Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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margueritem said, 3 months ago

I’m with Hobbes, oh please!
WoodEye said, 3 months ago

Acme in the roadrunner sense.
LW18 ( LADYWOLF) said, 3 months ago

Yes Calvin and we thank you for giving us laughs along the way.
vibjyor said, 3 months ago

Doesn’t speak much for the concept of evolution !!!
ejcapulet said, 3 months ago

The staff of the local gradeschool would say he was the acne of evolutoin.
Mishka said, 3 months ago

Have you seen some of the evolved winners in schools out there, Darwin would cry.
sjoujke said, 3 months ago

It always amazes me how much Calvin knows when he doesn’t really need to know it.
Fer Lefer said, 3 months ago

Evolution is not what it used to be…
Yukoner said, 3 months ago

That means that Calvin is now 27 years old. Frightening, isn’t it?
ARF2 said, 3 months ago

Every organism on the planet (and a few off it!) is the acme of evolution. We are all the survivors of those billions of years of competition.

And the question of whether “human intelligence” is a survival trait is still open. We could still lose to the cockroaches.
vibjyor said, 3 months ago

Fer Lefer :

Evolution is not what it used to be…

: A good one !!!
LX013 said, 3 months ago

ME! The acme!
vibjyor said, 3 months ago

Evolution is not what it used to be…

If ‘Evolution’ is what ‘Evolution’ used to be then it wouldn’t be ‘Evolution’.

Can ‘Evolution’ itself ‘Evolve’ ? If it doesn’t, then can it be called ‘Evolution’ ? If it does, then which is the real ‘Evolution’ ? The ‘Evolution’ that was before or the one that it has currently ‘Evolved’ into ?

I wonder.
Ivy0730 said, 3 months ago

OH Please!
DreamScourge said, 3 months ago

Ah the glories of evolution! It created humans the pinnacle! Unfortunately this paragon of evolution(That’s you!… Yes you!) is capabable of stepping outside of the rules and either doesn’t evolve any more, or worse tries to do the process manually, either way it’s doomed to failure.

I have seen it happen so many many times now, maybe if I changed the software….
windrunner said, 3 months ago

How old is this one??!!……Knew i’d seen it before (some new material, please!!)
Bdaysuit said, 3 months ago

Evolution is………is……….changing. ARGH
♠Lonewolf♠ said, 3 months ago

And where did eveolution take the wrong turn?
jukeofurl said, 3 months ago

Boy, do I wish it WAS 1988. Happy bd Liza…
Mr.Mirage said, 3 months ago

Wow that makes Calvin exactely my age. Figures he was a product from my generation ^_^
Aikidodog said, 3 months ago

Let’s see….if that 4.5 billion years were crammed into one year, I believe humans arrived on Earth with about 2 seconds to midnight on Dec. 31st. Sure makes you think when life is in those terms.
watcha said, 3 months ago

windrunner - uhm, there is no new material for Calvin & Hobbes. I am not going into it so go read it on Wiki.

You can only find Classic Calvin & Hobbes - no evolution here or required!
Tim Leno said, 3 months ago

Yukoner said, about 3 hours ago

That means that Calvin is now 27 years old. Frightening, isn’t it?

Calvin at 27? Able to vote, drive, hold public office (or have his picture hanging in the Post Office) is frightening.

Calvin at 27 with a Calvin JUNIOR is terrifying!
bigCandHfan said, 3 months ago

What about Hobbes?? Any idea anyone?
unemandarine said, 3 months ago

Calvin is the product of acme evolution, cool, really cool hahaha!
Downeasta said, 3 months ago

Wait a minute! For Calvin to know any of this means he paid attention in school!
notbugme said, 3 months ago

Lol @ windrunner, there hasn’t been a new Calvin and Hobbes in about 14 years. A lot of people on here don’t seem to realise that.
jbmetalmonster said, 3 months ago

ya think that mitght be because waterson is dead?
Lewreader said, 3 months ago

If Calvin is the crown of evolution, I think I’ll explore the alternative. Didn’t they write a book on it a long time ago?
flyers2185 said, 3 months ago

Calvin is now 21 years old….where is everyone getting 27?
Chronoclast said, 3 months ago

jbmetalmonster…Mr. Watterson is very much alive (But I’ll presume you know that and are trying to be funny)
kea said, 3 months ago

A) No, Bill Watterson is not dead, he’s just more reclusive than J.D.Salinger

B) Evolution is not about progress, it’s just about change. Saying something is more evolved only implies more change not more progress.

C) Yes, evolution is changing, because humans know too much for their own good and keep messing with the environment and their own survival w/o a clue as to the long term effects.
thebird55 said, 3 months ago

Oh please… everyone knows that tigers are more evolved than humans… or anything else, except cockatoos, for that matter.
APPLESCRUFF said, 3 months ago

At 21, Calvin would probably have Hobbes packed away, to one day pass down to his own kid. Just can’t imagine Calvin without Hobbes. Sigh
Richard said, 3 months ago

Waterson is alive and well and sipping martinis in NYC.
Tanya said, 3 months ago

flyers2185: if he’s 6 years old in the strip in 1988, then that would make him 27 years old today. 21 years between 2009 and 1988, add 6, equals 27.

Don’t worry, it’s early… and it’s almost Friday!
Ray C said, 3 months ago

Calvin’s teacher would say that he’s the AAAK!-ME of evolution.
Grog said, 3 months ago

It can’t get much better than this, can it Calvin?
luvly said, 3 months ago

Love Hobbes’ expression in the last panel! :)
tonytiger29 said, 3 months ago

i guess some people may not realize there hasn’t been a new c & h because the strip is and always will be poignant and funny. if calvin hadn’t said 1988, no one would ever know it wasn’t done yesterday. i, like many of you here, read these when they first ran, own all the collections, and still check in here everyday to enjoy them again and again.

bill, if you read this, or some one has a pipeline to him… if you have any unseen strips squirreled away or ever feel like making more, many long time fans would love to see them.
thepeoplesmushroom said, 3 months ago

according to the texas school system and the christo-right the Earth is 6,000 years old. No such thing as evolution in their minds.

How does Calvin get around that?
♠Lonewolf♠ said, 3 months ago

Just dropping a note:

Birthday party at Big Top for Dry today!

Now back to your regularly scheduled program!
Wildmustang1262 said, 3 months ago

I am with Hobbes, the tiger. Oh Puleeeeeeeeezzzeee!
jrbj said, 3 months ago

Evolution hasn’t stopped you know. We are still ongoing and in a million years whoever digs one of us up will find we look to them like Australopithecus looks to us. Hopefully, by that time, we’ll have learned how to get along with each other and take care of our world.
yyyguy said, 3 months ago

jrbj: Amen to that! (and that’s about as “religious” as i’m ever going to get!
plus4 said, 3 months ago

mushroom - Actually, many things that get pointed to as evidence of “evolution” are actually showing DEvolution… which would explain Calvin pretty well, actually.
spbatwork said, 3 months ago

Evolution fundamentally denies the law of Entropy which cannot be denied. Therefore, it would be much more correct to say “Calvin is the Acme of Entropy”.
Craig Linder said, 3 months ago

This is one of my all time favorites, in part, because I am an evolutionary biologist. I’m fond of including this strip on my exams to give my students a chuckle as they struggle to answer the questions.

I wonder how much longer I’ll be able to use it before C&H will be such ancient history they don’t get the full humor. Many of them became conscious after the Cold War was over and no longer understand the analogy of an arms race to describe antagonistic coevolution.
Shikamoo said, 3 months ago

Did he say he’s the anvil of evolution?

Acme makes anvils, right?

Hi yyyguy! Hi gang!
billdi said, 3 months ago

got to love Calvin’s self-esteem at such a young age.

got to love Hobbes’ (a stuffed animal that’s Calvin’s imaginary friend) dose of reality, which (in reality) comes from Calvin himself.

imo C&H is one of the deepest, most significant and timeless strips of all time – it makes you think and laugh.