I’ve just had a thought concerning the call home that Calvin wanted to make last week. Suppose he had made the call. A burglar might have answered as some burglars have done much dumber things. Calvin might then have thought that Hobbes was answering but then again he might have said something like “That’s not Hobbes’ voice! Who are you?” His parents wouldn’t have believed his claim that there was someone in the house other than Hobbes until they got back and found that they really had been burgled.
I picture this music track accompanying this strip, specifically the 0:30 mark starting at the second panel… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGWrvPYyXX4
BE THIS GUY about 5 years ago
You still have time to have another — hopefully normal — child.
codycab about 5 years ago
Hobbes, you’ve got some ‘splainin’ to do!
InuYugiHakusho about 5 years ago
This somber story gets a much-needed sweet moment.
Templo S.U.D. about 5 years ago
Being an only child sure has its quirks.
whahoppened about 5 years ago
Now for the broken glass.
DaveG1960 about 5 years ago
Awwwwww…….
leopoldenoch about 5 years ago
Calvin is pathetic.
JohnFarson19 about 5 years ago
Awwww. These aren’t snif tears, I was snif slicing an snif onion.
jpayne4040 about 5 years ago
They’re a family again—-and that’s the most important thing of all!
jackhammer165 about 5 years ago
Calvin! All those nervous moments when Hobbes was just in bed all that time!
Troglodyte about 5 years ago
Hobbes is the stuff of dreams as far as Calvin is concerned… good to see the “friends” back together!
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 5 years ago
Well, I suppose the difference between an adventure and a tragedy is coming home to family and have them all there to greet you.
Jhony-Yermo about 5 years ago
I think I have wet eyes. I do adore Calvin and Hobbes.
forsyth about 5 years ago
The parents now have leverage. “Calvin! Do what I say or Hobbes loses an arm!”. ( knife under his arm).
tripwire45 about 5 years ago
Dad’s always been a bit of a downer.
pnmiq about 5 years ago
I can’t wait to hear Hobbes side of the story. Abandoned and starving!
A Hip loving Canadian... about 5 years ago
Go ahead Hobbes, tell Calvin how you fought the intruders from underneath the covers
Shikamoo Premium Member about 5 years ago
Hobbes knew to hide under the covers. Lying await in ambush, of course.
DCBakerEsq about 5 years ago
Who wants to be raised in a ‘normal’ family anyway?
KEA about 5 years ago
Every family is different… some are more different than others. (thanks Addams Family)
yangeldf about 5 years ago
how is it that the bed wasn’t the first place he looked?
ron about 5 years ago
Calvin IS “normal”. The best kind of normal a kid can be. That’s why his antics are funny!
Calvinist1966 about 5 years ago
I’ve just had a thought concerning the call home that Calvin wanted to make last week. Suppose he had made the call. A burglar might have answered as some burglars have done much dumber things. Calvin might then have thought that Hobbes was answering but then again he might have said something like “That’s not Hobbes’ voice! Who are you?” His parents wouldn’t have believed his claim that there was someone in the house other than Hobbes until they got back and found that they really had been burgled.
DanWolfie about 5 years ago
I picture this music track accompanying this strip, specifically the 0:30 mark starting at the second panel… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGWrvPYyXX4
rentier about 5 years ago
Calvin is really very sad, it’s good to have Hobbes again!!
WhoDat about 5 years ago
Hiding under the bed covers, huh. Calvin better check this out. I see Hobbes thinking up a good story now…
Concretionist about 5 years ago
Watterson didn’t need or want another child to play off against Calvin: That’s Hobbes’s role. And that is why he’s a necessary part of the family.
Mojo0400 about 5 years ago
I have tears!
M2MM about 5 years ago
Next… Hobbes will regale Calvin on his “heroics” during the break-in, right?
eladee AKA Wally about 5 years ago
Ahh….together again.
CHAD OCHOCINCO JOHNSON over 2 years ago
O MY GOD YES