Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 12, 2012

I bet they’re from Susie.

Hobbes is trying to keep a straight face…

Mystery is growing!

It’s either Mom or Susie getting revenge on Calvin.

Ewwwww, nice imagery NG!

I feel that the mystery will soon be solved.

That would indeed be Calvinesque. His ADD tends to run rampant.

Hobbes’ “straight face” is what Hobbes looks like when someone other than Calvin is around.

I also suspect that Calvin is sending these letters to himself; susie wouldn’t waste her time.

I can’t get over a US kid using the word “porridge” instead of oatmeal. We called it that, but my mom was Welsh…and we were considered weird. (We ate it with butter and salt instead of sugar and milk, too.)

It’s Hobbes. Revenge for everything Calvin has ever put him through.

I smell a Mom and Susie conspiracy.

who is sent to Calvin ?

Personally I hope it’s his arch-nemisis, the fiendish Baby-Sitter Girl aka Rosalyn

I feel you are all leaving out the person most obviously needing revenge. Dad of course.

It’s obvious that Mom recognizes the handwriting…..she may also recognize the stamps.

Come on all you guys. The biggest clue is “the twisted fiend has too much time on his hands.” Ergo Hobbes. And don’t let a little reality get in the way of Hobbes being the culprit. This is the ‘funny pages’ after all.

@orinoco wombleWould american kids use ‘oatmeal brain’ as an insult, though?

Hobbes is trying very hard to look “innocent.”

Who sent the message? Hobbes, of course! Mom or Susie would never go there — it isn’t a girls’ thing to send that stuff. It’s Hobbes, that’s my bet! And of course, that means it’s ultimately Calvin, but in Calvin’s Universe, Hobbes ISN’T

It has to be Hobbes!

Assuming Hobbes is the culprit; Calvin, who is the lifeblood of Hobbes, is actually sending those messages to himself. Can you say SCHIZOPHRENIA. He’d get along really well with SYBIL.

I’m surprised how many people don’t realize it has to be Hobbes. It would be out of character for mom or Susie.

I think a certain stuffed animal is guilty until proven innocent…

Really, Mum?

It’s really nice to get so much (hate) mail?

LOL xxx

I think the little lunatic is sending them himself.

Porridge Brain sounds like something Hobbes wold say, but imaginary tigers cannot mail real letters. . . .My bet is on Susie.

You realize these are reprints, right? You can speculate all you want, but some of us know the answers.

MOE!!!!!!!!.The least likely suspect!

I think Dogsniff wrote it…

Does the Twisted Fiend have any glue in his plush?

Another letter to stoke the fires of Calvin’s wrath!

I notice Mom seems to be enjoying the job of mailman ,she might be in the ???

why do I give valuable to time to people who I’d much rather kick in the eye?

If I remember right, and that’s a long shot, he’s writing them himself via Hobbes. The kids mind is a fantasy world turned inside out.

If course it’s Hobbes doing it. He likes to play games with Calvin.

It’s a ‘gruelling’ experience for Calvin.

I love his expression in Panel 3!

he wrote them himself

Calvin’s dad—or a story version—got stuck in the basement eating mice and gruel.

@Dukedoug“British empire….like India” !!You’re sitting on a different planet brother!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!hobbs did it

His expression in panels 1, 2, and 3 is hilarious.