Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for October 09, 2012

Not a smart move, Dad. Guess who’ll be crawling into your bed tonight because he is too scared to sleep?

Hamster Huey guillotined?

In the two Peanuts strips above, note that the first one is from the earlier days, when Charlie Brown sometimes said “Great Scott,” rather than “Good Grief.”

Dad has taken himthelf out of this, what a cruel ending!

I love the expressions in the last panel. :-)

I wonder if Calvin will learn that he can’t always get what he wants? Nah!

Thanks for the classic Peanuts.

Dad gets his revenge. LOL

One of my favorites (pulling a Hobbes here):

Click here: Peanuts (September 28, 1958)

In searching for the date for the above comic I came across a forum post about it with the following nod to Hobbes:

"There is a guy on gocomics who calls himself “Hobbes” (thus you know where you can likely find him often) who seems to have an encyclopedic knowledge of Peanuts as well as C & H."

Your reputation precedes you Hobbes. :)

I don’t think it is about the story as much as spending time with your kid?

I laughed aloud at this one because I had forgotten the twist ending a la Dad. I love Hobbes’ bewilderment in the last panel.

That’s the end of Hampster Huey…..forever.

Be careful what you ask for, Calvin. Heh, heh…

Thanks for the Peanuts strip and the comment, Linus-0s…….. Oops, I mean Linux0s. I checked out the forum comment that you mentioned, and it was posted by John DiFool, who sometimes posts here. Thanks, John DiFool.

By the way, do you like Huey Lewis and the News?

Unfortunately, Hamster Huey was a known associate of Jimmy Hoffa. Dad knows background that Calvin doesn’t.

The last panel says it all.

Hamsters Louie and Dewey will avenge his death.

A guy I know feels the same about “Good Night, Moon.” He has two preschoolers so he’s been reading it every night for about 5 years. Their copy wore to pieces and he hoped he was free of it…but Grandma gave the kiddies a hardback!

Huey’s head’s under the bed..

If I hated the book that much, I’d have it “accidentally destroyed maliciously,” like Gru did.

Bill Watterson was the master of expressions. Funniest too.

My daughter’s was Danny and the Dinosaur. Gutdom I hate that book. Now she has a tyke of her own, I bought Danny for my grandson. Hahahaha.

And Dad wonders where Calvin gets his ideas for his snow men. I’m sure there was one with a missing head at some point. At least the one cut in half in front of Dad’s car.

I always remember that second story as “the shortest fairy tale in existence.”

+++++

KIds do like their routine. Many adults too.

Of course, with a “gooey kabloey,” what did Calvin expect?

Be careful for what you ask for, Calvin

LOL LOL… Excellent!

xxx

My father-in-law bought a copy of a book of fairy tales with pretty drawings for each set of his grandchildren, and sent it off with a copy of a recording of him reading it. My kids could cuddle up with a good book with Grandpa’s voice from afar. Now I’ve got a grandson, and I need to do that too.

But what was strange about it is that Grandpa actually read each story as it was written. My husband says he NEVER did that with his own kids, there were always spaceships and eight-footed monsters in Little Red Riding Hood and the like.

traumatized much? LOL!!!!

I have never understood why Watterson hasn’t come out with a Hamster Huey book, and done the illustrations himself. He’d be guaranteed a bestseller, and it would allow him to draw or paint something new.

Dad didn’t want to read the Hamster Huey book, so he lost his head!

Dad says phooey to Hamster Huey!

Next time Calvin sits down to a meal of green glop, Dad will add a little something extra to the story…

ah yes, just like the infamous noodle incident, the story of Hampster Huey is a story left to the readers’ imagination.

Hamster Huey is dead ???,no wonder the look of horror on there faces,I dont feel so good either.

No, they cremated it…

It’s just like with Ramona and her “Scoopy the Littlest Steam Shovel” book. Followed by “Big Steve the Steam Shovel.” Which, if you autograph, the library lets you keep!

This was a TRUE LOL!!!

Dad served that tale up on a pitchfork.

Perfect! Serves Calvin right for being a brat!

There may be a new headstone in the pet cemetary

I can relate to Calvin here. Once my dad got sick of reading this one story to me, and he hid it in the attic.

Once when my aunt was staying with us for a few days she told me a bedtime story that she made up as she went along. Next night I wanted the same story — verbatim!

Yay Dad!

why did bill waterson have to retire?

Bavardage got it ! To some of you other commenters; It’s a comic strip, it’s SUPPOSED to make you smile, chuckle, or laugh.

Ha—I love Hamster Huey and the Gooey Kablooie.

Seriously—how can you NOT laugh when you read that?

I remember reading a series called “The Bookhouse Books” and getting the pants scared offa me…

I just love Calvin’s dad.. He reminds me of myself. I would have done the same thing. LOL