Antigonish by Hughes Mearns – Yesterday, upon the stair,I met a man who wasn’t thereHe wasn’t there again todayI wish, I wish he’d go away…
When I came home last night at threeThe man was waiting there for meBut when I looked around the hallI couldn’t see him there at all!Go away, go away, don’t you come back any more!Go away, go away, and please don’t slam the door… (slam!)
Last night I saw upon the stairA little man who wasn’t thereHe wasn’t there again todayOh, how I wish he’d go away…
I didn’t worry about monsters hiding. I grew up with knotty pine paneling in the hall and down the stairs. After waking up from a bad dream and going down stairs to safety there were hundreds of eyes watching you!
BE THIS GUY over 1 year ago
Calvin, admit it: You love the monsters! That’s why you think about them all the time.
Sugar Bombs 95 over 1 year ago
When you try too hard to think about something, that’s ALL you can think about.
It’s similar to how it’s really hard to fall asleep when you’re actively trying to do so.
codycab over 1 year ago
Didn’t even try.
Templo S.U.D. over 1 year ago
“Will you be quiet,” groggily says Hobbes. “I’m trying to sleep.”
“Well, excuse me,” sarcastically says Calvin, “you’re interrupting your beauty sleep while I’m getting eaten by monsters!”
The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover over 1 year ago
Just like how Mom lied to Calvin!
Robin Harwood over 1 year ago
Bishop Berkeley refuted.
C over 1 year ago
Things that go bump in the night
Susan00100 over 1 year ago
Love Calvin’s creepy expression in panel #3.
BTW, where’s Hobbes? Can’t he demolish the monsters? Or was he successfully bribed with a tuna sandwich??
rklynch over 1 year ago
Dang! I’d be scared too if I saw something that big and ugly in my room….
Bullet Bronson Premium Member over 1 year ago
How DOES she get any sleep.
scote1379 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Any self-respecting under the bed or its brother the closet Monster would be Terrorized by Calvin !
DaveG1960 over 1 year ago
Going on from yesterday, I think we need a bigger poker….
sandpiper over 1 year ago
It’s a bit like trying not to scratch an itch. Resist and it spreads.
The Reader Premium Member over 1 year ago
I used to worry about those monsters, but then I realized that the dust bunnies needed to eat something.
theincrediblebulk over 1 year ago
Only time Hobbes has been present in this arc was when he and Calvin were discussing monsters. Hobbes must be the monster under the bed
Who, me? over 1 year ago
Now that there is a look of horror in panel three.
tripwire45 over 1 year ago
That was horrific.
jagedlo over 1 year ago
Meanwhile, Hobbes is sleeping and getting a good night’s rest!
Steverino Premium Member over 1 year ago
That monster was too big to slip under the bed.
g04922 over 1 year ago
Check your closet… The monsters like closets, too.
'IndyMan' over 1 year ago
Can’t understand why ‘Calvin’ has a problem with ‘monsters under the bed’ when he has a ‘ferocious’ tiger in bed with him ! ! !
A Hip loving Canadian... over 1 year ago
Enter Sandman is very appropriate for Calvin.
“Sleep with one eye open”
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Our own personal monsters are only as bad as we think they are. Other peoples monsters are trivial. Okay?
Rotary12 Premium Member over 1 year ago
The only “monster” under my bed was my younger brother on the bottom bunk.
johndifool over 1 year ago
It is pitch dark. You are likely to be devoured by a Grue.
mistercatworks over 1 year ago
It’s when you wake up and the monster is in bed with you that things get seriously adult. :)
ilovecomics*infinity over 1 year ago
Well great, now I’M going to think about monsters under MY bed.
mindjob over 1 year ago
I have met the monsters and they are us
rwh2 over 1 year ago
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” ― Philip K. Dick
kmccjoe1 over 1 year ago
Antigonish by Hughes Mearns – Yesterday, upon the stair,I met a man who wasn’t thereHe wasn’t there again todayI wish, I wish he’d go away…
When I came home last night at threeThe man was waiting there for meBut when I looked around the hallI couldn’t see him there at all!Go away, go away, don’t you come back any more!Go away, go away, and please don’t slam the door… (slam!)
Last night I saw upon the stairA little man who wasn’t thereHe wasn’t there again todayOh, how I wish he’d go away…
patrickab7 over 1 year ago
Well, that’s terrifying.
josh_bisbee over 1 year ago
If the monsters want him so bad, they could just pluck him out of bed. Why do they need him to leave the bed to get him?
wiley207 over 1 year ago
That third panel is pretty creepy. Nothing like Monday’s strip with the tentacle posing as Calvin’s mom.
hagarthehorrible over 1 year ago
Love to see mom’s reaction to Calvin’s call at the dead of night. Dad would not be perturbed at this usual ritual.
UpaCoCoCreek Premium Member over 1 year ago
Just start thinking about Suzie, that’ll take your mind off of the monsters.
Realimaginary1 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Calvin needs a multi-colored strobe light to put under the bed.
WCraft Premium Member over 1 year ago
Mistake number one: Should’ve gone under the covers immediately after making that statement.
westbend over 1 year ago
I didn’t worry about monsters hiding. I grew up with knotty pine paneling in the hall and down the stairs. After waking up from a bad dream and going down stairs to safety there were hundreds of eyes watching you!