Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 02, 2024

Also, it’s Labor day.

Yeah because mom gets her peace and quiet from Calvin!

You’re being a monster, again??!!

That’s the one thing I’ll never miss: waiting for the bus…and the one hour commute to school…especially in the winter. My bus stop was around 300 feet from the house and I had to be there before 7:30 am every morning to be picked up. I’m so glad that’s over.

Either she forgot it’s Labor Day or she forced Calvin to wake up before the crack of dawn.

I’d put him out there on purpose.

I was thinking she went back for morning s**…sashaying, good mood…

Yah think?

Explains the cheerfulness.

What worse than going to steenky school is to waits two and half hours to goes to steenky school.

She put out poor kid for two and half hours to waits for steenky school bus? What a momster!

Mom kicked all of her worries to the curb

Remember the song “Afternoon Delight”? I think mom and dad had “Morning delight”.

I assume Hobbes isn’t really there in ‘person’ ….how else can he ambush Calvin when he comes home from school?

New school bus company and 2 1/2 hours was close to how late they were the first year. New buses have GPS which makes sense.

Well, maybe if you didn’t act like a total goblin all summer…

Was Dad working from home today?

Definitely not a morning person!!!!

Dad just got his Viagra refill. Or maybe the mailman did.

This was the strip that ran on Labor Day in 1994 (Sept 5)

Our schools start tomorrow for grades 6 and 9, Wed. for everyone else. Watch out for School Zones, most of them do not have flashing lights or monitors.

LOL..Mom’s revenge for the LONG Summer with Calvin. Hobbes as a watch??

Gee, you think?

Problem is, when Cal realizes no school today, assuming it’s Labor Day holiday, he’ll be motivated to repay Mom for the trick. Given his twisted mind, who knows what horrors he bring.

It’s a great time to perfect his robot

What happens to Hobbes when Calvin gets on the school bus? He doesn’t take Hobbes to school – Hobbes is waiting for him in the house when he gets home. Does Calvin just leave Hobbes on the sidewalk when he gets on the bus, and his mother walks out every schoolday to pick him up and take him back inside?

Anyone else, considering Calvin, would do the same.

Yep, those “first-day-of-school” victory dances are always fun, for the parent, that is.

Look at his face. Calvin is not happy.

I’d be grumpy, too, if my mother woke me up 2 hours early at that age to go out and wait for the school bus.

On another note, riding the school bus in high school in our area was the worst experience. By the time the bus got to our stop, it was already full, yet we were forced to sit in the bus seats already occupied by two other kids. This was made especially difficult in the winter time with winter coats and books to carry….backpacks weren’t a thing in our school yet back then. Fortunately, I had a couple of friends who were older than me and as soon as they got their driver’s licenses, the bus ride torture each morning ended.

I used to look at the kids as they waited for the school bus when I commuted to work. I recall two girls (apparently in middle school) at one stop. They were always chatting or dancing and on one day, cartwheeling while they waited for the bus. This was so long ago, that they could be well be established in a career by now.

In the current day, I walk in the morning and I see the kids waiting for the bus with their heads buried in their phones. Some of them don’t even acknowledge me when I wish them a “Good Morning.” Some do manage to grumble back.

As someone without children there’s something I just don’t understand. I’ve heard friends and family exclaim how much they want to have children and yet once the child is born all I hear them say is how much they need to “get away from this kid/these kids”. Why have kids then? Help me understand the logic…if there is any.

Hopefully Hobbes’s watch is wrong or something… the Mom could get in trouble for putting Calvin out to wait for the school bus 2 1/2 hours early. That’s practically child abuse!

And hey, school starts in my area this week, too!

Putting Calvin out by the bus early has it’s pitfalls. Calvin’s been known to wander off and play hooky. This might not end well, in his mother’s case.

I love that Hobbes has a watch.

No school Calvin!

An old cartooning convention: Hobbes looks at his wrist and there’s a watch. Otherwise, no.

Believe me, if I was Calvin’s mom, I’d do the same thing! BTW, I wondered how Hobbs makes it home after Calvin the bus? Maybe mom comes and picks him up?

School on Labor Day? What kinda town is that?

Is Watterson implying what I think he’s implying?

A dish best served cold!

I’m reposting my comments cause I got some crazy replies. This is another reason Calvin won’t miss his parents when they die. I bet he has a long list of reasons he won’t miss ether of them. Number 1 for his dad would be every time he says “It builds character.” Number 1 for his mom are the gross dinners and making him eat at a table instead of in front of the TV.

Calvin is now officially Miss Wormwood’s problem.

Mom wants to have a special wake-up for Dad. (wink wink nudge nudge)

as of today i finished reading every calvin and hobbes strip ! (not including reruns) i did the same for garfeild i will probbally do it for another comic

Very observant Calvin — I don’t blame her.

Whatta face!

Waiting for so long can definitely be tough.

4:00 am sounds a bit too harsh

Watterson could always make the greatest grouchy faces.