Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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Margueritem said, 3 months ago

Can’t you mosey any faster, Hobbes?
pouncingtiger said, 3 months ago

Welcome to the jungle.
vibjyor said, 3 months ago

It seems Calvin and Hobbes had a real high jump ino space.
sjoujke said, 3 months ago

Probably dad getting even for the binoculars and the camera.
somebodyshort said, 3 months ago

Try this for fun: Go outside at night when the stars are out. Lay on the grass and look straight up. Focus only on the stars in that direction. Hold onto the grass tight. Now think to yourself: “I’m looking DOWN!”
Thanks again tbree
ejcapulet said, 3 months ago

somebodyshort - ACK! Just thinking about it gives my vertigo a real tweak!
Yukoner said, 3 months ago

Star light,
star bright,
first star I see tonight,
I wish I may,
I wish I might
have the wish I wish tonight.

I wish ………
tbree said, 3 months ago

Hey! That was MY line! :-)

Okay, here’s another thought. Do you realize that at one time every molecule in your body was hotter than the center of the Sun?! True, very true. Most of the matter of this planet came from a Supernova long, long ago.
Gweedo Murray said, 3 months ago

Whachu tawkin’ ‘bout tbree? I’m still HOT !
LX013 said, 3 months ago

I like it course Hobbes doesn’t run back alone to the tent. He snaps Calvin, he doesn’t leave Calvin allone and runs with him back to the tent. This is very attentive and nice from him! So acts a real friend, he is a real friend, bravo!
susanwobb said, 3 months ago

Not a squirrel – them’s daytime critters. Might be a raccoon. Or a possum. Or a skunk. Or … (many many possibilities)
Tjvm said, 3 months ago

tbree: That’s very interesting and insightful thought :)
Ladywolf17 said, 3 months ago

The moon at my house was beautiful tonight , almost full
Yukoner said, 3 months ago

ladywolf17, what was it full of?
polkadottsss said, 3 months ago

CHEESE!!
Wufpacker said, 3 months ago

tbree - hate to be “that guy” but I gotta correct you. While you are right that the matter on earth came from other places and was likely the result of an explosion (maybe a supernova, who knows, not really sure) the “molecules in your body” were not formed at that time, and many didn’t even exist as the MOLECULES they are currently until they formed inside your body from other ATOMS.

Futhermore, heat/temperature of something is a function of how actively the molecules of which it consists are moving and bumping into one another, therefore a molecule, in and of itself, is neither hot nor cold.
Johanan Rakkav said, 3 months ago

Hey, Hobbes is a tiger. He should be used to this. And with all the power he uses to attack Calvin when he gets home from school, nothing short of a rhinoceros should be able to stop him from protecting his little buddy.

But then again, they’re both scared of Monsters Under the Bed. :)

Welcome to the delightful inconsistency of Calvin’s imagination.
anusweety said, 3 months ago

The moon at my house was beautiful tonight
unemandarine said, 3 months ago

Run for your life!!!!
tbree said, 3 months ago

But ‘Molecules’ just sounds better than ‘Atoms’! :-) I suppose my literary license expired.

Anyway, elements heavier than iron have to be formed in a supernova. (That doesn’t mean elements between hydrogen and iron aren’t formed, they are. Those get distributed with everything else.)

And if you really look at the stars, no two are alike. So ‘If you seen one star, youve NOT seen them all!’
Herocoder said, 3 months ago

Now now Hobbes .. thats no way for a tiger to behave .. ;-)
carpetinwater9 said, 3 months ago

Have legs,will travel
Lewreader said, 3 months ago

I trust my stuffed animals to protect me from noises in the night. Of course I also trust my government
Richard said, 3 months ago

The moon is shining on my house and in the gulley behind it, I expect that the gully monster is out tonight.
algurka said, 3 months ago

The moon is NOT full of cheese–it’s full of LEMs and flags and crashed satellites and stuff the astronauts left behind. It’s a giant salvage yard awaiting a crafty entrepreneur. Wanna buy some used space parts cheap? The expensive part is the delivery charge.
mplsstreetrwy said, 3 months ago

Something outside the campsite is drooling!
Macushlalondra said, 3 months ago

somebodyshort said,

Try this for fun: Go outside at night when the stars are out. Lay on the grass and look straight up. Focus only on the stars in that direction. Hold onto the grass tight. Now think to yourself: “I’m looking DOWN!”
Thanks again tbree

~~~

That makes me dizzy!
BC13 said, 3 months ago

Spaceman Spiff wouldn’t be afraid. Would he?
ninmas said, 3 months ago

i’d like to go out there and see those for myself. hey gang!
cjr53 said, 3 months ago

Hobbes tail all fluffed up.
Kerovan said, 3 months ago

baslimthebeggerGenius_badge said, about 7 hours ago

Somebodyshort’s contribution explains his/her avatar!

Probably a squirrel…
In 1970, I was camping at Sunset Beach on Monterey Bay. Early in the morning I kept hearing this heavy footed walking around, but in an odd way….

Friend of mine went camping with a group one time. One of the youngsters kept saying “Mr Smith” (not real name). “There’s a bear our there!” Mr Smith checked, used a flashlight from the tent but saw nothing. The Third time the boy said “Mr Smith, I’m telling you there’s a bear out there.” Well Mr Smith used the flashlight again and saw nothing but then noticed something from the corner of his eye. He moved the flashlight and realized, he had been shining it between the bears legs. The bear was after the food they had up in the tree but tell that to his racing heart.
Carmy said, 3 months ago

Are they in Texas?
The stars at night are big and bright….
iamtxmilady said, 3 months ago

TC– Great “Chicken Heart” reference!!

carny–the song doesn’t lie.
Ronshua said, 3 months ago

KO first star,here goes,one BIG wish, I , I , wish ah Mr. Obama HAD A CLUE , thank you Mr. Star .
midiranger said, 3 months ago

lol – Hobbes tail in panel 3. tbree & somebodyshort – you guys enjoy playing with peoples heads, dontcha
yyyguy said, 3 months ago

star light, star bright,
first star i see tonight.
i wish i may, i wish i might..
oh .darn it’s just a satellite!

A.
yyyguy said, 3 months ago

@iamtxmilady: TN Charlie is quoting from Bill Cosby’s “ninth st. bridge” routine.
kab2rb said, 3 months ago

Maybe dads out there walking enjoying the night hopefully with mom. That why all the snap and crackle.
redsheri said, 3 months ago

I love the last panel how Hobbes has Calvin slung over his shoulder and is getting the heck out of Dodge! :-)
brady100 said, 3 months ago

Hey your tail would pucker to if you was that scared
jmworacle said, 3 months ago

I remember a business trip I was taking on a freighter sailing from Tortola B.V.I. ending in Grenada. Before I would retire for the evening I would hang out at the stern and gaze up at the stars. It was as if soeone had put pin holes in the dark curtain of the night.
Samantha Tote said, 3 months ago

Shall we mosey back to the tent?
yyyguy said, 3 months ago

i like the image jmworacle. i also like stargazing on a warm summer night, as long as i don’t need to make a sudden mosey to safety. i prefer a nice brisk amble around the block, myself.
grazer said, 3 months ago

Sissies—It’s probably just a foraging field mouse.
Or a drooling werewolf.
Tabby Lynn said, 3 months ago

Happy birthday Carmy
ratlum said, 3 months ago

Is mosey the right word ?
Hasty retreat is not a mosey
I love Hobbes
Wildmustang1262 said, 3 months ago

Yukoner said, about 9 hours ago

ladywolf17, what was it full of?

She meant to say “FULL MOON!”
rricchhterr said, 3 months ago

l think it was Bunton who once noted… we are all true to our own individuality, our perspective is limited, like a pinhole in the curtain of night… two people can go though the same expieriece, yet have totally different perspectives as to just what went down…
ninmas said, 3 months ago

mosey?
RinaFarina said, 3 months ago
1. Hobbes’s tail looks like it was electrified.
2. yes, @jmworacle, I too like the image very much.
3. @somebodyshort, I do it a little differently. I lie down on the grass in the daytime, on a day when the air is very clean and clear, and the sky is full of white (preferably fluffy) clouds. Then I just watch the sky.
After a while I feel like I’m high up in the air and the clouds are below me. I start to feel like I’ll fall off the grass and down into the sky. Wonderful feeling!

If there’s a nice breeze, no matter how small, I can see the clouds slowly drifting.

Actually I haven’t done this in a long time. Hmmm… something good to do soon… while it’s still summer!