Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 09, 2022

Your scent triggers him, Calvin.

Hobbes is high in the third panel and off in the fourth.

Whenever I see Hobbes saying “Hoo hoo hoo”, I wonder if he was at all inspired by Tigger.

Maybe Hobbes was dreaming and thought Calvin was tuna?

Some dogs are the same way.

They’re grrrrrrreat!

I wouldn’t trust a tiger when he was high.

Kids are like that too. Full speed ahead or full stop, with only the pre-sleep crankies in between.

At least there is a off!

I guess that’s what you get when you buy a tiger at the Kmart Blue Light Sale.

Hobbes is too big to fight effectively. Calvin needs to study Aikido. (Might work on Moe, too).

Just like my daughter’s Pomeranian. I go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and the crazy yap dog attacks me!

There is no pause button on a cat of any size that wants attention.

Thank you, Calvin—you just made Hobbes’ day!!

Go big or go home…that’s Hobbes for you!

I have a dog like that.

Babies too.

Neither does your imagination, Calvin.

My 8 month old kitten. She doesn’t walk, she gallops through the house. Then all of a sudden she crashes. She’s my lap companion as I type.

In Real Life there is also “stalk.” You wouldn’t much care for that either.

How about a nice stuffed sloth, Calvin?

Well, in Hobbes defense, coming out of a good dream hungry could make any predator jump a zebra.

If he´s a typical 6 year old his smell triggers hazmat sensors.

typical cat

All cats are like that – Zooming from curled up sound asleep to full-scale action in a nano-second.

I once bent over one of my cats to pet him. I thought he was awake, because his eyes were partly open. He wasn’t. As soon as I touched him, he jumped straight up. For several minutes, I thought he had broken my nose. To be fair, there was a Siamese in the house who thought that violently waking sleeping cats was the funniest joke in the world.

Calvin, neither do kids.

My late loving wife’s cats are like that. They sleep for what seems like 23 hours and are only active for 5 minute intervals and most of that is when I am trying to sleep. They are Oriental Shorthair cats and my loving wife wanted them because they are very vocal and I can attest to that fact too, while attempting to sleep.

LOL.. great ’toon today.

If you want a medium setting, get a house cat

Today’s strip reminds me of the title of a 1960s Speedy and Sylvester cartoon – Cats and Bruises.

Gee, on most days, Hobbes is content to walk around.

Hobbes soars better than he roars!

Many singers who are very popular have that problem.

Neither does a certain kid’s psychosis.

The survival stealth skills kicks into Hobbes once in a while. Calvin should use Hobbe’s skill to cow down that school bully.