Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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vibjyor said, 4 months ago

Now he has got the picture. What a scene !
Margueritem said, 4 months ago

Excellent, dad!
cleokaya said, 4 months ago

Time to load up on the insurance policy and to buy a Yugo.
pouncingtiger said, 4 months ago

Dad sees things in the grand scheme.
Ladywolf17 said, 4 months ago

At long last Calvin’s dad has come to his senses. Now he reminds me alot about my dad. So I think that I’ll dedicate this cartoon strip to him. God bless you dad, I love you

Ladywolf17
robbieboy said, 4 months ago

What a picture..C&H driving around in a car.. :D
rayannina said, 4 months ago

Always look on the bright … side of your life …

(whistling)
Carmy said, 4 months ago

Calvin already tortured himself enough. Surely, Dad realized that too.
Calvin will be trying in 10 years? Ooh, that sent a chill up my spine.
ejcapulet said, 4 months ago

Nothing like a little perspective.
sundaram_gayathri said, 4 months ago

Daddy … looks like you knw what calvin is capable of :)
Alicia said, 4 months ago

I love this one…makes them human:)
jhenjhen said, 4 months ago

hehe sorry to spoil your imagination but i’ve read the part where Calvin wrecked his dad’s car! good thing he’s still alive after the incident. :)
Skyhawk_maintainer said, 4 months ago

Like my Dad. After a Japanese submarine fired 2 torpedoes that went under his landing craft, there weren’t many things that could rattle his cage.
watcha said, 4 months ago

This is sweet. Bumped my varsity car and tried to fix it behind my dad’s back. When he found out he could not understand why I would not come directly to him as he would really want to help me(he would obviously first be very angry :-) ) .
Johanan Rakkav said, 4 months ago

Ah yes, jhenjhen, thanks for the reminder: Calvin is precocious even at car-wrecking. :) Even more precocious than James T. Kirk was, apparently….However, Dad obviously was thinking Calvin would have a learner’s permit by then. :)

Paul M. (again), if you’re reading this, go back and reread my comments yesterday. I didn’t reveal ANYTHING then about today’s strip. I didn’t intend to. I never do.
carpetinwater9 said, 4 months ago

By age 16, Calvin probably will be ready for Reform School.LOL
okeedoekee said, 4 months ago

My daughter dented my car. “I swear that pole was not there when I looked behind me.”
Calvinator said, 4 months ago

In the next frame (not shown) “In the bigger scheme of things - you can pay me back for the binoculars over time…”
rshive said, 4 months ago

Dad certainly has a feel for the big picture. And he’s probably right about the car. One hopes he’s found inexpensive insurance by then.
pomy2191 said, 4 months ago

awwww..i like how dad is looking at calvin in first panel
Sebastian Van Uytfange said, 4 months ago

Aww, what a nice father-son bonding scene we have here. Now all they need to do is give each other a big bear hug.
BC13 said, 4 months ago

By the time Calvin gets to drive, cars will be made more cheaply and be even more expensive to repair. Sell the car and take the bus to work.
songwriterz said, 4 months ago

I used the ‘Share’ option to send this to my dad. He’s 70, I’m 45. Lots of truth in this cartoon. Lots.
Superfrog said, 4 months ago

A great lesson like that is worth at least a pair of binoculars.
AddADadaAdDad said, 4 months ago

Love the emotion in Calvin’s facial expressions, especially the quivering lips in the last panel. Never seen him quite so sympathetic, & neither has his Dad.
Macushlalondra said, 4 months ago

Calvin you’re lucky your dad is so understanding. I thought you’d at least get a blistered butt out of this.
Jaddis said, 4 months ago

“But Dad, I was in the passenger seat the whole time. I let Hobbes take a turn at the wheel.”
Stede_Bonnet said, 4 months ago

I’m with you Macushlalondra… oh to live in a sweet comic book world where Dad didn’t beat the tar out of you first and ask questions later… Though this did teach us to carefully consider consequences BEFORE action.
PinkPantherRulz said, 4 months ago

make sure you don’t let him drive a Mercedes or something along that kind of line…
Doctor Toon said, 4 months ago

When I was in high school I was hit from behind while driving my mothers car. It was the first brand new vehicle she had ever owned. She knows it wasn’t my fault, but I still hear about it.
claithia said, 4 months ago

Deep!
nighthawks said, 4 months ago

I think you can depend on that
nighthawks said, 4 months ago

skyhawk maintainer :
more, please, more details on that story about your dad..
JonD17 said, 4 months ago

ahh yes Dad, maintain the pragmatic point of view.
I see Calvin and Hobbes tooling around town in a “Royal Gold 66 GTO with Hobbes tail flyin out of the back window. Musicnut, can ya dig that? (maybe, with some Bob Seeger, “Turn the Page blasting on the 8 track)
bmonk said, 4 months ago

I still like that accident report: “I was driving along peacefully when a tree came out of nowhere and hit my car.”
Dry said, 4 months ago

LOVE IT!!!!
D-i-c-e-R said, 4 months ago

The phrase “Eat my dust” will take on a whole new meaning when Calvin wrecks Dad’s car.
Briaan said, 4 months ago

when Calvin Drives im not leaving my basement
Madruga said, 4 months ago

I realize that you’re quite sceptical abaout Calvin driving a car..but hey, a car doesn’t even fly!!! LOL
alife said, 4 months ago

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
okeedoekee said, 4 months ago

We all know how Calvin and Hobbs end up when they toboggan down the big hill!
Josh said, 4 months ago

i think what makes C&H so popular is the mixture of humor and real life, along with the storylines and the characterization, all from a 6 year old’s perspective
ratlum said, 4 months ago

Thats the greatest Dad ever
grazer said, 4 months ago

Jaddis said: ”“But Dad, I was in the passenger seat the whole time. I let Hobbes take a turn at the wheel.”

Yuppers. Dad and mom will still be dealing with Calvin’s old and ratty stuffed tiger when he’s a wild teenager.
BC13 said, 4 months ago

That’s a scary thought. But then, he doesn’t have any friends now other than Hobbes. He may hang on to Hobbes a lot longer than others might hang on to their stuffed animals.
Larry said, 4 months ago

10 years nothing…..there was a strip where calvin gets in the car and puts it in gear and it rolls down the driveway across the road into a ditch .
Tigger said, 4 months ago

Yeppers
bald 716 said, 4 months ago

it’s good to see dad mellowed out and had a reasonable discussion with calvin

cleokaya:
i had a neighbor who bought 2 yugo’s for his son, one for driving and the other for parts
alexhuama said, 4 months ago

De hecho fue antes XD
saturntv said, 4 months ago

Aw, that’s so sweet!