Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 09, 2014

Wear a loin cloth next time.

@ThirdguyThe Tarzan movies would’ve been a lot better.

He should’ve worn the ones with animals on them.

Well, at least Calvin had Something on…a large tropical leaf might also have done the job…a la N&A ;)

One of my favorites!

Jane didn’t say that, so Susi can’t be the proper wife!!

Probably not.

I doubt the book says anything about underpants or loincloth.

BLAND… Thy name is Susie Derkins…

If she did, it would not have got past the Hayes Office.

In a few years Calvin, you will like Suzy. I don’t know if she will like you.

Whelp…Suzi missed a chance to play….

Calvin isn’t starring in a full-length Tarzan movie. It’s just one of his shorts.

Click here: The Far SideClick here: The Argyle Sweater (March 13, 2007)Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (August 23, 1986)

Of course she didn’t… Tarzan wore a loincloth.

@Nun ’Ya Bidness: Sometimes the comments are hilarious. Like leftwingpatriot and Thirdguy at the beginning of today (i.e., in the middle of last night).

To me, it’s just as odd that Suzie is playing in the middle of a sidewalk with a stuffed bunny. Is she in front of her house or is this just some random sidewalk? I never see kids playing alone with a stuffed animal on the sidewalk. How strange.

@James: I think the sidewalk is a comic strip device to emphasize that Calvin has just come walking up behind Susie and has startled her. If he were standing behind her in the middle of the lawn, Bill Watterson would have needed an extra panel at the beginning to show Calvin walking up behind her, in order to make it clear that he hasn’t been standing there all along. Also, the sidewalk adds some perspective and variety to the panels, as opposed to just plain grass. You can pretend that Susie and her stuffed bunny were examining something like a bug on the sidewalk when Calvin came up behind them.

Calvin and his pet tiger Hobbes are playing Tarzan King of the Jungle when Calvin stumbles upon neighborhood friend Susie.

no, tarzan kidnapped and had his way with jane. in our present day, the fbi and the authorities will launch a manhunt for the pervert.

Tarzan was raised by apes.Who taught him to wear a loincloth?

Calvin,did you get brainwashed into thinking that Susie was Jane?

“Where do you get loin cloths these days?”

You could steal them off a clothesloin…

@HobbesPraise from you carries a lot of weight. Thank you.

Yes. Keep to the story, Susie!

Haha.

xxx

watmiwori: You can if you get there before Hayes. Remember the water ballet in Tarzan and his Mate?.Hobbes: Jane Goodall was a blonde (gray now)..vwdualnomand: No, they were quite properly married. Jane’s father, an Anglican priest, performed the ceremony..Night-Gaunt49: Generally called Pull-Ups, a trade name in danger of going generic..“Me Tarzan”, etc. is a movie invention. Burroughs does not record their meeting, but since Tarzan’s first human language was French (from the Belgian scientist who found him), it was probably something like “Bon jour Madamoiselle Porter; je s’appel Tarzan.”

I’m not playing tarzan.

“Where do you get loin cloths these days?”.Well, if you carefully slice the skin off a pork loin…

I’m not sure which is funnier, the strips or the comments..Except for mine; which are often a bit off the wall…

So, his mom wouldn’t let him out of the house naked, but going clad only in underwear is okay?

I know that Tarzan!

I know that Tarzan!

Maybe that’s why Calvin became “Wonga-Ta, King of Jungle” instead…

Me: Do you know that Jane and Tarzan are in love?

Calvin: glare

Me: Just sayin’! (dodges brick thrown at head)

Me: Okay okay, sorry!

Women…

Suzie is not convinced because Calvin didn’t do the Tarzan yodel first…