Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
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Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes has been a worldwide favorite since its introduction in 1985. The strip follows the richly imaginative adventures of Calvin and his trusty tiger, Hobbes. Whether a poignant look at serious family issues or a round of time-travel (with the aid of a well-labeled cardboard box), Calvin and Hobbes will astound and delight you.
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Margueritem
said,
3 months ago
She knows you too well, Calvin…
vibjyor said, 3 months ago
… cynical and clever.
saturntv said, 3 months ago
Oh, Calvin. Just wait until you hit puberty.
Love his expression in panel 2. Very convincing.
sjoujke said, 3 months ago
She might have been more inclined to buy it if he hadn’t been sooo dramatic - nah not a chance.
ejcapulet
said,
3 months ago
Welcome to the world of women, we’re cynical, calculating, and complicated - but we’re clever.
Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago
‘Susie, (Go) quickly! Get help!’
What makes Calvin think Susie needs help?
Dino-1 said, 3 months ago
I was the only girl on my street growing up so I was definitely not Susie! We had sword fights with sticks and shot at each other playing Armymen. We blew apart stuff with fireworks and melted alot of plastic men with wooden match arrows when storming the castle etc. The guys were introducing me again to their wives and girlfriends at the last class reunion as the neighbor-girl with pride. They automatically get very jealous and imagine puberty stuff. They don’t understand I was a tomboy and to them I’m just one of the guys and I’ve got the scars to prove it!
Wildmustang1262 said, 3 months ago
Susie will NEVER let Calvin trick on her for that.
BC13
said,
3 months ago
What happened to the water baloon?
N7326 Foxtrot said, 3 months ago
Susie, Susie, Susie……You will never fit into Calvin’s world.
Richard said, 3 months ago
Right Foxtrot, susie has no clue.
Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago
What is Susie’s gender, anyway?
Calvin got so upset that he used a euphemism which commonly means ‘to mend a sock’. Flag!
Susan001 said, 3 months ago
Why shouldn’t our gender be cynical? The opposite one has been screwing up the world for the past 5000 years!
dapperdan61
said,
3 months ago
If this was Lio he would be truly sinking
rricchhterr said, 3 months ago
that quicksand is only waist deep, he can walk out of it, no problem…
Stuart Gathman said, 3 months ago
@Dino-1 - A successful marriage requires enormous amounts of time, the people writing books say 15 hours a week at a minimum - very difficult in the modern age where we work far away from each other. With a spouse or SO struggling to maintain a relationship, it is frustrating to see the easy familiarity you have. It is not so much that they think you are trying to horn in, but that it makes them feel like their struggles are hopeless. They aren’t considering that your relationships are built on the oodles of time spent with those friends in childhood.
Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago
To Susan001:
Who (messed) up the world for the first 1000 years before “the past 5000 years”? - “The Eve of Destruction”
You’re defending your namesake as well as one of your gender, whatever it is. :o)
anilit99 said, 3 months ago
loved the third panel ! moment of realization !
Helen Henley
said,
3 months ago
I am worried about Calvin. His only friend is Hobbes and his parents seem indifferent. I do think steps should be taken to take him into care.
Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago
N7326 Foxtrot said,
‘Susie, Susie, Susie…… You will never fit into Calvin’s world.’
I think Susie would never say/sing to Calvin,
“Wish I could be…part of your world.”
And Calvin will not be writing “Love Letters in the Sand”, or singing “Susie Darling”.
Calvin might sing “Wake Up, Little Susie” in the sense of an admonition (not rousing her from sleep).
jtpozenel said, 3 months ago
Girls! They’re no fun at all (and they all have cooties.)
dzrt said, 3 months ago
bleeep, People its only a cartoon!!!!!!!!!!
sam2 said, 3 months ago
Susan001 said
Why shouldn’t our gender be cynical? The opposite one has been screwing up the world for the past 5000 years!
wrong!!!!
nicit6
said,
3 months ago
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Calvin
Joe Allen Doty said, 3 months ago
Since there is quite a bit of water in real quicksand, all one has to do is lean backward and he will begin to float on the top of it and can actually get out of it. I knew this a long, long time ago.
But, here is a link to a website which proves my point:
http://dsc.discovery.com/survival/how-to-survive/how-to-survive-quicksand.html
grazer said, 3 months ago
I sense Susie wishes it really was quicksand.
lunchwagon said, 3 months ago
“Susan001. Why shouldn’t our gender be cynical?”
If your gender was less cynical the script would be Susie and Hobbes.
bald 716 said, 3 months ago
at their age why is calvin even concerned with gender?
they should just be antagonizing each other as they normally do
RinaFarina said, 3 months ago
“to mend a sock”? what are you talking about?
this is the most puzzling comic strip i’ve seen in ages!
yyyguy
said,
3 months ago
joe allen, i’m not about to test it; but i wonder if that would work for people who don’t float? (like me.) i’ve heard the “swim your way out” thing before (and seen it done on mythbusters) so i know it works. however, i have never been able to float (except with a PFD) and i imagine that i might just sink anyway, no matter what i did.
saturntv said, 3 months ago
Thanks, Joe Allen!
If someone had filled Calvin’s sandbox with quicksand, it would have been Susie, I’m betting.
Leonardeuler said, 3 months ago
Saturntv, I’ll bet Hobbes did it: revenge for the failed water-balloon trick.
4deerinmyyard
said,
3 months ago
Yyysguy, I infer you are very lean. Fat floats.
Cynicism does not equal skepticism. Shrewdly observing truth is not being cynical.
ratlum said, 3 months ago
Calvin your so wise for such a young boy
Thats why we love you I guess
Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago
To RinaFarina”
See 4th panel.
To mend a sock = bleeep
Haven’t you ever mended a sock?
I have, and I’m not even of your gender.
I think Calvin would like to “sock” Susie.
Thank you for reading my ‘contribution’.
It’s great that it’s possible to “swim” out of quicksand, but I’m thin; I can’t float, either.
Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago
To RinaFarina:
I guess you’ll have to look it up. It was bleeeped even though I used it as “to mend a sock” and not a euphemism as Calvin did in the 4th panel.
NyukNyuk2000 said, 3 months ago
Some people, unfortuneately, grow up way too fast. If you’re really 100% mature, you miss out on a lot of fun.
marvee
said,
3 months ago
Does anyone bleeep socks anymore? “Darn” is a method of mending fabric. It is also a euphemism for d–n. The euphemism is fine with me. Comic strips are written to appear in family newspapers. And Calvin is supposedly a 6-year-old child.
marvee
said,
3 months ago
Why did bleeep get bleeped? Who does this?
Dino-1 said, 3 months ago
Stuart Gatham: Thank you, now it’s starting to make sense to me. I feel better now. I’ll remember that for the next class reunion in 5 years.
mrprongs said, 3 months ago
Oh, lighten up and have some fun, Susie.
kab2rb said, 3 months ago
Myself was in water years ago with young kids and I am not skinny. I could not float. Had swimming last year of high school and this did not stay with me. I did not know a person could float on quicksand I thought you sank down.
OldHipster said, 3 months ago
She’s right, ya know…..
Re; floating on quicksand. Yes you can, the more you move, the faster you sink.
Trisha Evenstar said, 3 months ago
hahahahahahahhaha
hookedoncomics said, 3 months ago
You guys will turn something fun into something less humorous in the comment section. Lighten up folks!
Very funny Calvin and Susie!
calvinandquestionmark said, 3 months ago
It’s a good thing these people are reading comics. They need to lighten up