Final Calvin and Hobbes - Last Comic - by Bill Watterson for December 31, 1995
Transcript:
Calvin: Wow, it really snowed last night! Isn't it wonderful? Hobbes: Everything familiar has disappeared! The world looks brand-new! Calvin: A new year... a fresh, clean start! Hobbes: I's like having a big white sheet of paper to draw on! Calvin: A day full of possibilities! It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!
azsxdcfvgbhnjmkl over 15 years ago
What an awful way to end Calvin and Hobbes!!!!!!!!!!!
ds133 over 15 years ago
I think this strip is a beautiful way to say good-bye to Calvin & Hobbes. It is leaving us with the idea that the story keeps going even if it isn’t being written and drawn anymore. “Full of Possibilities,” is the line Calvin uses, and it makes you smile at this farewell, rather than be merely depressed at the ending of the series.
talbert11 over 14 years ago
It was sad to see the end of Calvin and Hobbes but “it’s a magical world”, says Calvin, and we should be happy that we were able to get them in the first place. The series may be over, but the spirit of Calvin and Hobbes will never die in our hearts.
AwesomeComicsFan Premium Member about 14 years ago
What a way to go.
Sigh.
Outrider7 about 14 years ago
Perfect.
Now let’s go exploring!
tobybartels about 14 years ago
This is the actual comic for this date, even though previous Sundays in the GoComics archives have been re-runs out of order.
tubosun1 about 14 years ago
i have been reading this comic since i was seven and i feel as though a little part of me died… (no not really) but this is still an amazing comic!!! Bill Watterson is my hero!!!!!!!!!!
FORAJSKL123 almost 14 years ago
copcap86,
Those “new” comics are repeats of the original. If you follow those back up to 1985, you’ll see that they’re the same.
And yes, I made this account just to tell you that.
brekkyjuice almost 14 years ago
that was so beautiful. i love the way they did it.
kpreethy over 13 years ago
Lov………..it……………….I WILL TOO EXPLORE WITH U CALVIN…………
lfweigel88 over 13 years ago
I cry ever time I read this one. What a great comic.
joylion over 13 years ago
I love u Calvin and Hobbes! <3 Calvin and Hobbes!
DenBow over 13 years ago
Bill Watterson is owed a debt of gratitude for sharing his syndication experiences with budding cartoonists. He, as well as those cartoonists, know what I mean. THANK YOU, Bill!
roboticfish23 about 13 years ago
Bill Watterson, thank you for the past 10 years of comics. Including: G.R.O.S.S. Spaceman spiff, stupendous man etc. The 2 Transmogrifiers Gross dinners polls babysitter girl Moe the bully Snowball fights snowmen and other things I didn’t mention THE END to C & H
coldplague almost 13 years ago
Didn’t know what I was expecting… but this is not how I imagined my fav cartoon would end. Deep Sigh Anyway, Thanx a million, Bill!
the denominator over 12 years ago
the saddest C a H comic ever.
TheSpanishInquisition over 12 years ago
Brilliant, Mr. W. A beautiful ending to what is hands-down the BEST comic strip of all time!
grenoleno over 12 years ago
WHAt a great ending
Dr.diggs over 12 years ago
I wish that bill came back and rote more
wbtthefrog over 12 years ago
We’ll miss you, Bill. Thanks for the amazing years that you shared with us your work and Calvin & Hobbes’ explorations. It’s a wonderful world, and much more wonderful for your work having been in it!
COMIC-ER about 12 years ago
i can’t stand it…i don’t want it ever to end, I’m almost crying
bensquarepants12 almost 12 years ago
aw man. I still read every book of this wonderful comic series.
supersexyghotmew95 almost 12 years ago
SNIFF THIS MAKES ME SAD WHAT A EPIC ENDING XD
BigNate+CalvinandHobbes=:) almost 12 years ago
Calvin And Hobbes Is the Best Comic Strip Ever!!!!
Moojuice45 over 11 years ago
Sigh… how wonderfully sad. The best comes last.
comicsfannate over 11 years ago
What a sad way to end it. :(
foxsurrickgocomic over 11 years ago
Awwwww, I’ve always grown up reading Calvin and Hobbes on snowy days…..what a perfect way to end an amazing comic strip. Thank you Bill Watterson
Soroxas over 11 years ago
The last new Calvin and Hobbes, sigh, this would also make a great ending for a Calvin and Hobbes movie
notevan82 over 11 years ago
Its like it never ended… :’ )
Mr. C over 11 years ago
Thank you so much Mr. Watterson!
legoboye over 11 years ago
Bill, if your out there, thanks.
!!IceFire!! over 11 years ago
Full of possibilities !! Great way to end a great strip !! Thanks Bill !!
atypicaloracle about 11 years ago
I find it strange that people are calling this sad. Is it sad because a beloved comic is ending? Because the image itself – the part that really matters – is full of hope and wonder. Calvin and Hobbes will always be Calvin and Hobbes; exploring and imagining, having the sorts of adventures that we loved them for.
xall2h1 about 11 years ago
The best way to end the Calvin and Hobbes strip…
tammsys about 11 years ago
What a great ending to a great comic, I wish Bill would’ve wrote/drew more Calvin and Hobbes, but it’s good that he ended on a high note rather than dragging it on.
ComicsLoveMeAndILoveThem almost 11 years ago
i was sort of hopeing that the end would be when calvin ant see hobbs anymore either by losing him or growing up
Brandonboll almost 11 years ago
Pants are overrated did a short continuation of the story that’s really cute.http://www.pantsareoverrated.com/archive/2011/05/10/hobbes-and-bacon/
LuigitheMetal64 almost 11 years ago
What a bad way to end a comic strip series. It’s probably better if it’s like a “good-bye” feel strip.
pelican47 over 10 years ago
This one is my inspiration in beginning retirement.
primalcoach about 10 years ago
I thought this was a very touching, creative and imaginative way to end the strip. I think he’s urging us all to say “Goodbye” to the past and go exploring into the magnificent future. Exploring is a way to expand one’s perspective and wisdom, which implies that Calvin, which, to me, is a symbol for the curious and genius little child in each of us, is headed for a bright and exciting future — he’s going to finally grow up. Maybe I will, too.
jthurber about 10 years ago
Sad would be Calvin waking up and Hobbes is just a stuffed Tiger laying on the bed…
ArtNOLA about 10 years ago
It’s interesting, I just looked back at the month of Dec 1995 his mother and father only appeared in one strip each.
comeonbanana almost 10 years ago
yes, how symbolic isn’t it
bermudamel almost 10 years ago
I remember reading this in the paper that last day and crying and there was a note saying it was the last one and thanks to the readers…I still cry when I see this one. Beautiful ending…
pineapplehead101 over 9 years ago
I LOVE C&H. Sad to see it go. Thank you very much Bill Watterson.
ucantbeme over 9 years ago
Let’s go exploring!
weatherford.joe Premium Member over 9 years ago
Parting is such sweet sorrow.
rotcivloyal over 9 years ago
Very appropriate as we get ready to receive the New Year, lets follow Calvin and Hobbes and ’Lets go exploring!
the calvinosaurus that calvin wanted to discover about 9 years ago
awesome comic from “so long pop, i’m off to check my tiger trap” to it’s a magical world hobbes old buddy, let’s go exploring"
#1 Calvin and Hobbes Fan almost 9 years ago
This is the last calvin and hobbes sterip
umbya almost 9 years ago
I miss calvin and hobbes :(
umbya almost 9 years ago
Bill y u stop your still alive
Sandranil almost 9 years ago
The fake ending was pretty deep too if you think about it.
Marathon Zack over 8 years ago
Goodbye, Calvin & Hobbes! You are greatly missed!
tdoug1 over 8 years ago
Goodbye Guys see you on the other side of the hill!
Official_Dalek over 8 years ago
I am crying like my name is Rose Tyler and it’s Doomsday
leeguru over 8 years ago
Greatest way to end the strip. I couldn’t pick a favorite but this one brings a little tear to my eye…
kenyonpascual over 8 years ago
my favorite comic strip. side by side with peanuts. the bliss of the innocent.remembering times when life was just life.
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member over 8 years ago
Perfection.
mcrognale over 8 years ago
I remember when this was coming out. My local rag ran it two days or so as part of the news story about the end of the strip. I was totally pissed. Ruined it for me.
Laurie Stoker Premium Member over 8 years ago
Berkeley Breathed came back. Maybe Bill Watterson will come back too?
BlueZoe15 over 8 years ago
This is the best way to end Calvin and Hobbes.
TheWingnut over 8 years ago
I will tell you all that this still brings tears to my eye whenever I see it. I loved Calvin and Hobbes so much as it was a reflection of my childhood and the magic and insight that came with being a child and having that special friend who was your comrade-in-arms…the one who knew all your secrets…the one who understood your imagination and who shared in all the good and bad things that you got up to. With this one page, you rejoice because it shows that that friendship will last forever. Thank you Bill Watterson
FlashFan1234 over 8 years ago
(Sniff) WHY COULDN’T HE CONTINUE THIS WHY??!!!
Tackerdog about 8 years ago
A great ending for a comic strip that lives on.C&H have many, many, many fans still.
the calvinosaurus that calvin wanted to discover about 8 years ago
My favorite comic series, from “So long, Pop! I’m off to check my tiger trap!” to “It’s a magical world, Hobbes, old buddy, let’s go exploring!”
ChasMac about 8 years ago
Thanks for the memories. C & H ended before any of my kids were born but they hold pride of place as our collective favourite comic. Thanks, Bill
spacekittencat almost 8 years ago
@ds133
I agree
Chad Cheetah almost 7 years ago
A truly great way for an equally great strip to end
CupcakeLover964 almost 7 years ago
sigh I remember when i to finally know calvin and . At 7 years old, first met them. Lying around in my bookshelf. I finally grabbed the book and when i opened it, things seemed to look up. I know its sad that it ended, but i don’t think Bill would want us to be miserable. He rea
pkreutzer47 over 6 years ago
Bill gave us the joy of knowing that C & H are still out there exploring. This was the Gettysburg Address of comic strips. A sad farewell but an encouragement to look ahead. The world is a better place because of C & H.
HobbesForPresident over 6 years ago
first comment: What an awefull way to end C and H! Last comment: damn.
HobbesForPresident over 6 years ago
nobody comments on the first comics
Sojourn about 6 years ago
go explore Calvin and Hobbes! you will be forever the embodiment of Wonder and Imagination!
slifer79 about 6 years ago
It’s been over 22 years and I still miss Calvin and Hobbes:( Why is it my favorite comics of all time, C&H and The Far Side only lasted 10 years?? The comics page has never been the same for me without them:(
Silica Gel almost 6 years ago
I hope Mr. Watterson will come to this site and see that to this very day, there are plenty of people still reading and loving Calvin and Hobbes’ old strips… It’s extremely unlikely, but I just hope this will happen someday…
xyzscorpion00 over 5 years ago
thanks a million, bill, for 10 wonderful years. i will never forget how much i cried when i read the last strip
Lakshay over 5 years ago
the THE series, that is.
Swayamplays over 5 years ago
R.I.P
spyroclub1 over 5 years ago
Wait, it ended? So all along i’ve been reading re-runs?
sushiramenexpress over 5 years ago
What a sweet way to end it!
SonicFan91 about 5 years ago
Bye
NYRfan28 about 5 years ago
Most touching strip ever. Mr. Watterson, U R the greatest genius to ever walk the earth
IronBeagle about 5 years ago
I’m not crying…You’re crying
thomasltoons about 5 years ago
This is a wonderful strip! Thanks for the laughs, Bill
The comic warrior about 5 years ago
I could almost cry
DevilDog2001 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
<3 This is so sweet
Calvin&Hobbes over 4 years ago
I love that the last thing we ever see is Calvin and Hobbes descending into the forest about to go on their own adventures. “It’s a magical world Hobbes ol’ buddy.”…..“Let’s go exploring!”
jdawkins1124 over 4 years ago
Don’t know if you’re out there Bill. I don’t care what anyone says, this was the perfect ending! Makes me cry every time. I’ve been reading your comic strips for 27 years. Since I was seven years old. I will pass this legacy on to my children. I love the fact that I as a child I wouldn’t get some of the jokes, but years later when I re-read them, and they were hilarious!!! Thanks so much Bill!
ScotRanney over 4 years ago
I was never ready for Calvin and Hobbes to end, I mean, who was apart from Watterson? One day I saw some people writing short stories about the last days of C&H and wanted to share my idea. Hope you enjoy it! https://www.scotranney.com/Calvin-and-Hobbes-The-Last-Adventure.html
WDD over 4 years ago
Calvin and Hobbes is to me the flip side of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh. Christopher Robin was to me a shy kid whose toys came to life and acted out their gay and adventurous ways. The same was true of Dooley’s World (comic ran 1972-1978, cartoonist was Roger Bradfield). But Calvin was a Hellraiser who took his (sometimes reluctant) tiger companion on crazy exciting adventures.
Sonic Bananas over 4 years ago
This is the best end anyone could wish for. I wish Calvin and Hobbes could come back
I'm Like Calvin about 4 years ago
This is the perfect strip to leave Calvin and Hobbes. It makes you smile through your tears. Just Calvin and his tiger buddy Hobbes, out on their adventures again!
RainbowShadows about 4 years ago
I’m sad that it ended, but if it had to go, I’m glad this was the way it did.
codycab about 4 years ago
Now that this adventure is over, it’s time for another one.
ChristopherRoxby about 4 years ago
I’m not crying, YOU’RE crying. :’(
joeynails01 almost 4 years ago
WWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH i can’t say goodby even in 2020 to this amazing comic strip it was always there for me and my first comic i read and it’s all over.
Space_Owl on GoComics almost 4 years ago
I absolutely love this. It’s such a fitting end that leaves you with dozens of possibilities for what they will do in the future. Calvin and Hobbes will never end, as our imaginations keep them going.
RLinGoComics (REBRANDING) #SupportUkraineandIsrael almost 4 years ago
Good is a bye, Calvin and Hobbes. ;’-)
Sonic the Hedgehog almost 4 years ago
Goodbye Calvin and Hobbes. Enjoy the comic afterlife. You will still live on in our hearts and the reruns GoComics is so kind to give us :( :( :(
phobos almost 4 years ago
I held out hope for a number of years that Mr Watterson would resolve the dispute with his syndicate and eventually start drawing new strips even if they were only for the books, I would have been among the first in line to buy them.
Calvin and hobbes #1 almost 4 years ago
Thank you bill, for giving amazing memories, and I also applaud your decision to never make an animated cartoon, because I would have to hear their voices, and they would never be quite like the comics make you think of, so anyway, a big THANK YOU for an amazing childhood
Calvin and hobbes #1 almost 4 years ago
Me and my brother always tried to play the games in c and h (with varying degrees of success) but my favorite to play will always be Calvinball, followed by the game where you hide flags and retrieve them while timed
SuperCharged5- almost 4 years ago
Imagine if bill starts the comic back up with Calvin age 7, still doing his best to annoy Susie while Hobbes teases him about love, still making snow are of snowmen being viscously murdered, still playing Calvinball in the back yard with ever-changing rules, still contemplating life while sledding/riding a wagon off a cliff, still annoying miss wormwood (Now in 2nd grade), still driving his parents mad enough for them to think about adoption, still thinking about ways to get quick money (and cookies), and still going exploring into the unknown.
Gregdabrat over 3 years ago
I love this strip! Brings a tear to my eyes that it ended.
Noah_NTG over 3 years ago
:(
Me2times. over 3 years ago
And the adventure continues…
Stretched Garfield over 3 years ago
This was the best way to end it
Stretched Garfield over 3 years ago
I just wished they hadn’t ended it
Sokka the Great over 3 years ago
Who’s cutting onions ;-(
yow4zip Premium Member over 3 years ago
So long, Calvin and Hobbes. Keep exploring.
LeotheCustomizer over 3 years ago
what a beautiful and heartwarming comic strip. thank you bill watterson.
Mattgames over 3 years ago
This was my childhood. I loved these books and i will always keep them in my heart. Good bye, Calvin And Hobbes, you are inspiration to all of us.
Best Commenter Ever over 3 years ago
Next panel: They crash into a tree
AnthonyVelasco over 3 years ago
Years later, a boy named lio would find a stuffed tiger and a skull
ApatheticallyInterested about 3 years ago
Which ending of a comic is more sad. This or peanuts?
kochjosha about 3 years ago
Sobs
Youonlydie~❗️~once about 3 years ago
I bet you anything that in the next invisible panel they fall into a river
I like anime about 3 years ago
Sigh. Calvin and sobs
The Homelander about 3 years ago
A fitting end to the best comic strip of all time.
Pets of the comics about 3 years ago
0. Goodbye, Calvin and Hobbes. You’ve been great. I’m sorry this needed to happen, but was meant to be. A moment of silence for the comic strip…………………..So long. -Garfield, Spitsy, and Snoopy
Foreshadow almost 3 years ago
Ah, the last comic strip produced by Bill Watterson.. sad that he wont make any more
.-. almost 3 years ago
Guess he never came back from exploring:(
DhruvSripuram almost 3 years ago
Go to January 1 2007. A surprise is waiting for you!
DhruvSripuram almost 3 years ago
https://gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/01/01
DhruvSripuram almost 3 years ago
if you can’t click that link type it
CAT EMPIRE LEADER almost 3 years ago
This the saddest strip ever. I almost always makes me cry.Goodbye Calvin And Goodbye Hobbes. I Will Miss You.
AntonL.Graf almost 3 years ago
I hate goodbyes… Goodbye, Calvin and Hobbes. And thank you, Bill. I only regret I didn’t discover this sooner
Nate Wright (Mischief God) almost 3 years ago
Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! I will miss this strip so much :,(
FuriosoTheDog almost 3 years ago
Sniff I’m not crying, you’re crying… WAAAAAAAAAAAA
POGGERS {person} over 2 years ago
This is the best comic strip (and saddest) yet. :(
Some guy who looks at comics over 2 years ago
Amazing way to end the strip, he couldn’t have done it better.
LONG LIVE CALVIN!!!LONG LIVE HOBBES!!!
akb02 over 2 years ago
Where one story ends, another begins…
ItsBennie over 2 years ago
the best strip on the website…
Charlie Brown fan over 2 years ago
I think this stip is a wonderful way to say goodbye to the Calvin and Hobbes daily srip.
Blank Picture Guy over 2 years ago
Say, I have been wondering this for a while, but what do you think happens to Calvin and Hobbes? Personally, I think he becomes a comic strip writer, Susie and Calvin become good friend, and Calvi passes down Hobbes to his child, where he can have many more adventures.
Unicorn55 (Happy New Year 2022!) over 2 years ago
This is a wonderful way to say good-bye to Calvin and Hobbes. Bill Watterson, thank you for all of Calvin’s imaginary superheroes and Hobbes energetic ways to say “hello” to Calvin when he came home from school. Thank you for Susie who was one of my favorite, and probably one of the smartest, characters in the strip. Thanks for Calvin’s mother and father who were probably a little more strict then she should have been. Actually, just thank you for Calvin and Hobbes! This is one of my favorite comic strips ever, and I thank you for writing this!
Dumb Smarto over 2 years ago
It’s bittersweet.
Snoopy is the Best! :) over 2 years ago
Enough chat… LET’S GO EXPLORING!! What a beautiful was to end Calvin and Hobbes!
Kayxlmao over 2 years ago
best Sunday strip ever
TheChΩsenΩne about 2 years ago
I always thought of Calvin and Hobbes as just a comic about a bratty kid and his imagination, but I found out That Watterson left heartwarming and special things in his comic, and it makes us appreciate Calvin’s attitude and everything else in this great comic. This comic was a great way to end Calvin and Hobbes.
DO_WHAT_DA_DOG_SEZ (NOT THE REAL ONE) about 2 years ago
:(((
Loki91308 almost 2 years ago
I loved this one. Until today, I didn’t know it was the last one, but I don’t think it could have ended any better. I quoted this one at my sister when I wanted her to go fishing/exploring with me when we were smaller.
Loki91308 almost 2 years ago
She ignored me and just sat lol. Calvin will not sway a lazy couch potato.
Big Calvin & Garfield almost 2 years ago
It’s a magical world. sniff.
GARFIELD FAN12 almost 2 years ago
goodbye
Dog_Bone almost 2 years ago
It’s happy and kind of sad at the same time. That was a great way to end a brilliant Calvin and Hobbes era. We will miss you forever Calvin and Hobbes!
Dog_Bone almost 2 years ago
Personally to Bill Watterson, THANK YOU!
tylerhagenbaugh13 over 1 year ago
Teach me how to say goodbye…
ABOYWITHGOD over 1 year ago
This is a Beautiful strip ;_;
leopardglily over 1 year ago
I too will explore with you, Calvin and Hobbes!
Scepnite over 1 year ago
This strip left me in tears, as I read it from my computer that my mom took away from me during the summer!
Gear 5 over 1 year ago
Calvin and Hobbes were one of the best comics I read over the summer. Even though we all had our good times here, every good thing must come to an end. The way Watterson did it was magnificent.
winghay.tam.1 over 1 year ago
I read this to a C&H fan who didn’t know the series ended and he got all teary-eyed
MiguelB5 over 1 year ago
He had a good run. Bon voyage, Calvin.
Cookie over 1 year ago
You will always have that special place in my heart, Calvin.
yello over 1 year ago
SalamAlakum Calvin my Brother
jr1234 over 1 year ago
Here, because of Calvinist1966
1 2 2023
SpacemanSpiffCCE over 1 year ago
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER:Calvin and Hobbes crashed at the end of the hill. Hobbes survived, but calvin did not. at the funeral, susie pulled out a bazooka and wasted everyone.
Link from Twilight Princess about 1 year ago
This may be the greatest comic of all time. We all love Calvin and Hobbes. What a great ending. So Long!
I like anime 11 months ago
Well, I know it’s sad, but it’s a very heartwarming ending to a heartwarming comic