I have just been looking at a site called “All the Hobbes and Bacon strips I can find”. This includes the original “Hobbes and Bacon” strips from 2011 and many other strips which are fanfiction of fanfiction. The last three strips show that Bacon has a babysitter called Robin and that Bacon and Robin have a very similar relationship to that which Calvin and Rosalyn used to have.
Hobbes: That explains why your Mom put a padlock on the powertool shed.
Bacon: Rats! There goes seventy per cent of our arsenal!
I can sit for hours starting into a wood fire……and I do! My wood stove in my garage stays lit from early November into April. I leave the stove door open most of time so I can enjoy seeing the flames as well as feeling the heat. I get great enjoyment from the four cord of wood I burn every season.
Now days that would be one of those Duraflame looks that looks like a burning loaf of bread and fills the house with toxic smoke as they die out causing uncontrollable coughing spasms and burning, watery eyes. Told to The Count by a friend.
Our new fireplace has no grate. You put the wood directly on the bottom and when it gets hot enough, a fan turns on and spreads the heat through the house
shameful hedonists! Yes there is more to life …… like chopping wood for your fire and shoveling snow ……..Your Dad can’t wait till your old enough for chores
Were there replacement panels not quite covering the bottom row? I expected to see them run outside to the snow to get the steam effect. Or perhaps it was a glitch in the algorithm for placing the daily panels. How I miss Watterson.
As a kid back in the 60’s, we used our fireplace to help heat the house in winter. My parents would sometimes get those color logs which burn in different colors. We would learn later that they really can foul up your chimney. One night we got a call from the neighbors that flames were shooting out of our chimney. It turned out to be gunk from a few color logs burning in the chimney. We got the chimney cleaned soon after.
codycab 7 months ago
Good old fireplace!
GreasyOldTam 7 months ago
Calvin, there’s rather a lot more to life than that, but, trust me, nothing comes close to matching it.
Hello Everyone 7 months ago
Hobbes warming his butt by the fireplace is just too funny! It reminds me of my Kitty.
snsurone76 7 months ago
Why isn’t there a screen in front of the hearth to catch live embers? Very careless of Mom and Dad, unless…
Is their homeowners’ insurance up to date?
BE THIS GUY 7 months ago
A pleasure I have not experienced
cracker65 7 months ago
I’ve stood in front of a lot of fireplaces growing up.
C 7 months ago
Cocoa, untarnished by marshmallows
Blu Bunny 7 months ago
3rd small panel, I thought at first they were having a gas buildup in them
einarbt 7 months ago
Snow out side and then sit by the fire drinking hot chocolate.
PoodleGroomer 7 months ago
I smell a shirt getting ironed.
Jayalexander 7 months ago
Had the same experience Ice fishing in Michigan. those little shanty heaters can make your clothes pretty toasty.
saylorgirl 7 months ago
I’ve been blessed with a fireplace growing up and now. Nothing like a fire in the snowy winter.
BigDaveGlass 7 months ago
Ah, good times…….
Cpeckbourlioux 7 months ago
And don’t wanna know what it is.
Calvinist1966 7 months ago
I have just been looking at a site called “All the Hobbes and Bacon strips I can find”. This includes the original “Hobbes and Bacon” strips from 2011 and many other strips which are fanfiction of fanfiction. The last three strips show that Bacon has a babysitter called Robin and that Bacon and Robin have a very similar relationship to that which Calvin and Rosalyn used to have.
Hobbes: That explains why your Mom put a padlock on the powertool shed.
Bacon: Rats! There goes seventy per cent of our arsenal!
Egrayjames 7 months ago
I can sit for hours starting into a wood fire……and I do! My wood stove in my garage stays lit from early November into April. I leave the stove door open most of time so I can enjoy seeing the flames as well as feeling the heat. I get great enjoyment from the four cord of wood I burn every season.
gantech 7 months ago
Well said, Mr. Watterson, well said.
sandpiper 7 months ago
Great arc today. Lots of laughs for Easter Day at 0700
Link from Twilight Princess (He/Him) 7 months ago
One of My favorite strips ever. As someone who has a fireplace I can relate.
[Traveler] Premium Member 7 months ago
Visit a Cracker Barrel to experience this if you don’t have a fireplace
KageKat 7 months ago
I’m reminded of many a chilly holiday at my nana’s house doing just this!
Count Olaf Premium Member 7 months ago
Now days that would be one of those Duraflame looks that looks like a burning loaf of bread and fills the house with toxic smoke as they die out causing uncontrollable coughing spasms and burning, watery eyes. Told to The Count by a friend.
French Persons Premium Member 7 months ago
I absolutely love this.
uniquename 7 months ago
Even mom is smiling.
Just-me 7 months ago
The simple pleasures are the best.
goboboyd 7 months ago
Yet.
mindjob 7 months ago
Our new fireplace has no grate. You put the wood directly on the bottom and when it gets hot enough, a fan turns on and spreads the heat through the house
The-Great-Gildersleeve 7 months ago
shameful hedonists! Yes there is more to life …… like chopping wood for your fire and shoveling snow ……..Your Dad can’t wait till your old enough for chores
mckeonfuneralhomebx 7 months ago
Wait till you trade in Hobbes for Susie..
royq27 7 months ago
Looks good to me!
bittenbyknittin 7 months ago
My dog Clio likes to lay in the hot sun, then come inside and flop onto the cool kitchen floor.
bhcaruso 7 months ago
Were there replacement panels not quite covering the bottom row? I expected to see them run outside to the snow to get the steam effect. Or perhaps it was a glitch in the algorithm for placing the daily panels. How I miss Watterson.
tremaine53 7 months ago
I remember this too. I wasn’t accompanied by Calvin and Hobbes, though…
ladykat 7 months ago
Good point, Calvin!
BiggerNate91 7 months ago
It’s the simplest things
Nothin much to it
All you got to do
Is doodly-do it
walkingmancomics 7 months ago
comic books, Calvin, comic books
g04922 7 months ago
Yes… getting close to that time of year you do the final deep cleaning of the fireplace in getting ready for the warmer months.
mistercatworks 7 months ago
Well, … collecting the wood … building the fire … heating the cocoa …
wiley207 7 months ago
The ol’ cartoon “burn your butt standing too close to the fireplace” bit! I wonder what Calvin’s saying in the seventh panel?
Mediatech 7 months ago
There is, but Calvin won’t realize it until he’s about 10 or 12.
kathleenhicks62 7 months ago
Correct for once! Today needs a fire!
wnbresn 7 months ago
As a kid back in the 60’s, we used our fireplace to help heat the house in winter. My parents would sometimes get those color logs which burn in different colors. We would learn later that they really can foul up your chimney. One night we got a call from the neighbors that flames were shooting out of our chimney. It turned out to be gunk from a few color logs burning in the chimney. We got the chimney cleaned soon after.
eced52 7 months ago
Better watch that tail Hobbes.
PaulGoes 7 months ago
Hot chocolate
Arghhgarrr Premium Member 7 months ago
Things going from hot to cold, and back again? Yeah that pretty much sums up existence.
CuylerDae 7 months ago
My elderly grandmother would lift her skirts, and trap the heat beneath them. I’ve found it works, lol.
Humerus1 7 months ago
I do this all the time :)