Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 19, 2024

Safe to say assume if they split up, Dad won’t ask for custody; he may not even ask for visitation rights.

A dog is more well behaved than Calvin.

Yep, Rosalyn could have been your dog walker…..

A dog doesn’t have Calvin’s sense of humour.

Don’t avoid the topic, Dear

If you had a dog, you would not need to dine out to take a break

Ask me why I don’t even have a dog…

Well, since Dad is an SOB, a dog companion might have been appropriate.

When the parents come and get an earful from Roslyn, all the little monster will get is a talking to by Dad, and sent to bed. The kid wins!!

They should have him “chipped” anyhoo.

Remember that other strip? “I offered to get us a dachshund puppy, but nooooo …”

Dad’s love for his son, neatly summed up in a single sentence.

It’s why WE had a dog.

A comic strip named Rover and Hobbes just wouldn’t be as funny.

Go play in the street, kid.

At least they can still get a doggie bag!

Going out to a nice restaurant on a date night is what led to Calvin. Just think, doing it more often could lead to Calvin having a brother, yikes.

Pffft! If Dad had REALLY wanted a dog that much, he’d have named Calvin ‘Bowser’, instead.

Mom should order another bottle of the vino and tell Pops to stifle the whining and to enjoy this reprieve from their “prodigy” and go “bottoms up”. Of course she should tell the hostess to arrange for a taxi to take them home as they intent to make a “night” of it.

“Colonel, its Stupendous Man. I have escaped! Mission Accomplished!”

Why do you put up with this, Ross? You know he’s just gonna keep doing this, right?

Don’t know why Calvin hates Roz as a sitter so much. He seems to have a blast while she’s there.

A dog would have ripped Hobbes apart a long time ago..

Calvin will be hoping space aliens will kidnap him and take him to planet Zork when his folks get home.

Roselyn, just go inside and lock all the doors. Let Calvin “chill” for a while.

Watch out for coyotes, Calvin.

according to a pre-reading by another commenter the next event is already known.

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Well there WAS that Blue Light Special at K—Mart.

They both need a leash..

Some obviously think he’s being serious here. I choose to read it as dry humor. There are plenty of times we see his love for his son.

Easy. Ditch Calvin and keep Hobbes.

Calvin’s parents should be happy that mobile phones had not been in widespread use when this was drawn.

Lots of folks are doing just that these days.

Lost in the dark!

“What kind of dog?”

It wasn’t a dog that Calvin’s dad was begging for that night…

And having instead had a CAT (or two!) would have made it even EASIER!

I sympathize with the babysitter and the parents. There’s was a kid like Calvin on a flight sitting right behind me. For the entire 2 hour flight, the kid was in his own world and didn’t shut up once. Obviously off his meds (or needed some) and it drove everyone on the flight NUTS. His mother didn’t say one word to keep him quiet. I think she even had earphones in.

Send Calvin to the dog pound.

Not certain that a strip called “Fido and Hobbes” would have the same attraction… : )

You going to see “Home Alone” after dinner?

Oh noooo!

Love the artwork in the first panel!

Look at how the first panel shows how Calvin imagines Stupendous Man, indicating he’s just imagining flying out the front door, when in reality he likely just ran out the door pretty fast.

But you’d lose out on all the entertainment.

Presumably Rosalyn was wise enough to grab the key to the house before chasing after Stupendous Man. Live and learn.