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 almost 16 years ago
What an awful way to end Calvin and Hobbes!!!!!!!!!!!
ds133 almost 16 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 about 15 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 over 14 years ago
What a way to go.
Sigh.
Outrider7 over 14 years ago
Perfect.
Now let’s go exploring!
tobybartels over 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 over 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 about 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 about 14 years ago
that was so beautiful. i love the way they did it.
kpreethy almost 14 years ago
Lov………..it……………….I WILL TOO EXPLORE WITH U CALVIN…………
lfweigel88 almost 14 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 over 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 about 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 almost 13 years ago
the saddest C a H comic ever.
TheSpanishInquisition almost 13 years ago
Brilliant, Mr. W. A beautiful ending to what is hands-down the BEST comic strip of all time!
grenoleno almost 13 years ago
WHAt a great ending
Dr.diggs almost 13 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 over 12 years ago
i can’t stand it…i don’t want it ever to end, I’m almost crying
bensquarepants12 over 12 years ago
aw man. I still read every book of this wonderful comic series.
supersexyghotmew95 over 12 years ago
SNIFF THIS MAKES ME SAD WHAT A EPIC ENDING XD
BigNate+CalvinandHobbes=:) about 12 years ago
Calvin And Hobbes Is the Best Comic Strip Ever!!!!
Moojuice45 about 12 years ago
Sigh… how wonderfully sad. The best comes last.
comicsfannate almost 12 years ago
What a sad way to end it. :(
foxsurrickgocomic almost 12 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 almost 12 years ago
The last new Calvin and Hobbes, sigh, this would also make a great ending for a Calvin and Hobbes movie
notevan82 almost 12 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 over 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 over 11 years ago
The best way to end the Calvin and Hobbes strip…
tammsys over 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 over 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 about 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 about 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 almost 11 years ago
This one is my inspiration in beginning retirement.
primalcoach over 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 over 10 years ago
Sad would be Calvin waking up and Hobbes is just a stuffed Tiger laying on the bed…
ArtNOLA over 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 about 10 years ago
yes, how symbolic isn’t it
bermudamel about 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 almost 10 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 over 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 over 9 years ago
This is the last calvin and hobbes sterip
umbya about 9 years ago
I miss calvin and hobbes :(
umbya about 9 years ago
Bill y u stop your still alive
Sandranil about 9 years ago
The fake ending was pretty deep too if you think about it.
Marathon Zack almost 9 years ago
Goodbye, Calvin & Hobbes! You are greatly missed!
tdoug1 almost 9 years ago
Goodbye Guys see you on the other side of the hill!
Official_Dalek almost 9 years ago
I am crying like my name is Rose Tyler and it’s Doomsday
leeguru almost 9 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 almost 9 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 over 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 over 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 over 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 about 8 years ago
@ds133
I agree
Chad Cheetah over 7 years ago
A truly great way for an equally great strip to end
CupcakeLover964 about 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 almost 7 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 over 6 years ago
go explore Calvin and Hobbes! you will be forever the embodiment of Wonder and Imagination!
slifer79 over 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 over 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 almost 6 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 almost 6 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 over 5 years ago
Bye
NYRfan28 over 5 years ago
Most touching strip ever. Mr. Watterson, U R the greatest genius to ever walk the earth
IronBeagle over 5 years ago
I’m not crying…You’re crying
thomasltoons over 5 years ago
This is a wonderful strip! Thanks for the laughs, Bill
The comic warrior over 5 years ago
I could almost cry
DevilDog2001 Premium Member over 5 years ago
<3 This is so sweet
Calvin&Hobbes almost 5 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 over 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 over 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 over 4 years ago
Now that this adventure is over, it’s time for another one.
ChristopherRoxby over 4 years ago
I’m not crying, YOU’RE crying. :’(
joeynails01 over 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 over 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 ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ #StopP2025 #UAForever #ILorPS about 4 years ago
Good is a bye, Calvin and Hobbes. ;’-)
Pokemon about 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 about 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 about 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 about 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- about 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 about 4 years ago
I love this strip! Brings a tear to my eyes that it ended.
Noah_NTG almost 4 years ago
:(
Me2times. almost 4 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 over 3 years ago
Which ending of a comic is more sad. This or peanuts?
kochjosha over 3 years ago
Sobs
Youonlydie~❗️~once over 3 years ago
I bet you anything that in the next invisible panel they fall into a river
I like anime over 3 years ago
Sigh. Calvin and sobs
The Homelander over 3 years ago
A fitting end to the best comic strip of all time.
Pets of the comics over 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 over 3 years ago
Ah, the last comic strip produced by Bill Watterson.. sad that he wont make any more
.-. over 3 years ago
Guess he never came back from exploring:(
DhruvSripuram over 3 years ago
Go to January 1 2007. A surprise is waiting for you!
DhruvSripuram over 3 years ago
https://gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2007/01/01
DhruvSripuram over 3 years ago
if you can’t click that link type it
CAT EMPIRE LEADER about 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 about 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) about 3 years ago
Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! I will miss this strip so much :,(
FuriosoTheDog about 3 years ago
Sniff I’m not crying, you’re crying… WAAAAAAAAAAAA
POGGERS {person} about 3 years ago
This is the best comic strip (and saddest) yet. :(
Some guy who looks at comics about 3 years ago
Amazing way to end the strip, he couldn’t have done it better.
LONG LIVE CALVIN!!!LONG LIVE HOBBES!!!
akb02 almost 3 years ago
Where one story ends, another begins…
ItsBennie almost 3 years ago
the best strip on the website…
Charlie Brown fan almost 3 years ago
I think this stip is a wonderful way to say goodbye to the Calvin and Hobbes daily srip.
Blank Picture Guy almost 3 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!) almost 3 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 almost 3 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 over 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) over 2 years ago
:(((
Loki91308 over 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 over 2 years ago
She ignored me and just sat lol. Calvin will not sway a lazy couch potato.
Big Calvin & Garfield about 2 years ago
It’s a magical world. sniff.
GARFIELD FAN12 about 2 years ago
goodbye
Dog_Bone about 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 about 2 years ago
Personally to Bill Watterson, THANK YOU!
tylerhagenbaugh13 about 2 years ago
Teach me how to say goodbye…
ABOYWITHGOD about 2 years ago
This is a Beautiful strip ;_;
leopardglily about 2 years ago
I too will explore with you, Calvin and Hobbes!
Scepnite almost 2 years 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 almost 2 years 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 almost 2 years ago
I read this to a C&H fan who didn’t know the series ended and he got all teary-eyed
MiguelB5 almost 2 years ago
He had a good run. Bon voyage, Calvin.
Cookie almost 2 years 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 (He/Him) over 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 over 1 year ago
Well, I know it’s sad, but it’s a very heartwarming ending to a heartwarming comic
Gina “Goldie” Hemphill-Toms 4 months ago
Sad Calvin and Hobbes is gone, but this IS THE BEST FINALE EVER!
What is up my guys 3 months ago
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! When I first read this and realized that Calvin and Hobbes isn’t coming back, a part of me, and my childhood died.
idrees.subhan 5 days ago
as of today i finished reading every calvin and hobbes strip ! i did the same for garfeild.i will do it for others too