Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 20, 2022

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    BE THIS GUY  about 2 years ago

    Calvin, a true sign of a genius is someone who knows when to keep his mouth shut.

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    The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover  about 2 years ago

    He’s not struggling with the concept of punching.

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    codycab  about 2 years ago

    Calvin’s a genius alright. He really knows how to get beaten.

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    C  about 2 years ago

    Did we learn anything today, Calvin?

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    rklynch  about 2 years ago

    He definitely knows how to trigger that poor neanderthal. Now if he only learned how to dodge a punch or two….

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    Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Boy, that wouldn’t be tolerated today…Moe would be out of there, he would have to attend anger management classes, and Calvin’s parents would sue everyone in sight.

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    Bilan  about 2 years ago

    At this point, Calvin can’t claim he’s a stable genius.

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    The dude from FL  Premium Member about 2 years ago

    That’s another way of looking at here…I’m guessing be cheerful???

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    eastern.woods.metal  about 2 years ago

    That’s an insult I’m going to use on a few people

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    CalvinD1102 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Calvin needs an Omnitix that way he could get revenge on everyone that was jerk to him and no one would know it was him cause he would be transformed into an alien that could take down anything.He could also hang out with Lio cause bullies don’t live long when Lio is around.

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    scote1379 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Calvin , you forgot to run !

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    Bullet Bronson Premium Member about 2 years ago

    I’m sorry diehard C & H fans but this isn’t funny. Bullying is never funny.

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    Probably_At_Work  about 2 years ago

    I always enjoyed how Watterson made Moe’s speech bubble a lower-case scrawl as opposed to the uniform upper-case letters of everyone else.

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    Susan00100  about 2 years ago

    I thought the comic strip websites have stopped showing cartoons with physical violence.

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    Calvinist1966  about 2 years ago

    As I’ve said earlier today, Bill Watterson has explained that Moe is a caricature of the real-life bullies from his childhood. Someone has written of Brom Bones in the Disney version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow “It always p***ed me off as a kid that Brom got the girl. He reminded me of every dumb bully who got off on making my life a misery.” Someone else replied, “I understand how you feel. I didn’t like him much either. However, in terms of love rather than greed, he’s more likeable than Ichabod.”

    When I watched the Disney version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow in the 1970s, I also assumed Brom was meant to be a bully. When I watched a live-action version in the 1980s, I realised the important point that Brom really loved Katerina whereas Ichabod wanted her money and social prestige. This point was also evident in the Disney version but I was one of the viewers too young to realise it.

    I have since learned that Ichabod was partly based on Washington Irving’s own schoolmaster and Brom Bones was based on Abraham Marling, a blacksmith in Sleepy Hollow and a hero of the Revolutionary War.

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    tripwire45  about 2 years ago

    The teachers were very good at “correcting” Calvin’s indiscretions but Moe could bully kids with impunity.

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    Zebrastripes  about 2 years ago

    Most bullies are knuckle dragging thugs….and most schools do NOTHING until there’s an incident, and parents get involved!

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    USlackr  Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Calvin grew up to be an internet troll. More is still an a**

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    pheets  about 2 years ago

    Unfortunately and more often than not, yes.

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    Guayo1  about 2 years ago

    And the dentist happy.

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    SquidGamerGal  about 2 years ago

    People are saying Calvin should stand up to Moe and not let him push him around anymore… THIS is why Calvin doesn’t stand up to him!

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    goboboyd  about 2 years ago

    A Young Sheldon moment, in the previous century. And millennium.

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    richbriggs  about 2 years ago

    I was bullied in high school for reasons I still don’t know why. Only when I got in the kid’s face and stood up to him did I finally put the matter to rest. The look on his face was priceless when I had had enough. Eyes as wide as saucers and the proverbial mouth drop. Never had a problem after that. But chuckcork1 is correct. This is why bullies do what they do.

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    The little kid who can’t remember his homework is in no position to insult the special ed kid who is a Defensive lineman for the Pop Warner football team.

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    johndifool  about 2 years ago

    Why, you could hardly pass the entrance examinations to kindergarten.

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    DadToFivePlus  about 2 years ago

    And your shoes.

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    Will_Scarlet  about 2 years ago

    The truth hurts.

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    WCraft Premium Member about 2 years ago

    So – Calvin regularly wrestles with a tiger but not a human kid?

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    g04922  about 2 years ago

    Unfortunately, Calvin must leave Hobbes at home when at school…

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    BiggerNate91  about 2 years ago

    Hey, at least Calvin stood up to him. He won’t take Moe’s abuse without getting a few words in.

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    The Wolf In Your Midst  about 2 years ago

    In which we learn the difference between intelligence and wisdom.

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    Gear 5   about 2 years ago

    Its funny cause it’s relatable

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    mistercatworks  about 2 years ago

    If you cannot distinguish “truth” from “insult”, you deserve to be punched. Character analysis is not a “spectator sport”.

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    chienetfou  about 2 years ago

    Intelligence is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in fruit salad.

    Philosophy is knowing that ketchup is really tomato jelly, and a Bloody Mary is a smoothie.

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    Calvins Brother  about 2 years ago

    The truth will get your blood flowing.

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    Nick Danger  about 2 years ago

    School – the only jurisdiction where you are forced to be there but have no right to self-defense

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    Judy Hendrickson [Unnamed Reader - 852856]  about 2 years ago

    Well we’ll Calvin has finally met his match!!!

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    cmxx  about 2 years ago

    Overheard at the playground yesterday and disturbing on several levels (no, I’m not making this up).

    Kid #1: Remember when I said I was going to kill myself?

    Kid #2, offhandedly: I can strangle you now, if you like.

    Kid #3, enthusiastically: I will!

    Kid #1 sprints away, followed by #2 and #3, one of whom shouts, “Get him!”

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    Peterh778  about 2 years ago

    That’s why being isn’t sufficient … you also need to have some kind of equalizer :)

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member about 2 years ago

    The adult version of this is: “The boss may not always be right, but he is still the boss.”

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    Stephen Gilberg  about 2 years ago

    I wonder what made Moe mad in panel 1. Seems to me that bullies don’t normally threaten death unless the victim did something to tick them off.

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    Johnny Q Premium Member about 2 years ago

    “The truth shall set your teeth free.” Classic line!

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    schaefer jim  about 2 years ago

    That is a pretty good right hand!

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    RonBerg13 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Yep, there was a similar kid at my Junior High school.

    Then, one afternoon, when the bully left to go home out a ‘back’ door to the school, there were about 50 kids waiting for him.

    They held rocks, sticks, bats, knives, and one kid even had a gun he took from his father’s desk.

    The bully slowly walked through the group of kids, and then ran.

    He never bullied anyone at that school ever again.

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    GreggW Premium Member about 2 years ago

    If Hobbes really existed Moe would be dead meat. Wonder if anyone’s done a depiction of that?

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  about 2 years ago

    Next, just walk away quietly to tell the teacher he threatened you.

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    StevePappas  about 2 years ago

    Calvin’s last line is both funny and the truth.

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    montylc2001  about 2 years ago

    Why does every class always have one troglydite? We had one that use to play with his chest hair in third grade class…

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    suelou  about 2 years ago

    Why do you show this kind of behavior in school in cartoons? Shouldn’t the bully get kicked out of school

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    hagarthehorrible  about 2 years ago

    The concept of walking erect is a fabulous jab at the bully. Only Bill can think of this.

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    Realimaginary1 Premium Member about 2 years ago

    Twinky saw more than little stars!

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    Guilty Bystander  about 2 years ago

    Or your teeth will be set free…of your gums.

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    Wҽιɾԃ Exρɾҽʂʂισɳ Mαɳ  about 2 years ago

    A genius should know when to stay quiet.

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    nathan.sheriff3  about 2 years ago

    Calvin read up on James 1:5 shortly there after.

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    Humerus1  7 months ago

    Man just became Packgods level

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    n00b  8 days ago

    he may be dumb, but he buff

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