Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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  1. Margueritem

    MargueritemGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Calvin, you little bleep.

  2. half_nelson

    half_nelson said, about 1 month ago

    Calvin sure doesn’t know the charges of plumber.

  3. EarlWash

    EarlWash said, about 1 month ago

    Calvin, a lot of dads would have “sored” you somewhere.

  4. DAHamilton

    DAHamilton said, about 1 month ago

    Better watch out Calvin, dissing a tiger is dangerous territory…especially Hobbes.

  5. rayannina

    rayannina said, about 1 month ago

    My brother is like that – always blaming everyone else for the problems he creates. Unfortunately, he’s 37 …

  6. sjoujke

    sjoujke said, about 1 month ago

    Poor Calvin…everybody’s picking on him!

  7. Yukoner

    Yukoner said, about 1 month ago

    Love the comment, “Dad’s got a job. He can afford it.” Typical of children (of all ages).

  8. ARF2

    ARF2 said, about 1 month ago

    Calvin, never pin the blame on your best friend. Especially when he is a top-of-the-food-chain predator.

  9. comicguy250

    comicguy250 said, about 1 month ago

    Let’s not forget that Calvin was insulting Hobbes before the water started spewing. Hobbes is probably still steaming from that as well.

    Calvin’s immediate future doesn’t look too bright. :P

  10. Yukoner

    Yukoner said, about 1 month ago

    jopado: re your comment yesterday.

    I actually know several more quotable lines and yes, winter is slowly rolling down the sides of the mountains. This morning it was -10C (that C is for either Celsius or Canadian)

  11. Ladywolf17

    Ladywolf17 said, about 1 month ago

    Calvin it’s called tough love.

  12. Johanan Rakkav

    Johanan RakkavGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Calvin, you got off incredibly easy, and probably because the syndicate (if not Bill W.) wouldn’t allow any other outcome.

  13. LX013

    LX013 said, about 1 month ago

    Hobbes starts in on Calvin, but he helped and he is his friend, that’s important. When Hobbes is Calvins friend, nothing can be so terrible!

  14. Susan001

    Susan001 said, about 1 month ago

    I don’t think it’s the syndicate, Rakkav. There are other comics where kids are spanked. “Curtis” is one that comes to mind.
    But I agree, Calvin got off easy. In real life he would have been locked in his room and not walking outdoors with Hobbes.

  15. Dino-1

    Dino-1 said, about 1 month ago

    DreamScourge: It sounds like they were twins.

    I had my class reunion recently and two of the guys that lived on my street and were there. We shared alot of great adventures growing up. They were both embarrassed to tell me what they do for a living now. One took over the family business and is a shoe cobbler and the other owns his own plumbing business. I told them both that they should be proud of what they do and I was proud of them. They were both subject to the, “snickers” of some of our classmates. I have my own mobile home park and I knew what they went through. We all have grandkids now and make our own money. The, ” snickers” end up being the alone, job haters, divorced, and alcoholics of the class. God knows they should sit in judgement of the world!

  16. Herocoder

    Herocoder said, about 1 month ago

    If only you start to get allowance and the plumber charges were taken off from that .. you’d really have an idea of what anyone can ‘afford’ .. Calvin ..

  17. jrbj

    jrbj said, about 1 month ago

    That would never work Herocoder, If Dad started an allowance just to take what a plumber charges out of it, he’d have to keep Calvin on the allowance the rest of his life (Calvin’s life, not Dad’s) and he’d still have to pay the plumber up front first.

  18. 11Wilderness11

    11Wilderness11 said, about 1 month ago

    Calvin you got off easy. He is outside.

    If my kid tried that he would have to get his sunlight shipped to him via FedEx.

  19. LX013

    LX013 said, about 1 month ago

    In the third panel it looks, as if Hobbes wants to kick down Calvin, but he doesn’t and he is walking along with him in the next panel.

  20. prasrinivara

    prasrinivara said, about 1 month ago

    Susan001, there is one possibility which would allow Calvin to be walking outside (as current strip); his parents ban him from being inside house for a time (heck, he has had experience sleeping in tents, so he can use that).

    LX013, that’s actually just a tactic to balance on back-legs-only, not indicative of any desire to kick Calvin (although that would be quite understandable).

  21. Richard

    Richard said, about 1 month ago

    I have noticed that things such as “loyalty’ and ‘accountability’ are soon to be extinct.

  22. ♠Lonewolf♠

    ♠Lonewolf♠Genius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Wicky

    They won’t be extinct. In fact they will be more cherished as they are farther and fewer between!! We’ll appreciate them more.

  23. Fer Lefer

    Fer Lefer said, about 1 month ago

    As far as I can remember, Mom and Dad never hitted Calvin… or at least, it was never shown. They always seems to be overwhelmed by their kid (and tiger). And that´s the entertainment: What would you do with a kid like Calvin?

    It’s up to your imagination to wonder what happened between the “Last try” and the compadres walking in the forest.

    Actually, I thank Mr. Waterson for not using family violence as a fun source.

  24. Macushlalondra

    MacushlalondraGenius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Yukoner said,

    Love the comment, “Dad’s got a job. He can afford it.” Typical of children (of all ages).

    ~~~

    The first sentence I remember learning was “We can’t afford it.” My mom and dad said this about everything. It never made sense to me since I could see the money in their wallet. I didn’t understand about paying bills and stuff just like most kids don’t.

    Calvin should learn that though Dad has a job he may not have enough money to throw away on a plumber because of Calvin’s mistake. The way to make him understand is to say this is coming out of your Christmas presents this year.

  25. Leonardeuler

    Leonardeuler said, about 1 month ago

    I feel sorry for you Rayannina !

  26. BC13

    BC13Genius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    How much does Calvin think his Dad makes? Unexpected plumbing bils or other expenses caused by Calvin, can take away from money being spent on his Birthday/Christmas presents, clothing, food, comics or college fund.

  27. bald 716

    bald 716 said, about 1 month ago

    calvin relies on the bank of dad to fix all of his (calvins) transgressions

  28. grazer

    grazer said, about 1 month ago

    It’s guilty until proven innocent whenever Calvin’s involved.

  29. Santadon

    Santadon said, about 1 month ago

    Unfortunately Calvin’s statement is indicative of much of our society. Calvin needs to own his mistake; take responsibility for his actions; confess and repent and move on to improvement. Man up little guy! It’s a cycle which can be accomplished with some fortitude. How does it go?

    “Good judgment comes from experience.
    Experience comes from bad judgment.”

    From: http://virtualbumperstickers.blogspot.com/2007/06/good-judgment-comes-from-experience.html

  30. ratlum

    ratlum said, about 1 month ago

    I said it yesterday Dad would let our hero off easy
    Frost down to the beach this morn

  31. OldHipster

    OldHipster said, about 1 month ago

    Is that all you ever do Calvin? Whiz and moan, whiz and moan! (I use whis in place of a word starting with p and sounding like whiz)

    Ya know?

  32. Aardvark359

    Aardvark359 said, about 1 month ago

    This one time, at band camp, I met these other people that I already knew from someplace else and we got to talking and we discovered that this one friend of theirs had three rabbits and that the human head weighs ten pounds. I was so embarrassed for them because one them had a head that only weighed 8 pounds and one only 6 1/2. So anyway, I told them both that head size is highly over-rated and that they should be proud of of their tiny heads. My own head has often been considered abnormally large compared to my small body so I could sympathize. Just then, the oven timer went off to alert me that the rabbit stew was done. It smelled really tasty and I was about to take a bite when the aliens from Pluto attacked and God reached down from the heavens with his noodly appendage and smote the entire lot of us. Heaven is nice but in hindsight, it’s clear that we would have all been a lot better off if we’d never gone to band camp in the first place.

  33. Dino-1

    Dino-1 said, about 1 month ago

    Sorry about my last comment. I wrote it at about 6:00 AM and I guess I was in, “rare form”. I think I meant to say something like: Have you hugged your plumber today! or Plumbers need love too! I feel like a bumper sticker writer but you get my drift! I’ll make comments later in the day next time! Hope I didn’t offend anyone!

  34. runninanreadin

    runninanreadin said, about 1 month ago

    I’ve got to concur with 11Wilderness11…after that kind of incident, just TRY to find the outside for a month…

  35. channingmowery

    channingmowery said, about 1 month ago

    Ya’ll should all let up on Calvin. He usually doens’t do things the right way, but if you remember this whole episode started from a desire to “help.” He did start off with the right intentions….Be nice

  36. BC13

    BC13Genius_badge said, about 1 month ago

    Which reminds me of something I once heard:

    Next time you want to help, DON’T

  37. Stede_Bonnet

    Stede_Bonnet said, about 1 month ago

    Aardvark359 said, about 4 hours ago
    …I told them both that head size is highly over-rated and that they should be proud of of their tiny heads…

    * Snork! * I think milk just shot out my nose. Real life can be way funnier than comic strips if you just take a moment to see the humor in it!

  38. beentheredonethat

    beentheredonethat said, about 1 month ago

    love calvins’ eyes in the last panel. look out hobbes !!

  39. RinaFarina

    RinaFarina said, about 1 month ago

    @Yukoner, -10C is the same as 14F (F for American). Not particularly cold.

  40. cholldekkgher stenstenstaffgher

    cholldekkgher stenst... said, about 1 month ago

    Whenever you got in trouble you somehow wind up out by yourself somewhere, Calvin.
    Why is that?

  41. Jacobrocks1997

    Jacobrocks1997 said, about 1 month ago

    T-R-O-U-B-L-E M-A-K-E-R