Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 12, 2024

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    BE THIS GUY  9 months ago

    This is what babysitters call the Calvin bonus.

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    codycab  9 months ago

    “No trouble”. Oh Rosalyn, you’re going to be so wrong again.

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    The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover  9 months ago

    Rosalyn getting paid the big bucks should be enough motivation for Calvin to behave.

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    Spacehog  9 months ago

    Just give Rosalyn the advance since Calvin always give Rosalyn trouble

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    snsurone76  9 months ago

    Suppose Calvin IS good tonight. Will Rosalyn have to pay back her “advance”?

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    orinoco womble  9 months ago

    Twenty years or so ago I invited some people over. They turned me down because hiring a babysitter was “too expensive.” Knowing their busy social life, I figured it wasn’t worth it to them to spend time with us. Their loss.

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    suv2000  9 months ago

    They are not very good parents no wonder Calvin is so messed up

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    Ivy Valory Premium Member 9 months ago

    Rosalyn has found a niche and is filling it, and expects to be compensated appropriately.

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    Tigers in 2017,2019,2020 Premium Member 9 months ago

    I never understood the ‘advance’ part in these story arcs. Is Rosalyn expecting the parents to leave town without paying? (admittedly a possibility)

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    BigDaveGlass  9 months ago

    Loving Mum’s expression in panel3…..

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    WhatsTheJoke  9 months ago

    Rosalyn, having become rich, will be highly motivated to do an excellent job. (No matter what it takes.) Yikes!

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    French Persons' Celebration of Peeved Harry Dinkle Premium Member 9 months ago

    Mom is right. STFU and just pay the sitter!

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    Jayalexander  9 months ago

    Just Do It. We, I, NEED my night out.

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    sirbadger  9 months ago

    I’m not used to seeing the mother with angry eyes.

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    sandpiper  9 months ago

    A desperate-for-relief-Mom is a fearsome sight.

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    SquidGamerGal  9 months ago

    Sigh… Why don’t they find a babysitter that Calvin can actually get along with?

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    mckeonfuneralhomebx  8 months ago

    She just may be the next Jimmy Hoffa.

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    bbenoit  8 months ago

    Maybe Roz could pass on her tactics to Marge, Poncho’s dog walker.

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    admiree2  8 months ago

    Another babysitter makes an offer that can’t be refused.

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    Count Olaf Premium Member 8 months ago

    AKA Extortion. This receives The Count Seal of Approval©.

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    KageKat  8 months ago

    I guess it doesn’t count as extortion if Calvin really IS that rambunctious.

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    Humerus1  8 months ago

    silent but deadly parent talk

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    Carol from CT  8 months ago

    Still isn’t enough…where did you leave the leg-irons?

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    strick9  8 months ago

    Poor little Calvin

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    Just-me  8 months ago

    There’s mayhem in the offing.

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    rshive  8 months ago

    Mom — the realist.

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    gantech  8 months ago

    Extortion wears many faces….

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    Timothy Madigan Premium Member 8 months ago

    The advance wasn’t an advance on the babysitting fee, it was an advance on the ‘signing bonus’ (the agreement to come back).

    Now you pay the rest of the signing bonus.

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    Saddenedby Premium Member 8 months ago

    supply and DEMAND will always dictate the rates AND the bonus situation. whatever the DEMAND is, Dad better pay because IF the DEMAND is NOT PAID, the fallout and lingering effects will definitely and I mean definitely, be worse than the fiscal responsibility. js

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    Spacetech  8 months ago

    She was locked out. That’s different..

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    elgrecousa Premium Member 8 months ago

    No wonder birthrates are going down.

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    locake  8 months ago

    Let Dad try to find a babysitter next time. He can get laughed at by all the neighborhood sitters who refuse to watch his little terror.

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    locake  8 months ago

    Why in the world does Dad think Calvin will be on his best behavior tonight? Did he drug the kid?

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    Holden Awn  8 months ago

    Rosalyn now leads “Freedom of Choice!” demonstrations.

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    g04922  8 months ago

    Rosalyn knows Calvin. An ‘advance’ is like a deposit and insurance against the disaster that is is probably approaching.

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    wmac8898  8 months ago

    Imagine how great Calvin and Hobbes would have been during COVID-19, with Calvin attending school virtually while his dad worked from home.

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    wiley207  8 months ago

    This was Rosalyn’s next-to-last story arc, from spring 1990. After that, Rosalyn didn’t appear again until September 1995, near the end of the strip’s original run. Of course, Bill Watterson said that Rosalyn arcs were getting harder and harder to write, so I don’t blame him taking a break until near his retirement when he decided to have Rosalyn return one last time.

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    Cozmik Cowboy  8 months ago

    One of the Albright sisters always told my folks I was the most delightful kid she sat for.

    All the other sitters looked at it differently……………..

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    rjarchuleta  8 months ago

    Cue the anxiety causing music!

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    hooglah  8 months ago

    Sounds like Calvin could use some basic training….and I don’t mean “time outs” either. He probably would be standing in the corner afterwards….his butt would be to red to sit on.

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    cracker65  8 months ago

    Hahahaha

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    Bilan  8 months ago

    When Dad said “Calvin will be on his best behavior”, Rosalyn knew he was lying.

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    DKHenderson  8 months ago

    Hopefully, when Rosalyn graduates from university, she will remember to send a thank you card to Calvin’s parents, who made it all possible.

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    mindjob  8 months ago

    Rosalyn is now working for Zelenskyy

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    centoxyz  8 months ago

    Calvin was once considered by his kindergarten teacher as most likely to end up in the electric chair.

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    eced52  8 months ago

    The look in mom’s eyes tells him don’t give me a hard time. I want out of here. But I can see why Roslyn babysits for them when no one else will. She’s an extortionist.

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    1JennyJenkins  8 months ago

    No wonder Calvin is turning out the way he is. His parents are monsters. See the nice look on mother’s and father’s face in the first two panels, and how they turned into vicious ogres in the last one….Poor Calvin…

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    CleverHans Premium Member 8 months ago

    In the last panel, Dad’s situation demonstrates one of the many reasons why I refuse to wear neckties…

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    HodgeElmwood  8 months ago

    I don’t know why they bother. You know the evening’s still gonna be ruined by whatever craziness Calvin comes up with!

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    lindz.coop Premium Member 8 months ago

    Roz deserves every bit of whatever he does to her. She has NEVER once been nice to him.

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