Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 26, 2012

The brain says no, but the heart is looking for one big a— snowball…

the whole day next to Susie’s seat in class!! Good luck Calvin !

This raises the question of exactly when Hobbs is a stuffed animal and when he’s a tiger. If he needed Clavin to be there to be a tiger, there would be a stuffed animal left sitting on the curb… exactly how does that work?

I did not know that. Thanks for the information.

When no one is around Hobbes go inside by himself, he’s smart enough to get out of the sun on hot days.

lol

A realy dangerous life!!

wait until they are teens, calvin and susie get married right out of high school, hobbes is still there.

Calvin run so why Susie not run on the bus?

Notice that strange odor of ozone?

I own every C&H book and have read tons of interviews and have never heard Mr. Waterman state that Hobbes was Calvins moms…… I don’t know where you got that one from.

and @saywhatwhat Hobbes is still there…the background moved

Looks like Calvin agrees with Linus’s philosophy:Peanuts (1963)

Hi GatoCatThere’s a pattern that keeps repeating itself on this site. Often, Calvin-and-Hobbes posters “over-analyze” the human-vs.-stuffed nature of Hobbes, for fun. Then, usually, someone over-analyzes the over-analyzers. At least, that’s my analysis.

Last panel:“The way Calvin’s brain is wired you can almost hear the fuses blowing.”Brilliant.

Hi M2MMThe truth is, Hobbes was captured in the wild by Calvin and domesticated. As a survival technique, Hobbes learned to appear stuffed when other humans were around. Here is the first “Calvin and Hobbes” strip:Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (November 18, 1985)

Judging by her reaction, I don’t think Calvin has anything to worry about.

He’s really rational Susie. But in an irrational sort of way.

Hobbes, I used to think the way Linus did, until I realized that the problems never really went away.

When Calvin weds Susie, they will be ‘fused’ together in holy matrimony!

Re November 18,1985:Give Hobbes enough rope and he’ll hang himself. Hobbes doesn’t have a leg to stand on (on which to stand)!

Obviously, Hobbes is ‘hooked’ on tuna fish sandwiches. At least he’s not too “stupid” to realize it. Hobbes’ willingness to acknowledge his addiction is the first step to overcoming it!

wait…what’s a fuse?

The bus waits for her; not for Calvin.

Thank you!

Calvin’s going to have a nice time in school looking like that.

In Calvin’s mind, Hobbes walks back home by himself. Calvin is not allowed to bring a tiger on the bus since Hobbes would devour the driver, create panic among the other children, and result in Calvin’s expulsion. Hmm, I wonder why he hasn’t thought of this before?

Talking about Calvin’s mom going to find Hobbes reminds me of the time Calvin ran away to the Yukon with Hobbes, and then got in a fight with Hobbes halfway there (in the woods) and came home by himself. Mom takes Calvin back out to find Hobbes.

Stop over analyzing everything. You’ll destroy the mystique. It’s what makes the story so enjoyable to read.

Calvin sure is worried about smooches ,but Hobbes is not.Who will win?

This strip was the inspiration for the lyrics to Rush’s “Far Cry.”

You can almost feel the current flowingYou can almost see the circuits blowing

Somebody kept mentioning a horrorscope-now it’s blown straight to science fiction.

“The way Calvin’s brain is wired, you can almost hear the fuses blowing.” Good one, Susie!

;-)

Calvin’s mom “talking” to Hobbes regarding the injured baby raccoon Calvin found:

Mom and Hobbes

(I say that because I’m an ENFP, I interact with INFJs in exactly this way and my mind blows fuses left and right the exact same way Calvin’s does ;) )

(not meaning to hog the spotlight, but my fictional character “Alain Harper” is drawn from my subconscious, INFJ-like side and that side seems to come out here on GoComics for some reason)

Hi GretchensMomYou need to resize the comic to 350 pixels wide or less, for it to fit in the comment window. If you are using a GoComics URL, you can resize it by putting ?width=350 after the URL.For example, for the baby raccoon strip that you just posted, go to Calvin and Hobbes for 3/10/87 on GoComics. Right click on the strip and then select “properties” or “image info” or “image location” or whatever, depending on the Web browser that you are using. The GoComics URL for that strip is:http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/92d1fb70250a102d94d7001438c0f03bTo display the strip, type < before and > after the following:img src=“http://cdn.svcs.c2.uclick.com/c2/92d1fb70250a102d94d7001438c0f03b?width=350”/Here is the result:

Don’t worry Calvin. Susie isn’t impressed by dirt or burnt fuses.

@ Hobbs:

TRIFECTA!!! Back in fine form, I see.

Y’know, now that I think about it, at my age (68) I have had any number of times when my fuses were “fizzy” in my life. One Rapture to go, please…..

Haha!! I love Calvin and Susie’s bus stop encounters…

What? What? What? Your brain has blown a fuse!