Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 31, 2024

Mission Accomplished.

Ain’t Calvin a stinkah?

Gah-lee, the cooties on that girl

What Calvin doesn’t know is that Hobbes is carrying on a secret love affair with Susie’s stuffed female rabbit!

“Mr. Bun” female rabbit ?

The flirting just goes on……

Susie’s reaction to Calvin in today’s strip reminds me of an early story arc in which she was hurt by one of Calvin’s insults and said to Mr Bun, “I wish I had a million friends so that I wouldn’t care about Calvin.” She then added, “As long as I’m dreaming, I wish I had a pony.”

Calvin was feeling guilty that time about Susie being hurt rather than angry so he ended up apologising to her. This time, he doesn’t feel guilty as she is not hurt by him but angry with him which is what he wants.

Don’t they end up getting married?

A ‘minor’ front in the battle of the sexes.

Another thing that I like about today’s wonderful reprint – from one of my favourite story arcs – is the first panel. You’ll see that Calvin is speaking to Hobbes in small letters which indicate that he is speaking quietly. He is also facing away from Susie. This suggests that Calvin really is speaking to Hobbes rather than pretending to speak to Hobbes when really wanting Susie to hear him.

LOL… Even Hobbes seems amused.

What? Nuthing’ about trumpster fire’s conviction?:

When you get older Calvin you can run for office on a Hate Women platform.

When he’s president, he won’t have any girls in his cabinet

LOL!

I suddenly get the feeling susie might be lonely and this become very mean.

In the third panel, it looks like Suzie’s cooties jumped ship, heading for a more appealing host.

In a comic strip, staying six forever is funny.

As we can observe from some of the commenters, in real life, remaining six forever is just sad.

I often feel bad for Susie when Calvin’s performative cruelty gets to her. But then I also wonder why she’s expecting anything different at this point. Unless he’s often pleasant toward her offstage?

Yep, only in its’ first day of existence, G.R.O.S.S. is a success!

This club is only 2nd rated to the He mans women haters club…

Since when a club has only two members?

They’re probably married now.

Susie, just remember the wise words of Groucho Marx – “’I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member”.

When boys get older, they start a secret club with just one girl. Sometimes that club lasts a lifetime.

One of my favorite lines from Susie came after Calvin had listed the bad qualities of girls and ended, “Seriously why would you want to be a girl?” or something like that. Susie’s response was “The thought of a jerk like you begging one of us for a date when you’re 16.”Another notable line came after Calvin complained about the need to live up to “manly” expectations. Susie replied, “On the other hand, boys aren’t expected to live their lives 20 pounds underweight.”

The club’s serving its purpose.