Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 22, 2015

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    BE THIS GUY  about 9 years ago

    And this on a Sunday.

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    PanosP  about 9 years ago

    ….and the books were not there in the first place…. (?)

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    favm  about 9 years ago

    With Calvin, books are really not as important as lunch.

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    Kind&Kinder  about 9 years ago

    This is a Mack Sennett comedy that runs at about the same speed. Add a little ragtime doubletime, and you’re there! Love this—no words, but you get the complete message!

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    Bob.  about 9 years ago

    Where is Susie’s lunch?

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    rentier  about 9 years ago

    Such thing I had with one of my sons. He never knew, what homework he had got, I had to run to other mothers and they told me the homework.

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    Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Brilliant dialogue in this one.

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    Cameron1988 Premium Member about 9 years ago

    LOL!

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    mattro65  about 9 years ago

    This is kind of like every school day at my place. I can hardly wait until all 3 of them need to get to the bus on time. On the other hand, I can hardly wait until all 3 of my very active boys are gone 6 hours a day 5 days a week.

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    ldg  about 9 years ago

    How sweet it is….

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    dlkrueger33  about 9 years ago

    Susie apparently brings money to BUY lunch. When I went to school, that was only for kids of means or the very poor kids who received subsidies. The rest of us brought our lunch. Once in a blue moon my mom had some change to give me to buy lunch. Not that it was great, but having something other than a sandwich and for the novelty of it was cool.

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    tom  about 9 years ago

    A typical school day for me!

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    gyroman12345  about 9 years ago

    No one ever wins.

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    jrankin1959  about 9 years ago

    From the look on Calvin’s face in panel 15 (bottom left), I’m guessing that his argument in panel 14 was something along the lines of “I missed the bus – I get to stay home!” (Losing, of course…)

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    Alexander the Good Enough  about 9 years ago

    So why didn’t they just call, or text, each other? Get with the program! ;-)

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    DocOmics  about 9 years ago

    This strip left me speechless.

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    chidecki Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Love how Bill didn’t center his action in every panel. They’re like animation storyboards – simple and brilliant.

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    rentier  about 9 years ago

    How true, LE, it’s responsibility of parents, to bring order again into the mess, but it lasts years and years and years….

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    sonnygreen  about 9 years ago

    Calvin, you have no idea how good you have it.Elementary school, inner city Chicago, 1949: No kindergarten; first grade on first day. No school bus; you walk. No homework; everything was done in school. It wasn’t perfect; but, if you survived, you felt like you really accomplished something. After going to a Chicago elementary school for eight years, going into the U.S. Army was a piece-a-cake.

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    Susie Derkins :D  about 9 years ago

    You had it in your hand before Calvin. But then left it there to get your lunchbox.

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    skunky1960  about 9 years ago

    Susie doesnt have a lunch at the bus stop because she buys her lunch at the cafeteria

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    Womble101  about 9 years ago

    Brilliant!! The exasperation leaps out from the page, there’s no need for dialogue. One of my favourites :)

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    ellisaana Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Mamma said there’ll be days like this.

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    JohnFarson19  about 9 years ago

    Every time I see this strip, the theme from The Benny Hill Show starts playing in my head.

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    gg21064  about 9 years ago

    He’s not carrying the books after he sees his lunch is not on the cabinet. He could have set them where his lunch had been as he looked for his lunch.

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    Number Three  about 9 years ago

    Wow. This strip is not only brilliant but it makes me glad that I’m young, free and single!

    14th Panel:

    “It’s your fault! It’s your fault!”

    xxx

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    neverenoughgold  about 9 years ago

    I’m speechless!

    Whoops… I lied.

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    renrod001  about 9 years ago

    Beautiful. Great story. Very funny. And the best part … No dialogue. Love it.

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    Kr38or  about 9 years ago

    This.

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    renrod001  about 9 years ago

    I love the last one. I can hear her screaming. LOL.

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    paullp Premium Member about 9 years ago

    For sheer cleverness and brilliant execution, this is one of my favorite C&H strips.

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    TheGrandMugwump  about 9 years ago

    We know where he gets it from now.

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    Vara Lord  about 9 years ago

    “Another strip with no words at all. I kept the panel design extremely clean and simple, so nothing gets in the way of the frantic story. I’m very pleased with how each moment is distilled. A lot of experience fed into each picture by this point.”

    Bill Watterson

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    Thomas & Tifffany Connolly  about 9 years ago

    The daily battle!

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    Christine Morgan Premium Member about 9 years ago

    Six of one, half dozen of the other!

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    comiks2read  about 9 years ago

    what in the world!!!!

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    invaderben  about 9 years ago

    I used to think this was SO funny then I had kids and have gone thru very similar experiences.

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    Cronkers McGee  Premium Member about 9 years ago

    If this is Calvin’s Monday, he is in for a very long school week. I hope the best for him.

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    Opus Croakus  about 9 years ago

    I wonder why Calvin’s mom hasn’t invested in a backpack? Of course that would make for a less funny strip.

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    Opus Croakus  about 9 years ago

    1995? No, I can assure you backpacks were a thing then, I used to babysit kids who took them to school.

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    bmonk  about 9 years ago

    Maybe Mom needs to let Calvin stew a little—he’d be less likely to forget the next time.

    OK, now that we are through laughing, does anyone have a suggestion?

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    Tijaro  about 5 years ago

    this morning I forgot my computer, this always happens when I forget stuff. its nice to see im not alone. :)

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    DanWolfie  about 5 years ago

    I think this stock music track would go perfectly with this strip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z95GuU-uLtI

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