Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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imaginarypet said, 3 months ago

lucky…
margueritem said, 3 months ago

Yeah, but you get to read comic books….
Downeasta said, 3 months ago

Haha, but Calvin, if you are not showing signs of being sick anymore Mom WILL send you to school. Dont get too happy.

Grin
Yukoner said, 3 months ago

Yeah Hobbes, but you’re not allowed to read the comic books when Calvin’s not there. You know the rules.
mroberts88 said, 3 months ago

Calvin has it made.
Fer Lefer said, 3 months ago

Let him be there a couple of hours: he’ll feel like a tiger in a cage…
ejcapulet said, 3 months ago

Looks like he’s better.
LX013 said, 3 months ago

Read comic books in bed, wonderful!
sjoujke said, 3 months ago

Isn’t he a bit young to be drinking tea?
HighNoon said, 3 months ago

He also gets to star in a comic book. I guess he’ll never know how lucky he is…
♠Lonewolf♠ said, 3 months ago

This is usually Hobbes’ alone time! Calvin’s in his space!
marjancek said, 3 months ago

All those times you couldn’t find a comic book? Guess who’s been messing with them while you’re at school…
jukeofurl said, 3 months ago

These be hard times for Tigers…
Wiseguy411 said, 3 months ago

If Calvin’s Mom doesn’t bring tea, does she bring tuna sandwiches …
cryptomaniac said, 3 months ago

Good to see the smile back on Calvin’s face!
katdreams said, 3 months ago

Just picture the look on Mom’s face if Hobbes piped up one day and asked for tea…
unemandarine said, 3 months ago

sjoujke said,
Isn’t he a bit young to be drinking tea?

My mom would give me chamomile when I fel sick, no matter what, it always made me feel better.
Lewreader said, 3 months ago

Enjoy those comic books Hobbes until Calvin joins the Army and Mom throws them all out.
MisngNOLA said, 3 months ago

I could go for tea and comics this morning.
Johanan Rakkav said, 3 months ago

Herb tea would work, especially Celestial Seasonings’ Cinammon Apple. I think Mom knows better than to deliberately give Calvin anything caffeinated.
celecca said, 3 months ago

Mom always brought me weak, milky tea and buttered toast whenI was sick, but not when i was sick to my stomach.

Then she brought me warm, flat Coke.
Grog said, 3 months ago

Mom’s not the only one who isn’t happy Calvin’s home. But as soon as he starts itchin’ to get out of that bed, the party will be over.
jrbj said, 3 months ago

I only got warm milk toast. If that isn’t incentive enough to get up and go back to school I don’t know what is.
Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago

Chamomile tea (as has been mentioned, among others) might have been the tea Calvin drank. It is anti-spasmodic which might have helped Calvin not to vomit, and it’s soporific which could have helped him to sleep. It worked for Peter Rabbit. Calvin had better not drink too much of it, though. He might fall asleep and miss reading his comic books all day.
Coffee-Turtle said, 3 months ago

Lo! Verily I say unto you, Tea is the anti-coffee! :-D
Macushlalondra said, 3 months ago

My mom brought tea and toast when I was sick. Other times she brought warm ginger ale. We were allowed to drink tea as kids but not coffee.
Coffee-Turtle said, 3 months ago

Macushlalondra, you have my deepest sympathies. ;-)
bald 716 said, 3 months ago

when i was a lad, i had a portable record player i put at the foot of my bed and a glass of juice on the night table, but no comic books, i had to do home work instead
Susan001 said, 3 months ago

I hope Calvin doesn’t get the runs. That’s one of the worst parts of childhood illness.
keltii said, 3 months ago

actually apple cinnamon tea is my favorite tea, after the 7 other variety’s i have in my cupboard.
Doctor Toon said, 3 months ago

I gave my son nearly 4,000 comics books when he finally got a stable place.
Now when I’m sick I guess I have to settle for reading comics online.
bat007 said, 3 months ago

This is how it was for me when I was home sick from school in my youth. Of course, I didn’t have a Hobbes.
Sean Crabtree said, 3 months ago

She brings me tea
BIG PINK MOM said, 3 months ago

Doctor Toon- that must have hurt.
mottih said, 3 months ago

Now that is the life!
Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago

“…LIKE SOME PEOPLE I KNOW.”
Hobbes is not some people. Calvin must be taking significant poetic license here.
Doctor Toon said, 3 months ago

openminded - It was strange to part with the comic books, I collected from ‘75 to ‘92.
What made me so happy was that he wanted them, glad to see the passion for comics passed on to the next generation.
ratlum said, 3 months ago

Comic books ,tea,Hobbes,I would have rather went to school
Not every body had a school to go to in the good old days
bunnyface (bmonk) said, 3 months ago

When is the Chicken soup coming?
billtomlinson444 said, 3 months ago

“Person”: Not too poetic. In philosophy it means “a self-conscious or rational being” To be a person doesn’t mean to be a human, it just means to be treated as sentient.
Awesome-o said, 3 months ago

Hobbes just doesn’t get it…
Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago

I wasn’t using ‘poetic license’ in the context of poetry or rhyme. I was using it in the broad sense of taking liberty, relating to the terminology Calvin was using. I wasn’t speaking philosophically, either.
In the two dictionaries I consulted, a person is a human being. Calvin seems to consider Hobbes to be a tiger/human, but that is also taking liberties. Calvin also used the word people, which is plural.
In law a person is a human or an organization with legal rights and duties.
In theology, a person is any of the three separate individualities of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Thank you for reading my post and for your response.
Awesome-o said, 3 months ago

Stop ruining these comic strips, there’s always the expert that HAS to ruin the strip. Hobbes a human or a tiger…WHO CARES, the strip is funny, enjoy.
Puddleglum2 said, 3 months ago

Everyone has a right to enjoy or appreciate the comic in his/her own way. Some others and I like to apply aspects of the comic to real life situations and circumstances.
“To Each His Own”
tortugasurfcostarica said, 3 months ago

ahhhh, the good old days. we need to slow down more often.
Dino-1 said, 3 months ago

The doctor perscribed tea, bouillan cube broth which Mom poured a little over white bread cut in squares, milk crackers, and jello when I had flu like symptoms as a kid. Without the bread and crackers it would be the clear liquid diet they serve in the hospital for a few days after surgery. I don’t know if they had herbal teas back in the 60’s when I was a kid. I think you’d have to grow and make it yourself right in the windowbox next to the other medicinal herbs of the day.
pintcape said, 3 months ago

how lucky can you get,to be spoiled for a few days,hobbes is a little jealous
mrprongs said, 3 months ago

On the plus side, Calvin can’t kill you for spilling tea over his comics.
james the great and ... said, 3 months ago

Mom should kiss Hobbes’ (Hobbese´s? I don’t wanna get the grammar police after me!) feet (paws, claws?) for taking Calvin for awhile and returning her ‘lone time.
lindz.coop said, 3 months ago

I thought Mom said it was Saturday a few panels ago.