Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 08, 2009

The most logical place that Calvin could think of.

The light should go on in Dad’s head any moment now.

Hey pay attention! Otherwise my tiger friend will make you

Margueritem, it makes sense to me.

Dad does know Hobbes IS the friend!

OOO! Cat Food!

Calvin, it is no use just TALKING to them. You need to let them out if you want them to help you search for Hobbes.

Come on Dad rotter ? Genuine certified IMP maybe but rotter ? Don’t say that where Mon can hear . That could make for some cold and lonely nights .

Shows that Dad knows his son pretty well - “Where would he go if he was separated from his stuffed toy?” not “Where would he go if he was separated from his parents?” It’s all about priorities!

Calvin is too used to deal with stuffed tiger. His casual approach to the real ones is catchy!

Dad is quite a smart one, is he not

Elementary my dear Watson, elementary. Where else would he go except the tiger enclosure?

“Little rotter”. Good grief, what names for poor Calvin. Why not blockhead, or sucker, or stinker, or………….

VIBJYOR It’s the best solution I can see

Well it shouldn’t be long now before he’s found unless Dad decides he doesn’t want him back.

At the zoo, Calvin is the only one who would yell at the tigers.

Ronshua said

Come on Dad rotter ? Genuine certified IMP maybe but rotter ? Don’t say that where Mon can hear . That could make for some cold a lonely nights .

They have one child. maybe dad has Calvin on his mind at night. “Do I want another Calvin?”

I just love how Calvin seems all offended the tigers are being rude and ignoring him. And i second leon… i remember reading these first time in the paper. for a while it was the ONLY reason to grab a paper. then i bought each collection as it came out. truly a treasure on my book shelves.

Dad, are you stalling here?

i got a similar response from the gorilla at the SF zoo several years ago, i can understand calvin’s feeling here

in the same way dad can search calvin in monkey’cage

I love the whole family and Hobbes. If the parents were different the the strip wouldn’t be funny.

FdDavidaid…“Do I want another Calvin?” After a 10 second think …it would be a real cheap drug-free high .

The present Government ever finds out how much fun there is at C&H . They’ll tax the bloody hell out of us .

“Rotter?” Dad could have refered to him as the “Little Nimrod” .

Dad could have used any number of “names” for Calvin. Rotter is comparatively mild. I’ve used a few expletives for my own son when he makes me angry. Of course he’s 32 now - at least he survived his childhood.

An Honest Parent , one in how many ?

Don’t act so surprised Calvin. Hobbes never listens to you either.

at least he isnt IN the tiger cage

Cats never listen… More proof that dogs are better.

Calvin can sound off nobody is listening dont you just love that . He will not learn

Stede_Bonnet: - Dogs have owners, cats have staff.

Just stop and listen for the biggest commotion in the zoo, dad….then go fetch your son.

Yukoner and Stede Bonnet:

I had a cat as a kid. I might have had a really smart cat cuz he did listen and played games… huh i guess thats why i like Calvin and hobbes so much… Ahh memories.

Ahh… What an enjoyable comic and comments today! Perhaps Calvin wasn’t the only one to get lost today?

Yes, Susan001, most of us still wonder why you resent Calvin’s parents. Try raising a rebellious, hyperactive yet affectionate child like Calvin and you’ll probably end up reacting exactly the same way as his parents do. I’m a bachelor, but I can call upon the experience of near relatives on this one.

Bill W. explained what he was trying to do more than once. Not everything Calvin (or his parents) do in the strip are things that he’d approve of. Some things are drawn straight from his own childhood experience (e.g., Calvin’s Dad’s love of biking and camping in all extremes of weather, for the sake of “building character”, is taken from real life). Much else of what goes on is for comic effect, as in most strips about families (e.g., FoxTrot).

The question is begged, of course, as to whether it’s really all that hot an idea to portray families in such a light even for comedy’s sake…

lol i love calvin and hobbes

dad better hurry over to the tiger pit,knowing calvin he properly will climb in,what a sad ending to a outing that will make.

@hagarthehorrible Ummm… Hobbes is real!

Someone just went too far in the name calling.

Someone is too “Kurt”. It goes with his last name. Get “Lost!”

Susan001 - sorry to burst your bubble but it’s not likely after all these years that Watterson will agree to resurrect C&H, himself or another cartoonist. Calvin was – and still is – ahead of his time, and I guess that is where his appeal lies. Changing a successful formula would despoil it.

If Calvin had “the sense to stay put” (panel 2), his parents would have ‘found’ him at the bench when they returned from getting drinks. “Rotter” is chiefly British slang for scroundrel. Does Calvin’s family live in Britain? It’s important to have the wall high enough to keep Calvin out and protect the tigers from him.

scbaguru, Are you referring to Bugs Bunny calling the hapless hunter Elmer Fudd “Poor Little Nimrod”? “And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it was said, even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. Genesis 10:8,9

Geez…some of you are way too serious…its a cartoon, and meant to be enjoyed, not dissected…

It can be dissected and still enjoyed. I thought we had gone through this a few days ago. Maybe you werent’ here. Some people like to consider all aspects of the cartoon and relate some of it to real life. There’s plenty of humor as well. One thing I like about the comic is that it’s not one-dimensional, although some of the people seem to be, not necessarily you.

I see that the serpent has returned to the garden…

So I just noticed. All of us can tell from the venom excruciatingly expressed.

Venom? Hardly. Constant hissing is more annoying than any bite. Serpent attacks consist mostly of pretty words (and so many of them!) No wonder Eve was so beguiled.

Who has beguiled YOU? By the way, the meaning of Satan is adversary. You seem determined to be my enemy. The devil can pose as an angel of light, but he can also be vicious and brutal. I never intend to harm you in any way. You initiated it and prolonged it. I’d much rather be friends, but seemingly it would take a miracle, because of your vituperative comments about my posts, which some people respect and appreciate.

Adversary? Over a comic strip? LOL! Oh you poor disallusioned little soul so desperate for validation. You remind me why it is pointless to wrestle with a pig. You just end up muddy and the pig probably enjoys it. So let’s be friends instead. I’ll be that one great friend who tells you when you’re being a complete dork. Everybody should have at least one friend like that. (Kind of like Calvin & Hobbes, I suppose…)

I think I’ll try to go with the flow, so to speak. I offer an olive “branch” and you try to tear me “limb” from “limb”. People can be adversaries over anything, but the main problem is not the comic strip itself… About what am I disillusioned, pray tell? All mankind is “desperate” for validation because we are sinners who need a savior. God gives me validation through the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross to pay for my sins. Jesus paid it all All to Him I owe Sin had left a crimson stain He washed it white as snow. I don’t need validation through anyone who reads (or doesn’t read) my posts on a discussion forum for a comic strip. You claim you “wrestle with a pig”. I seem to “casting my pearls before swine”. “You end up muddy”…so that’s why/how you do so much mud-slinging. I already have “that one great friend”(“What a Friend We Have In Jesus”). You’re too biased and prejudiced against what and how much I’ve been posting here to be “that friend” even if you qualified in other ways. If you persist in what you’ve been saying, we’ll continue being adversaries. If you back off, even though you don’t like my posts, we’ll get along fine. “To be or not to be, that is the question…” I prefer friendship without rancor. Is it possible? I doubt it, but I hope against hope.

Oh Puddle! How you do crack me up! Proselytizing to rationalize your skewed view of reality. Do you make little quotation signs in the air with your fingers when you talk? LOL! Remember when I said I’d tell you when you were being a complete dork? Well friend, this is one of those times! ROTFLMAO!

Your accusing me of having a “skewed view of reality” is like ‘the pot calling the kettle black’. If it really were true, I’d be inventive and make shish kebab. I seldom make quotation signs in the air because my voice carries emphasis and intonation in making myself clear. With the written word, I sometimes need to use quotation marks, especially with people who tend to misconstrue the meaning of what I write, or just refuse to understand it. Well, at least I’m a complete something from your perspective. Unfortunately for you, since your rear end is now missing from ROFL- - -, you are even more incomplete than before. I knew you didn’t know your rear end from your elbow anyway. Now with one of them “off”, at least you have a better chance of determining what and where your elbow is. I guess it kind of serves you right for laughing derisively, though. With that particular body part missing, you’ll be greatly inconvenienced in attempting to sully my reputation and character, but “necessity is the mother of invention”. Have a phenomenal day, friend!

So many, many pointless words. I can see that you are a bit of a slow learner but we’ll keep working on it buddy! Don’t worry. I’m here for you!

If (since) you still consider my words to be pointless after all this repartee, you lost a lot more than one body part when you ROFLYREO. Obviously, you’re not all there, but you’re certainly not ‘here for me, either. Since your namesake died in April, 2007, we can’t expect him to solve the mystery of your whereabouts in a new novel. If I’m a slow learner, you must be a no learner. Therefore, my ‘pointless’ (to you) words plus your inability or unwillingness to learn anything from them make it futile to continue. “Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.” Have a nice life, ostensible buddy…exit, stage right - Snagglepuss P.S If you have a change of heart (transplant?), I might still be here.

LOL! And still the wind blows on! Let’s test whether you are one of those who simply MUST have the last word, shall we?