Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 01, 2015
Transcript:
Calvin: "Hi dad, I'm making my own newspaper to report the events of our household. Would you help me out?" Dad: "Sure, what do you need?" Calvin: "Well, you can take your pick. Either you can give me 15 bucks to pay my labor and production costs..." Dad: "15 bucks?!" Calvin: "...Or you can be the subject of a comic strip called "dopey dad." Calvin: "So in the next panel, dopey dad yells, "It's bedtime for YOU, young man!" Hobbes: "Hee hee! Look how big I made his mouth!"
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
It’s a win-win situation for Calvin.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Wasbluskies over 9 years ago
This is what happens when his parents encourage Calvin’s creativity.
Tah Tah over 9 years ago
hee heee …. Happy New Year all friends
Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago
It’s really hard to imagine Calvin’s dad being in a comic strip.
Happy New Year, everyone.Here’s a strip where Hobbes used a similar drawing technique — with some help from Hobbes:Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (June 1, 1992)Click here: Peanuts (May 16, 1953)Click here: Thatababy (July 11, 2013)bluram over 9 years ago
Look for Calvin and Hobbes to be nominated for the 2015 American Society of News Editors Award.
Troglodyte over 9 years ago
Happy New Year, all! Wish you and your families a sparkling and joyful 2015. Here’s to many more years of enjoying C&H.
Bittermelon of Truth over 9 years ago
Happy new year to all. It is worth noting that exactly 19 years ago, Bill Watterson ended his strip with the two of them sledding off into the wilderness. Few can still match his insight into childhood.
rshive over 9 years ago
Due to circumstances beyond our control, it’s an underground newspaper.
gyroman12345 over 9 years ago
Happy New Year!
Aaron Saltzer over 9 years ago
Calvin’s dad’s face in the fourth panel is priceless. Lol
Aaron Saltzer over 9 years ago
Happy New Year, everyone!!
KEA over 9 years ago
If Calvin’s Dad only had a mustache, he’d look a lot like Bill Watterson (ahem)
Stephen Gilberg over 9 years ago
I tried making “Dopey Dad” as a kid, but not as blackmail. I just had that much hostility to my dad for a while.
Karaboo2 over 9 years ago
Calvin’s dad is going to pay the price for not paying the price.Happy New Year to all.
Packratjohn Premium Member over 9 years ago
This one may be the source of The Simpson’s “Angry Dad” episode. Equally funny.
Black4dder over 9 years ago
Dad’s response in panel two could’ve been, “10 bucks!? What do you want with 5 bucks? Jeeze, a whole dollar? Okay, okay, you talked me into it. Here’s your quarter.”
Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago
While today some may feel like Lucy in the following Peanuts strip, I prefer to take Schroeder’s attitude:Click here: Peanuts (January 1, 1979)
mourdac Premium Member over 9 years ago
And now we see how comic cartoonists got their starts.
mourdac Premium Member over 9 years ago
And now we see how comic cartoonists got their starts.
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
Regarding parents, I think everyone at one time or another was frustrated at how stupid our parents were. In addition, when we become adults ourselves, we are amazed at how much our parents have learned…
Number Three over 9 years ago
“Dopey Dad” Haha!
A very Happy 2015, everybody!
xxx
Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 9 years ago
Hearst in the making.
westny77 over 9 years ago
I love that expression in panel 3
moosemin over 9 years ago
Like Nun’Y Bidness, I too, am still looking for a job (32 months). 2015 has GOT to be better!.As to the cartoon: Poor Dad! All he wanted was to get a dachshund, but the wife said…..!
larryed123 over 9 years ago
Happy New Year !!!!real to life is calvin
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
LX013 hasn’t posted in 11 days. I hope it’s because she’s too busy spending the Holidays with her family, especially her grandchildren.
Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago
@leftwingpatriot: Yes, I was wondering about LX013 also. But I see that right before her last posting, she went 13 days without posting. So maybe she is just posting less frequently now.
CAT EMPIRE LEADER almost 3 years ago
I Want To Read Dopey Dad!