Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 03, 2009

That’s a bit sad, Max.

I like the way that Mum is more than happy to support Calvin no matter what he’s like.

“He will when he’s ready”. Total acceptance.

I love this strip.

Truth Time! (alwayz between adults)

and yeh, “Hurray” for Moms understanding!!!

I love that! Awh, poor Uncle Max haha.

I wonder what Calvin’s mom’s imaginary friend was like.

Most of my friends have been imaginary too!

Amicus est tamquam alter idem…a friend is like the other me!

Joke is on you mom and Max! Hobbs is REAL!

Well, Max is imaginary. So are: Calvin, Hobbes, Mom and Dad, etc.

And by the way: In 1985 Maxs’ shirt was very acceptable. Just check out any photos from then. No Homosexual ity implied here, I am sure.

Judging by Max’s imagination in this series alone, I would say that perhaps all his friens are imaginary.

And, ohbytheway, Calvin is playing with a real friend: Hobbes. Sheesh Max, don’t you know anything?

LOL, i like that Uncle Max!!! Still Hobbes aint no stuffed tiger….

Well, we know Hobbes is alive but Mom doesn’t. But at Calvin’s age if I were his mom I’d figure his carrying around a stuffed tiger was normal and I wouldn’t have a problem with it. It’s a lot less of a problem than some of his other antics lol!

Calvin has hobbbes and suzy he’s set.

uncle max didn’t have any friends - real or imaginary

At least Max is helping with the dishes!

And I see, Charlie37133 speaks! He can actually say more than “No Comprende!”

Told you he was undercover Jon Arbuckle.

My only comment is, why did Max bring a suitcase if he never plans to change clothes?

teaguemj says:

And by the way: In 1985 Maxs’ shirt was very acceptable. Just check out any photos from then. No Homosexuality implied here, I am sure.

Maxs’ mustache was fashionable then also. Twenty years from now teenagers will think the goatee and mustache men wear today looks funny.

Silly adults, they don’t know Hobbes is very real!!

Max’s shirt looks like the Nachos print by Taco Bell. His “taste” in clothes is funny. LMAO.

BTW, I don’t remember Calvin’s Dad ever helping Calvin’s Mom with the dishes.

There you go! We all always have alot of an imaginary friends in our lives. What’s wrong with that? Sheeshhh! LOLs!

I think Max looks like one of the Mario Brothers.

Don’t worry about Calvin, uncle Max. Go buy yourself a teddy bear and learn from him and his stuffed tiger.

Why indeed did Max bring a suitcase? For Calvin to look through I suppose. But really the question I have: Are Hobbe’s friends real or imaginary?

I’m thinking Max is just short lived foil for the whole nameless family, someone to pose the questions that Miss Wormwood can’t or won’t.

Hobbes’ friends, my grammar and spelling are going down the toilet.

Cleokaya: How many guys do you know that change clothes more than once in a single day? Max arrived at the airport, unpacked, had dinner with the family and helped with the dishes. It’s still the same day!

Teaguemj: Yes, that shirt was very acceptable in the 80’s. My husband had a shirt that was similar, and so did every other man I knew at the time. Of course now none of them would be caught dead in it. My, my, how times do change.

That should have been Van D Y KE (I hope it doesn’t get bleeped again) like the artist of the same name.

Maxs’ mustache was fashionable then also. Twenty years from now teenagers will think the goatee and mustache men wear today looks funny? Some people think the Van bleeep (to give it the proper name) look is silly right now.

I know how he feels! :(

A Calvin comic without Calvin isn’t nearly as funny.

so sweet. i am seeing a whole new side to his mom.

As more and more of our interactions are done through e-mail, chat rooms, face book, etc,I fear that Max’s comment will come to be the norm for an ever increasing number of people. Sad!

I have the goatee and mustache combo largely because my full beard has become mostly gray.

yyyguy, from your photo it looks like you wear a full beard. I have to agree with you that the current trend of the combined mustache and goatee looks a bit silly. That is why for the past 20 years or so, as facial hair trends have come and gone I have stayed with a nice full beard. Besides, my wife likes it. This is just my opinion and I hope this does not hijack this board.

musicnut1986 says: “Maxs’ mustache was fashionable then also. Twenty years from now teenagers will think the goatee and mustache men wear today looks funny.”

Well I already think it does.

I wonder what Max’s friends thinks of him, Max sure looks imaginary!

tabbylynn: Where have you been? Was your computer not working again?

its funny because hobbes is a stuffed animal around other peole but when he fights calvin hes gets all ruffed up then somebody asks what happend. so obviously hobbes is real

If they were like mine, they were imaginary.

I thought I had a real friend once, but I imagined it.

Are you trying to tell me that you guys are REAL??

some people have imaginary friends, but they do not even know about it. Friends of super-man scale… :)

shermscott says: I thought I had a real friend once, but I imagined it. LOL good one! Im so envy Calvin, wish I could have a Hobbes! lol from now on! I will try to imagine one!

Yeah!!

margueritem says:

tabbylynn: Where have you been? Was your computer not working again?

yes, it has been being crazy and i have been bomed with homework have not made it to bed before 11 in God knows how long. sadly my computer is still not working right so as of now i can not see the comic and it is depressing. i hope by tomorrow i will beable to see them. i miss this alot. thanks for asking.

if he’s trying to say that Calvin may grow up to be a psychopath… he’s too late! :) j/k people

I’ve always thought that the way Max is leaning on that counter in the last panel seems a bit effeminate and creepy.

I agree with Gerrytrout that Max serves just ask questions. I also remember from one of the C+H collections that Watterson said that he didn’t like Max because he didn’t add anything to the strip, which is why he didn’t show up that much.

Hobbes is REAL!!!!!