Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for August 25, 2012

Is that how you bribe monsters?

I think the can-chewing would keep Calvin awake.

Click here: Peanuts (November 16, 1968)Click here: Peanuts (November 18, 1968)Click here: Peanuts (November 19, 1968)

Calvin’s Mom doesn’t recognize the unmistakable odor of doom.Click here: Dilbert (November 17, 2002)

@Dogsniff: That’s great to hear. Glad you have escaped from the grasp of the unmistakable odor of doom. But isn’t that the cost of your surgery that you are referring to?

Durn monsters, can’t do anything right.

Here in our rivers live normally no krokodiles. Children who went there for swimming said, they had seen one and their shoes were biten from it. The children are not believed! – Hope they will find the krokodile!

Monsters eating six cans of pork and beans wouldn’t improve the smell of the room either.

Survey ResultsBased on Monday’s survey and some other recent postings, we have Calvin and Hobbes posters living in the following countries:AustraliaAustriaBelgiumCanadaFrance/ItalyHong KongIndiaMaltaPhilippinesSouth AfricaSpainSwedenThailandUnited KingdomUSAOver the past couple of years, I know that we have also had posters from:BahamasChinaGermanyMexicoSingaporeTaiwanIf you missed Monday’s survey and you live outside the U.S., please tell us what country you are in.Thanks, everyone.

You left out Japan and New Jersey.

@bluskies: Do we have someone from Japan? I see that I did leave out Micronesia.

@Alain Harper: There were some cases where Snoopy communicated with Charlie Brown or Lucy by typing a message to them. But those came later than the 1968 strips above.

Although I live in the US (in spite of my avatar), I have introduced C&H to people who live in Norway (who is a real Uyghur) and in Turkey and they sometimes log on.

Frankenstein lived behind the hall door at our house. I could see him standing there. That door was never closed, ever. I figured my parents knew he was there.

Yes, Japan here

I dun know a bout Darn mean pls ?

Mom, tell him; monsters don’t eat garbage, they eat kids, and only kids.

Welcome back, Dogsniff! We missed you and all of your wonderful comments!

About this strip:

Watterson said in the 10th Anniversery book that at this time, he was falling behind on deadlines and sending in work he wasn’t satisfied with in order to try and catch up.

This strip is his representation ofc that, where he quiets his personal “monsters” by throwing them garbage.

Now we understand Calvin’s big vocabulary…he talks like a college dorm kid, pranks like a college dorm kid, and now throws food under the bed like a college dorm kid…I think Calvin is….6 years old. Like college dorm kids.

You left out Honduras in Central America

In my 50’s and STILL can’t leave my feet hanging over the bed! lol

Ewwwwwwwww!

xxx

Mom is the hardest job you can sign up for. .Dogsniff welcome back. Glad to hear everything went well and you are doing better.

@Dha Dha: I’ve got you on the list. Thailand is in the first group of countries that I listed. I’m glad that you have continued to post here. Various people have mentioned that they enjoy your postings, including when you were using your previous name.I’m also glad that you ask about English words that you don’t know. We are always happy to explain them.

Glad you’re back, Dogsniff.

Hope you’re feeling a lot better.

The quiet monsters are usually down in the dumps. Welcome back Dogsniff. Hope the vet was’nt too hard on ya.

<< Wiseguy411 said: “Hobbes, Is Lucys’ dilemma about the same as Moms’ trying to interview Hobbes ???” >>Hi, Hi, Wise Guy. It seems like it is similar in the strip that I posted, but actually Lucy’s relationship with Snoopy is far more complex. Here are the next two strips in that series:Click here: Peanuts (November 20, 1968)Click here: Peanuts (November 21, 1968)

@Sreejay: Thanks. By the way, Calvin and Hobbes can always use additional readers. Since you are in India, perhaps you could get a billion or so to sign up.

“Something is rotten in Denmark!”

@Night-Gaunt 49: Actually, I’ve been scouting for posters in a whole lot of countries.

Hmmmm, maybe i should bring the smell to Bristol so i have the entire row to my self……

Hi, @Hobbes.Add a new country for your survey: I’m from Brazil, and probably the only one that reads GoComics everyday, especially Calvin&Hobbes and Peanuts.Your comments are great, as well as most from the posters (Dogsniff, JohnnyDiego, LX013, and many others)P.S.: this is my first comment. From now on, I hope to write many others.

@Sciatic: In the earlier years, mostly the 1950s, Lucy was more affectionate with Snoopy. For example, she would sometimes play with him by tickling him. There’s even a strip where Snoopy says what a great girl Lucy is, bringing him so much happiness. And, of course, here is one of the most famous Peanuts strips, from 1960:Click here: Peanuts (April 25, 1960)But, from the 1960s on, for the last 40 years of the strip, Lucy showed very little affection toward Snoopy, and vice versa. In fact, it was rare to find her showing affection toward anyone other than Schroeder.But, I digress. How does all of this relate to today’s Calvin and Hobbes strip? Well…….this is one of Bill Watterson’s later strips, and during those final years, it is rare to find the monsters under the bed showing any sort of affection toward Calvin, even though he feeds them. (Okay, so I tried…..)

Well, that was different. I’m supprised the kids never tried that one on me.

It took months for the monsters under the bed to get used to the smell in that bedroom; now they’re getting blamed for it?

@Denis Santos: It’s great to hear from you for the first time. I especially like your avatar with your smiling fuzzy face.

@SUSAN NEWMAN: Heh, heh.

@LX013: A lot of us appreciate your posts. Don’t worry about your English. Posting here helps you to improve it.

This kid should have been institutionalized a long time ago. How could his parents not see that!!

I had to laugh at this Calvin comic today. It reminded me so much of my older son at that age. He had an imaginary friend that was a rabbit. (Not to be confused with Harvey.) One day his dad and I wondered why his room was smelling.. We looked under his bed and found half eaten rotting carrots and other spoiled food. Our son was feeding his rabbit.

Calvin – just take the food and throw it into the hallway, then when they go out there to eat it, slam the bedroom door on ‘em and they won’t be able to get back in. Genius, eh?

Love mom’s face in the last panel.

I’m in Canada.

Calvin’s logic makes no sense to mom!