Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 06, 2013

Going to be a long day.

True friendship . . . you miss each other when separated for even a short time.

I like how Hobbes changes into a toy tiger when mom is around. ;)

Moms definitely don’t get paid enough.

I love that Mom knew Calvin & Hobbes well enough to realize she must run out and bring in Hobbes and the umbrella.

Being together is best! Hobbes has luck, that Mom is fetching him, waiting in coldness and rain is not healthy!!

There will never be,“another one!”

Even if Hobbes isn’t real in universe to everyone who isn’t Calvin, this comic represents the beauty and longing of platonic friendship. How much you long for companionship when society and other things that halt your life will hurt you emotional.

Me too. Mom’s an old sweetie at heart.

look lonely Hobbes’s

What a wonderfully poignant strip. And not a word spoken. Bravo!

It’s tough to be without your best bud………

Mom is Mom when no one is looking

Click here: Reality Check (July 8, 2011)

@bigpianoguy: Actually, both Calvin and Hobbes are real. It’s only the readers who are imaginary.

Click here: Red and Rover (March 19, 2013)Click here: Red and Rover (September 4, 2013)

Click here: Peanuts (September 18, 1988)

Click here: Peanuts (April 22, 1954)

The fact that in the last panel Hobbes is alone and alive pretty much proves that he isn’t a figment of Calvin’s admittedly hyperactive imagination.

Note that when Mom runs out in the rain to get Hobbes, it is the only panel that is in black and white. Removing the color actually focuses the reader’s attention on that panel.

Awwww! Mom may seem tough most of the time but she knows how much Calvin loves and needs Hobbes.

I’m not crying at the beauty of this sniff , it’s, it’s just dust in me eyes.

@Hobbes This is a really nice comic. How do you make it so awesome?!

I remember those dreary rainy school days. They dragged on even longer than the average school day, punctuated by the soggy walk home.

@LX013: Are you asking about Red and Rover? It is a current comic, available on GoComics. Click on the following link:Red and Rover

I liked Hobb’s expression the time he had to take his bath in the washing machine.

If you like this strip see Garfield October 19th 2003

Yea! Real friendship wether your friend is a tiger or dog well always be friends! My puppy is sleeping next to me having running dreams and then pouncing awake! And we’re just kuddling

Be still my beating heart

My theory is that they have imagined each other into existence…

In Hobbes’ universe, Calvin is a real live boy.

Today’s comic for some reason really, really touched me deeply. I am actually in tears. Makes me treasure the moments coming up when my own children are going to imagine a world with friends like these.

This reminds me of a Norman Rockwell painting. Also, can someone please tell me why this strip was written on a Sunday? Lol

I wonder what would happen if Hobbes was not imaginary. I bet that would be interesting. Haha

Watterson says that Hobbes is really to Calvin, toy to everybody else. Reality is only as we see it.

“When Hobbes is a stuffed toy in one panel and alive in the next, I’m juxtaposing the ‘grown-up’ version of reality with Calvin’s version, and inviting the reader to decide which is truer.”8

Bill Watterson quoted in Wikipedia

Calvin was so sweet as to leave the umbrella for Hobbes.

both of them can’t wait to trounce mudd puddles when calvin gets home ,and hobbes is just getting ready to ambush him,lol

100% right about this strip. Too touching…

Great one!

@NyukNyuk2000 Me too! But then I started hearing people say that Calvin was imagining Hobbes being real. tsk tsk. FILTHY MUGGLES.

what a touching strip today. My first comment on these forums!

There must not be a test today

Thank you Bill. I feel so sorry for anyone who didn’t have an ‘imaginary friend’ at Calvin’s age just as I feel sorry for anyone my age that doesn’t have a non-human friend to confide in. In one simple cartoon strip you remind me of my strengths and weaknesses.

In all my readings of Calvin and Hobbs, I’ve never seen such a sweet, touching comic. I’ve almost teared. Really.

Amazing the emotions Watterson could evoke without saying one word.

Great, I am in a rut like this D:

The ties between friends are always the strongest