Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

Calvin and Hobbes

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  1. margueritem

    margueritemGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Nothing like delicious maggot soup!

  2. Mishka

    Mishka said, 2 months ago

    Something to brag about.

  3. Gweedo Murray

    Gweedo Murray said, 2 months ago

    Hmmm… A nice steaming bowl of Maggotstroni.

  4. yyyguy

    yyyguy said, 2 months ago

    long as it isn’t tomato!

  5. margueritem

    margueritemGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Gweedo!

  6. BigGrouch

    BigGrouch said, 2 months ago

    Once she served stewed monkey heads.

  7. Johanan Rakkav

    Johanan RakkavGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    How can you not like rice, Grasshopper?

  8. KenTheCoffinDweller

    KenTheCoffinDweller said, 2 months ago

    And the really sad thing is that today if a child were to tell the teachers and their classmates that Mom served soup last night that had maggots in it, the mother would be investigated for neglect and abuse until the Child Protective Services found something that they could hang charges upon.

  9. kpeiyin

    kpeiyin said, 2 months ago

    With a son like Calvin, mom really has to come up with creative meals to spice up his appetite!

  10. Yukoner

    Yukoner said, 2 months ago

    Wow, the little maggot is eating maggots.

  11. Carmy

    CarmyGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Gosh, the way he’s eating those maggots up, he’ll probably have seconds and thirds.

  12. Grog

    GrogGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    No thanks. I had maggots for lunch. Bring on the chilled monkey brains.

  13. Grog

    GrogGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Who says Mom doesn’t have an imagination?

  14. cabrobst

    cabrobst said, 2 months ago

    Mom is cool. She knows what to call rice to get her little boy to eat it.

  15. Lewreader

    LewreaderGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Are those flies buzzing around? Mom never lies.

  16. Calvinator

    Calvinator said, 2 months ago

    nothing lke a little barf in your mouth to get the day started.

  17. Fer Lefer

    Fer Lefer said, 2 months ago

    The meal of the future will include an assorted selection of lil’ critters: grasshoppers, worms, ants, cockroaches, etc,

  18. rshive

    rshive said, 2 months ago

    Reverse psychology really works.

  19. Macushlalondra

    Macushlalondra said, 2 months ago

    LOL! I didn’t think Mom had any imagination. This one’s worthy of Dad! It worked anyway, it got him to eat and it’s hilarious that he fell for it.

    Unfortunately Ken the coffin dweller is probably right. Parents dare not have too much imagination.

  20. jrbj

    jrbj said, 2 months ago

    What Dad fails to realize is that Calvin and Mom wish his job required more travel as well. Been there; lived through that.

  21. Susan001

    Susan001Genius_badge said, 2 months ago

    jrbj, I agree with you about Calvin, but I doubt that Mom would want Dad to travel very much.
    After all, one meets pretty women sans kids on business trips!

  22. celecca

    celeccaGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Macushlalondra and Ken

    Sad, but the truth.

  23. ♠Lonewolf♠

    ♠Lonewolf♠Genius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Way to go mom!

  24. Gweedo Murray

    Gweedo Murray said, 2 months ago

    Marg !
    If Calvin’s a maggot, eating maggots would that make him a cannibal ?

  25. Vigilante de noche

    Vigilante de nocheGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    KenTheCoffinDweller couldn’t be more right! And sadly it’s already happened. I have friends in MI. and she put raisins in her kids oatmeal and told the kids they were flies and what happened next it just what you said!

  26. rdh288

    rdh288 said, 2 months ago

    Would have been a great one… if the Dad’s line didn’t ruin it.

  27. medamo

    medamo said, 2 months ago

    Reminds me of Ralphie’s little brother eating like a piggie. “Mommie’s little piggie. ” crude but effective

  28. N7326 Foxtrot

    N7326 Foxtrot said, 2 months ago

    hey, medamo, that was one of the funniest movies of all time. Melinda Dillon was GREAT as the mommie of that little twerp!

  29. cleokaya

    cleokayaGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    Protein infusion. This soup must be carrion and compost chowder.

  30. MatureCanadian

    MatureCanadian said, 2 months ago

    Way to go Mom, you finally got it right. Trick the little blighter. Whatever works to get them to eat. I used to serve Ants on a Log. Celery with peanut butter & raisins for an afterschool snack instead of something store bought.

    KentheCoffin Dweller - Sadly, couldn’t agree more.

  31. Doctor Toon

    Doctor ToonGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    My son liked a concoction we called puke-in-a-bowl
    A bowl of soup with crushed crackers soaking up most of the moisture.
    Looked like what we called it, tasted OK

  32. GretchensMom

    GretchensMom said, 2 months ago

    I think mom would not appreciate dad having more travel time because of his job … probably not so much for fear that he’d meet another woman but because she wouldn’t want to be stuck raising Calvin all by herself because of it!

  33. Brother_James437

    Brother_James437 said, 2 months ago

    Mmm, mmm, good. perfict addition to the Hot Chocolat flavor boost recomended in the strip BC today

  34. Dutchboy1

    Dutchboy1 said, 2 months ago

    Funny, she gets all mad when Dad tells Calvin that they got him as a build it yourself kit in a K-Mart Blue-Light special. Hmmmm.

  35. Coffee-Turtle

    Coffee-TurtleGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    scarey he eats his bowl of maggot soup with such vigor! LOL!

  36. ChukLitl

    ChukLitlGenius_badge said, 2 months ago

    I like the stewed monkey heads with maggots.

  37. ratlum

    ratlum said, 2 months ago

    Now I see where Calvin got some of his wild imagination
    Or is this one of the which came first thingys Moms or Calvins

  38. grammahotsho

    grammahotsho said, 2 months ago

    mmm mmm good, mmm mmm good, mother’s maggot soup is mmm mmm good!

  39. Awesome-o

    Awesome-o said, 2 months ago

    The only weakness to make a kid eat…

  40. bunnyface (bmonk)

    bunnyface (bmonk) said, 2 months ago

    Gweedo Murray said, about 8 revolting developments ago

    “Marg !
    “If Calvin’s a maggot, eating maggots would that make him a cannibal ?”

    Perhaps–if they were the same species. However, lots of species have maggots.

    But this is one of my favorite C&Hs. Right up there with, oh, no more than eleventy-dozen others.

  41. Dino-1

    Dino-1 said, 2 months ago

    After I get the,”Ew, What is it?”, then I’ll say,” Well why don’t you try it and see what you think it is?” After they try it then I’ll ask if they like it instead of telling them what it is. Sometimes if you name it they’ll just cover their mouths and say they don’t like that kind of food.

  42. Jorge Fernandez

    Jorge Fernandez said, 2 months ago

    Sussie would love to have dinner at calvin’s home.

  43. jbmetalmonster

    jbmetalmonster said, 2 months ago

    considering that susie hates being @ the luch table w/ calvin, she’d probably committ suicide 2 avoid calvins dinner table

  44. Flash6060

    Flash6060 said, 2 months ago

    Mom has always been cool !

    Here is the proof, and she never flaunts it.

  45. mrslukeskywalker

    mrslukeskywalker said, 2 months ago

    “Mom has always been cool !”

    ???????????

    Have you ever read this strip before today? These parents are both painfully dull, self removed, and should never have had a child. Calvin thrives DESPITE them.

    Besides, maggots are high in protein, and rice has none. He’d be better off with real maggots.

  46. thebird55

    thebird55 said, 2 months ago

    Someone here mentioned this strip in the last few days. Who was it?

  47. Nivellios

    Nivellios said, 2 months ago

    He’s also had “stewed monkey heads” and”Toxic waste that’ll turn you into a mutant”. And look now! “maggot soup”!

  48. Me_Again

    Me_Again said, 2 months ago

    I love how Calvin will only eat his dinner when his parents say it is something like “maggot stew”, “toxic waste”, “monkey heads”, “spider pie”, etc.