Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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Margueritem said, about 1 month ago

Jump out the bathroom window, quick!
gimmickgenius said, about 1 month ago

Yeah, Hobbes… go get his Mom. I’d like to see that.
vibjyor said, about 1 month ago

Calvin, you will need smelling salts when mom faints, not cyanide.
EarlWash said, about 1 month ago

Memmmories are made of this!
jdoiter said, about 1 month ago

Hearing a child that age use the arcane expression “Have you lost your mind?” is simply hilarious - and typical of Calvin.
kpeiyin said, about 1 month ago

Good job, Calvin! You have succeeded in making mom goes really, really mad.
Yukoner said, about 1 month ago

If Mum misses the fact that the ceiling is dripping she will surely notice then it collapses entirely.

Who keeps cyanide in the medicine cabinet? That should be kept under the kitchen sink or in the fridge where it’s easier to get at.
Just plain Steve said, about 1 month ago

Bin there, done that! (T-shirts were not an option!) Old enough to know better too!
WoodEye said, about 1 month ago

Hobbes HAS lost his mind. All Mom is going to see is a stuffed tiger, albeit a soaking wet stuffed tiger, still just …….
Bargrove said, about 1 month ago

Don’t “wrench” your knee, Hobbes!
Superfrog said, about 1 month ago

This is great!

You can really see the panic.

I’m sure we’re not the only ones Steve. I remember saying “I don’t need to turn off the water. I’m just going to tighten this thing here.”
sjoujke said, about 1 month ago

I guess the proverbial “thumb in the dyke” won’t help this time.
Akshat Madan said, about 1 month ago

i can’t wait for tomorrow’s strip!
Puddleglum2 said, about 1 month ago

“…the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up,…”
Genesis 7:11b
ErraticTeapot said, about 1 month ago

Great artwork from Bill on this strip, really dynamic.
Aglae said, about 1 month ago

Why am I not surprised ??? !
raziel6 said, about 1 month ago

Ha ha! Even if Calvin gets to the cyanide in time, mom’s gonna bring him back from the afterlife, torture him, and then send him back!
cymbol said, about 1 month ago

Ok, this is the second time in the last month where I just couldn’t wait to find out the next installment. First I tagged ‘water’, got 11 pages of OTHER strips about water but not this one. Tried again with ‘faucet’ and hit the mark. Bil Watterson is such a genius I wish to heck he’d come out of retirement!
jrbj said, about 1 month ago

You know what Calvin? There’s this little turn off valve under the sink see, and you just …
johnnydoc5 said, about 1 month ago

Ahh, the urgency of a child who’s screwed up royally, and broken something. I remember that.
rshive said, about 1 month ago

Somehow I think she’ll find out Calvin.
Macushlalondra said, about 1 month ago

Row row row your boat…
Richard said, about 1 month ago

Right you are Cymbol, Watterson could at least give us one toon a week.
♠Lonewolf♠ said, about 1 month ago

Love the expressions!!
comicsnoob said, about 1 month ago

Quick I need my water balloons……..
Clif3 said, about 1 month ago

It’s interesting how some of the funniest comedy is made of stories about others (like Calvin) who are in a miserable fix.
BC13 said, about 1 month ago

Who’s lost his mind? I think Calvin did about 3 strips ago!

wicky
Right on! They could be weekly Sunday strips in full color!
Paul M. said, about 1 month ago

My guess would be the “Cyanide” is located right behind the bottle of Aspirin… It is the one with the lable that reads Rx 321123 “Use only In Case Of Emergency” Written for Mr. and Mrs. Calvin’s Mom and Dad.
Vonnegut said, about 1 month ago

I hope that Hobbes floats because floating downstream with the current is about the only way that a stuffed animal is going to go get mom!
bald 716 said, about 1 month ago

can someone give me directions to calvins house, i have a towel and my swimsuit in the car already
Leonardeuler said, about 1 month ago

Sorry, bald 716, you’re a little too late: the Rescue Squad just blocked the neighbourhood half an hour ago.
treBsdrawkcaB said, about 1 month ago

Wouldn’t be surprised if Calvin takes a cue from Bill Cosby… “Some man came in through the window, sprayed us with water and then ran out of the room …laughing…”

There’s two ways to learn things: 1) You have someone/something teach you and you glean from their wisdom OR 2) You learn it yourself by trial & error (emphasis on the ERROR). No one lives long enough to learn everything by method #2.
treBsdrawkcaB said, about 1 month ago

Regarding the cyanide…

Bill Cosby also had a great routine about mothers. How they say that they will “Beat You To Within An Inch Of Your Life!!”

“…Now THAT’S horrible! They’re gonna beat you until your THIS far - and then STOP!!”
marias said, about 1 month ago

it is funny how Calvin has the time to open the medicine cabinet and look for the cyanide
grazer said, about 1 month ago

Wonder where mommy and daddy are gonna hide the body.
ratlum said, about 1 month ago

Did he get a chance to use the hacksaw ?
cholldekkgher stenst... said, about 1 month ago

When you dig the hole to bury the body, dig it DEEEP!!! Then put a cement patio down over it.
Coffee-Turtle said, about 1 month ago

I never saw this coming…. ;-)
Trisha Evenstar said, about 1 month ago

LMAO
grammahotsho said, about 1 month ago

Yep! Somehow or rather I figured I’d get to watch them grieve over my little body and feel so sorry for all the spankings I’d gotten.
musicnut1986 said, about 1 month ago

ErraticTeapot said,
“Great artwork from Bill on this strip, really dynamic.”

Lonewolf♠ said,
“Love the expressions!!”

My thoughts exactly as I was reading this strip. The powerful spray of water. The sheer panic on Calvin’s face. Great job of conveying the moment.
Stede_Bonnet said, about 1 month ago

The U.S. Navy teaches sailors to stuff a mattress, pillow, bedding, etc. into a hole to control flooding. Hmm… if only Calvin had ready access to a some sort of soft, stuffed object that he could stuff in that hole… if only…

;-)
Johanan Rakkav said, about 1 month ago

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Calvin this panicked, not even when he broke (er, ground into powder) Dad’s expensive binoculars.
channingmowery said, about 1 month ago

She can’t find out about this? I’m sorry Calvin, but I think she might notice something different about the bathroom…..
Susan001 said, about 1 month ago

“By a waterfall,
I’m calling yoo-hoo-hoo-hoo.”
shakeswilly said, about 1 month ago

Kid, you should have taken the Cyanide BEFORE unscrewing the faucet….would have saved everybody a lot of trouble.
pintcape said, about 1 month ago

can not wait until dad gets home,he will blow the top of his head off,the plumber will charge plenty.
OldHipster said, about 1 month ago

Yeah, yer mom!

Ya heard me.
ben_david said, about 1 month ago

WATTERSON??? That’s WATER, son !!
kab2rb said, about 1 month ago

This strip is so very funny. When I saw it earlier I laughed so hard. Never had this type happen to us in the bathroom.
Now in an old Mobile Home the hot water tank casket broke and shot water out but not like this.