Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for March 19, 2023

Mom and Dad could also donate Hobbes to a toy drive… I mean the zoo.

Calvin could have just said he was thirsty and then tripped on the way back.

But, Calvin, assuming you don’t get caught using said night glasses for taking cookies from the cookie jar or do something else in the dark when the lights get turned on; that’s going to sting like mad.

The monsters under the bed are taking a night off.

Watterson’s art continues to slay.

Night-vision goggles aren’t going to let you see around corners, Calvin. Just get used to being pounced.

Could this be reason he’s always asking Mom to get the water?

Hence the title of the book, “Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat.”

The panels with the tiger’s eyes show just how brilliant Watterson was.

Great today. Super.

Aye Calvin, we are all living in the Hobbsian trap.

The artwork is brilliant. I love this cartoon strip.

Bill Watterson’s drawings are so precise with attention to detail. I just love this cartoon.

“The hunting of the snark”?

Always loved the way Watterson drew Hobbes in situations like this. Awesome!

I have the book, but “Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat” would be a great name for a band.

My 7 year old daughter pronounced her favorite book’s title “Homicidal Fizz-co Jungle Cat.”

Yes! Infra-red vision goggles like the ones the predator had and with the little red light beam. But they help?

Calvin is one for the books with his crazy, warped out imagination!

Went through a sleepwalking phase when I was young, maybe eight years old. When all is said and done, you don’t know where you went.

Awww! So cute!

You can take the tiger out of the jungle but you can’t take the jungle out of the tiger.

Man! That Bill can draw a story.

How can she sleep in that nightgown?

…and a good tiger shooting pop-gun, with a decent cork attached to a string, maybe with some greeney-stick-em-caps.

…Expi-ali-docious.

Calvin drinks from the faucet?

Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat is a great C&H collection btw :-)

Beautifully drawn.

I have the cartoon book that got its title from this strip. It was the first ‘Calvin & Hobbes’ collection I ever bought. This one ties in nicely to Friday’s episode.

LOL… Love Calvin’s dreams.

My favorite is Calvins shadow that he drew in the third-to-last panel

They’d buy him a normal stuffed animal.

Hmmm, Dad wears the bottoms and Mom wears the tops.. me thinks you almost had a sibling Calvin, but that moment past, thanks Hobbes!

Hobbes had the perfect opportunity and did something with it!

They really need to get Calvin a step ladder, how does he brush his teeth?

First panel of the second row is an accident waiting to happen even without Hobbs: notice the distance between the floor and Calvin’s feet. He is hanging on with one hand on the faucet tap while holding a glass in another, all with water running.

I especially like the ninth panel where all that’s visible of Hobbes are his eyes, nose, ears and cheek whiskers. I’m also reminded of how the cat my family had for much of my teenage and early adulthood years had his eyes also appear to glow green when in the dark.

Does Hobbes remind anyone else of Kato in the Pink Panther movies?

I think “homicidal psycho jungle cat” says it all!

Mom and dad have no idea how the stuffed tiger turns out near the water hole when he sees the prey. Brilliant artwork indeed.

For those of you who haven’t yet reconciled themselves to the fact that Hobbes is alive: notice that Hobbes is on Calvin’s back in the penultimate panel. Hard to do that if you’re sleepwalking.

Could someone tell me what’s in that middle picture – it’s so dark I can’t tell if it’s Hobbes or Calvin…?

And some think that Hobbes isn’t real …

Beautifully thought and made. I need to learn from the master.