Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 09, 2024

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    dadthedawg Premium Member 7 months ago

    Sleepmates, forever…..

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    codycab  7 months ago

    Hobbes: Strong predator by day, comforting friend by night.

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    Robert4170  7 months ago

    Inventing Hobbes is a great comfort for Calvin.

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    Sugar Bombs 95  7 months ago

    I’ve seen people in recent years criticize C&H for being too mean-spirited for their taste, but I think that, like with Peanuts, the mean-spirited moments make the really wholesome strips like this one stand out more.

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    Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member 7 months ago

    Carol King would agree about these Calvin’s last words.

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    snsurone76  7 months ago

    Awww, this is sweet! Next—Mom will have to pry him out of bed and off to school!

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    Ivy Valory Premium Member 7 months ago

    That’s kind of a brilliant observation — Nighttime is dark so you imagine your fears with less distraction.

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    TurbosDad  7 months ago

    Aww. Whatever gets you through the night…

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    Bilan  7 months ago

    Hobbes is actually dreaming about how to ambush Calvin the next time he comes home from school.

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    The dude from FL  Premium Member 7 months ago

    In the 50’s, I had a felt covered dog penny bank. I loved it

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    Macushlalondra  7 months ago

    Felines are always so cute when they’re sleeping! No matter what kind, lion, tiger, cougar, cheetah, or just plain kitty cat, they’re adorable when they’re sleeping.

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    ʲᔆ  7 months ago

    a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh

    ♫♪

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    MY DOG IS MY CO PILOT  7 months ago

    I feel that way about my dog Shilo. You never feel alone or lonely with a furry friend. ☺♥

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    saylorgirl  7 months ago

    Aww, this is so adorable. Nothing comforts a child like a stuffed toy, or a dog or cat at night, especially when you’re scared in the night.

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    Calvinist1966  7 months ago

    Today’s marvellous strip brings home two of the inspirations for Hobbes. Watterson has explained that he sees Hobbes as “more feline than human” and that he largely based him on his pet cats – especially a cat named Sprite who used to greet him when he came home by pouncing on his leg and clinging onto it. Another inspiration for Hobbes was Watterson’s brother Tom. The scenes of Calvin and Hobbes in bed together shows the brotherly side of their relationship.

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    Purple People Eater  7 months ago

    Many tourists that come to Iceland wish it were dark so they could go to sleep. It doesn’t get dark (civil twilight – dark at the horizon) here from May 19 to July 25. We don’t get nautical twilight (dark overhead) from April 26 to August 14. Astronomical twilight (the entire sky is dark) doesn’t happen from April 9 to September 2.

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    MS72  7 months ago

    Amen.

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    sandpiper  7 months ago

    Even Cal has those moments of revelation that make our lives seem better. They just don’t happen often enough.

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    Kilrwat Premium Member 7 months ago

    Waterson’s a genius.

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    g04922  7 months ago

    Calvin did love Hobbes when they were young. I wonder what happens to Hobbes when Calvin gets older.

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    masingermo  7 months ago

    When I go to bed at night, I lie on my back with my left arm in a 90-degree crook out from my side so that one of my cats can curl up them. He doesn’t stay there all night—I move soon after I fall asleep—but he does help me get to sleep.

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    ladykat  7 months ago

    It is good to have a furry friend, or two, or several.

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    rbrt6956  7 months ago

    And so we see that the imagination is a two sided sword. First it scares Calvin with all the dangers he can imagine then he is comforted by the imaginary friend who will stand and protect him.

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    mckeonfuneralhomebx  7 months ago

    one day it will be a GROSS girl that Calvin knows so well.

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    The Fly Hunter  7 months ago

    My wife is my best friend.

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    figuratively speaking  7 months ago

    My “best friend” and I were introduced on my first birthday. Bear sits on a little chair in a corner of our bedroom. He’s earned his rest.

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    newmann  7 months ago

    Wholesome 7.5/10

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    Dave427  7 months ago

    …especially it that best friend happens to be a man-eating tiger.

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    Stik Figgure  7 months ago

    It’s Donald Ducks birthday!

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    hornacek  7 months ago

    HILARIOUS!

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    brick10  7 months ago

    I miss my friend.

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    zarilla  7 months ago

    Being a Sunday, you don’t have to imagine what’s next, like monsters under the bed. LOL.

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    chinook12345  7 months ago

    Calvin reminds me a Trump. Both need re-education!

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    KageKat  7 months ago

    Awww!

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    mistercatworks  7 months ago

    I sleep with an iPod Touch under my pillow. I set a timer for 30 minutes and listen to old Jack Benny programs. If necessary, I can extend the time with a shake of the device. This way I know where the voices in my head are coming from. Nice, soothing voices.

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    wiley207  7 months ago

    This is a sweet and heartwarming Sunday strip. And yeah, I do love sleeping animals.

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    PaintTheDust  7 months ago

    Well, that explains why things are so scary for me.

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    Angry Indeed Premium Member 7 months ago

    Calvin seems oddly worrying about things way past his age. I never had an issue worrying about such things at six. It was a simpler, kinder world as a child.

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    parkerinthehouse  7 months ago

    I think Watterson did this toon about the time his own cat died.

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    Richard S Russell Premium Member 7 months ago

    C&H was pretty darn good in general, and this is one of the very best.

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    Strawberry King  7 months ago

    A true friendship and a true way to end a Sunday strip.

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    dwyntomlinson Premium Member 7 months ago

    And another classic that spent many years on my fridge. Thank you for this.

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    DKHenderson  7 months ago

    One of my favorite Sundays.

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