Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 10, 2021

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    BE THIS GUY  over 3 years ago

    It’s amazing how Calvin hasn’t gotten seriously hurt taking into account how many times he’s been thrown out head first from his house.

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    Templo S.U.D.  over 3 years ago

    these days, it’s not just TV, but also Netflix, Hulu, On Demand, and even YouTube

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    codycab  over 3 years ago

    Calvin, however, spends a nice outside talking to his imaginary tiger.

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    Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 3 years ago

    In the last few days dad has won three times against Calvin.

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    GreasyOldTam  over 3 years ago

    The copyright date is 1991, and at a guess, Calvin’s dad would be somewhere between 30 and 40, so he would have been Calvin’s age somewhere in the range of 1957 to 1967. If he lived in, or within line-of-sight of a major city, there was no shortage of TV in any of those years. In smaller towns, well, not so much for over-the-air, but there was cable TV from the earliest days of TV, just for those fringe areas. So, I wonder how much time Dad spent watching TV?

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    BigDaveGlass  over 3 years ago

    It builds character…..

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    jagedlo  over 3 years ago

    Great hang time on today’s Calvin toss!

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    A Hip loving Canadian...  over 3 years ago

    For Calvin, getting tossed out isn’t one of the changes.

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    dflak  over 3 years ago

    Considering some of the things Calvin gets into TV could be one of the safer options.

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    sonnygreen  over 3 years ago

    Born and raised in inner-city Chicago, I’d trade places with Calvin in a heartbeat.

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    Auntie Socialist  over 3 years ago

    Wait until he discovers video games

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    Hydrohead  over 3 years ago

    As often as Calvin and Hobbes were getting kicked out of the house, I am amazed that he remained an only child.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    It seems times do change. Sending a child out alone to “play” in the woods is bad parenting and almost child abuse.

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    tremaine53  over 3 years ago

    What makes you think that dad wants to have a conversation about it, Calvin?

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    KEA  over 3 years ago

    yeah, they roamed the neighborhood getting into trouble

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    kab2rb  over 3 years ago

    So dad wants the TV to watch his shows.

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    BiggerNate91  over 3 years ago

    Truer in current times, now!

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    cleokaya  over 3 years ago

    And this was before smart phones, online gaming, texting, etc. now It is rare to see kids outside actually playing

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    ImDaRealAni  over 3 years ago

    Trunchbull-style throw.

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    tripwire45  over 3 years ago

    Before television, people listened to comedy and drama on the radio.

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    yangeldf  over 3 years ago

    this one is pretty timeless, except now Calvin would be looking at a phone or tablet instead of a TV. Of course Dad’s privilege is showing here, as city dwellers like me would never boot their kids out of the house unsupervised unless we wanted them to get shot, hit by a car, or into drugs.

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    jim_pem  over 3 years ago

    So let’s take stock in Calvin’s outside activities, versus watching TV:*Dangerous downhill adventures on either sleds or wagons. Not too bad.*Playing Calvinball. Not too bad.*The Get Rid Of Slimy girlS club. Not too bad for a little kid until…*Throwing water balloons or snowballs at Susie. Well…*Digging holes in the ground in search of treasure or dinosaur bones. Dad might want to reconsider this one.*Building disturbing snowman scenes. Calvin might need some psychiatric help or a scholarship to an art school. He’s creative, but he may have some future prison time ahead of him if he doesn’t maintain a healthy outlet for his creative genius. Maybe he has just been watching too much TV.

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    ivendors  over 3 years ago

    Television was invented in 1937.

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    PaulAbbott2  over 3 years ago

    I always liked how the TV “bounced”

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    WCraft Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Flash forward to today…he had NO idea!

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    DCBakerEsq  over 3 years ago

    Most of my childhood adventures just got me into trouble.

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    txmystic  over 3 years ago

    I still don’t know what my mother meant by “go do something constructive”…left to our own devices, us kids would much more likely get up to “destructive” things on nice days…

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    mistercatworks  over 3 years ago

    In Dad’s time, you had to throw kids into the house; all the fun stuff was outside.

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    Godzilla The King of the Monsters  over 3 years ago

    The kids invincible.

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    Godzilla The King of the Monsters  over 3 years ago

    I’m surprised that no one has sued Calvin’s parents for child abuse

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    hagarthehorrible  over 3 years ago

    With that kind of outing and stuffed buddy, it is huge improvement compared to that indescriminate advertisements on the idiot box.

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    jrankin1959  over 3 years ago

    Mr. Subtlety… remember?

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  over 3 years ago

    Dad has a point.

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    Sailor46 USN 65-95  over 3 years ago

    Before Television, kids actually learned to live life, from living life.

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    StevePappas  over 3 years ago

    What I find weird about this one is, Calvin is constantly outside, so I never got the idea that he is a tv zombie.

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    Santaanacanyon1  over 3 years ago

    Every panel had me laughing out loud. What other strip can do that?

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    kathleenhicks62  over 3 years ago

    LOL!

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    lindz.coop Premium Member over 3 years ago

    When I was a kid, we had TV AND we played outside.

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    Zardy  over 3 years ago

    maybe thats why he has poor genetic thingie from next one

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