modern versions which I personally don’t like. You can find the Phantom, Mandrake the Magician, Flash Gordon and many others there. Hope it helps.
green_engineer said, 5 months ago

Tom and Jerry was and still is a favourite for me. Today we get Itchy and Scratchy… a perfect epitome of what todays cartoons are like.

Hi to all the newcomers. Hope you all have a nice weekend :-)
Melissa Tempke said, 5 months ago

Hey, let’s not forget all of the Superhero Cartoons: Superman, Batman(my favorite!), Aquaman, Space Ghost, The Herculoids, Moby Dick…..Need I go on?
grazer said, 5 months ago

Saturday mornings with Bugs and Friends was a family ritual for me and my three kids….whether they wanted to watch or not, haha.
Rmom said, 5 months ago

My favorite was Road Runner - Now whenever I see “Acme” as a brand name, I can’t help but think of Wylie Coyote.
RinaFarina said, 5 months ago

When I was little I used to buy Little Lulu and Superman comic books* - an interesting combination, yes? My mother thought comic books were trash, until she discovered that they had long words and were quite literate.

*I don’t mean they were both in the same comic book. I had one set of Little Lulus, and another set of Supermans. Clear?