Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 08, 2021

How does a 6 year old already know so much about the birds and the bees?

oh, these late-night ponderings

Beer, lots of beer.

Better get it over with fast, Hobbes.

In panel #3 Mom seems a little bit alterated.

And Calvin wonders why he has a hard time waking up in the morning.

When I was a kid, I asked my mom about the elderly. Are they attracted to each other?

Does anyone ever wonder why Hobbes, a stuffed animal seem to be the wisest one in that house?

Octopuses aren’t ugly! They’re beautiful!

No sane man would wake up his wife at 3am to have sex.

Hobbes is right.

A woman with her hair all messed up is sexy.

Who knew Calvin has DEEP THOUGHTS?

they are lots of things Calvin just ‘NEEDS’ to know

Wait a few years and you’ll have the answer to your question in the final panel, Calvin!

Closing the eyes let them dream!!

It’s pretty evident why your parents stopped reproducing though, Calvin! :D

How do Porcupines mates? Very carefully. {:-)

Funny. I wake up at around 3 AM and wonder the same things. I mean really, I was attracted to my ex wife. …well you know. Before the whole “ex” creation process.

Well, Calvin, it starts with “turning out the lights”. Then, anything becomes possible. Even reproduction.

One gets more mmmmmm out of a kiss with the eyes closed. Try kissing with your eyes open, it’s just not the same.

Octopus are beautiful, and a lot smarter than a good portion of the human race.

Isn’t that more of a Dad question?

I would have answered his question. It was a good question; Calvin has some brains.

Friends behold the platypusWe laugh at how he looks to us.But then in moments dard and grim,I wonder how we smell to him.Peace, peace thou graceful platypus.We really look alright to us,As you no doubt delight the nosen,Of appropriately gendered playtypusen.

After Ogden Nash

This strip marks the entry into the collection known as “The Days Are Just Packed.”

And now the whole neighborhood is awake, thanks to The Mom!

I’d think of Calvin and lose all interest in reproducing myself.

After birthing him, I doubt she will ever be keen to “reproduce.”

Classic…kinda reminds me of Michael Binkley’s tendency to rouse his father from sleep with the latest celebrity gossip in the original Bloom County

eye of the beholder Calvin

I like to leave the lights on.

Thank you Calvin, for asking a question I always wondered about without realizing it. BTW is " realizing" supposed to be spelled with an s? That’s what my tablet is telling me….

Whatever happened to Calvin the Bold? (He aged and became Calvin the Bald.)

I’d be afraid to wake my Mom up at 3 AM if she could open her mouth that wide!

I’ve tried, but I really can’t respond to Calvin’s question without sounding dirty.

You don’t look better at 3 AM!!

At least he doesn’t do this as frequently as Ruthie in “One Big Happy.”

Yes they are though not always with the same levels of passion. In my college zoology textbook there was a picture comparing octopus vs cuttlefish mating. The male octopus wasn’t even making eye contact as he used his special sex arm to complete the action with the female. Meanwhile you could hardly tell one cuttlefish from the other.

Smooch. Hilarious.

They close their eyes because that close it looks like smoochee has only one eye, and it would spoil the mood if one of you started laughing at kissing a cyclops.

Mom is thinking what Calvin is on her way back to bed.

Calvin, with any foresight, your parents would have chosen abstinence.

Calvin picking what time he should ask his mom a question between 1am-6am