Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 27, 2010

What a wonderful suprise for Mothers Day… If only my kid will be so thoughtful in the future.

A salesman he is not.

Gee! What a nice kid!

That is SO selfish.

You’re all heart, Calvin. You’ve got to give til it hurts!

Where’s Marg?

Expect an allowance cut, Calvin.

Very touching! Now come here you little brat so I can hug you.

is it Mothers Day again already?

Frankr, this strip runs a couple months behind our current calendar.

Ha ha ha ha hahahaha ha ha ha! Luv it!

Funny

He should write cards for Hallmark! So touching!

I love dad’s wide eyed surprised look in panel 5. He’s either amazed at Calvin’s ‘sentiments’ or he’s forgotten it’s Mother’s Day. For his sake I hope it’s the former, Mom’s going to need something very special after reading Calvin’s card!

I wonder what Calvin bought with his “small” allowance?

(Spammer flagged and info forwarded to Knujon.com)

You woke Mom for that…! Calvin, you’re oblivious!

“I did it all by myself”…(and for myself)! I’ll give you credit for the good poetry, Calvin, and you can give me credit for the increase in your allowance, because you’re not getting cash!

Good Mom. Really, really, really good Mom. And yes, Dad’s look of surprise is great! You can really get drawn into this story line. Vary clever.

Thanks to BinaryWiener who mentioned Knujon.com. I wasn’t aware of it and I am so glad there is this site.

@baby66boy: The reason why Calvin and Hobbes ended is covered beautifully in Bill Watterson’s book, “The Complete Calvin and Hobbes.”

Like Charles Schultz, who decided that “Peanuts” should not be handled by other cartoonists, Watterson similarly had his reasons for letting his strip “retire” while still in its prime.

I get the feeling that Watterston is a bit of a mysterious character, so we may never know for certain.

Such talent! This boy will grow up to be another Ogden Nash!

I give up: Good morning, spammer!

Maybe in another life Calvin was a cat/ Thats about as loving as she gets when she is hungry.

P. S. There will NEVER be another Ogden Nash.

If this were like other strips, Calvin – probably with the help of Hobbes – would have destroyed the kitchen trying to cook breakfast for Mom, leaving her a mess that she’d spend all morning cleaning up. So maybe there’s a silver lining to his selfishness.

calvin! calvin! calvin! you are going to have to rethink your allowance line!! really?? on mother’s day!~ better then a dirty kitchen i guess~

CALVIN! that is insulting your own mother for that card on Mother’s Day. Tch! I am sure Mother will not do anything with Calvin’s allowance. Ask your father for the allowance, Calvin! I bet Father will say same thing as what Mother said. Give a little bit or none for Calvin’s allowance, anyway.

You need to do better next year, Calvin! Keep improving.

Calvin’s going to make the perfect baby-kissing, pocket-picking politician someday….

Kids can be self-centered and oblivious, but this is really over the top, Calvin.

Just wait ‘til your birthday Calvin. Mom’s gonna wake you up an hour early to give you a nice tie for a present.

Something’s wrong — everytime I try to flag the spammer it tries to open an unknown file in my computer! Is anybody else having that problem today?!

SPAMMER FLAGGED!

When all is said and done And Calvin’s grown up and gone Mom will admit that it was kinda funny And this card will be worth more to her than tons of money!

I Love Calvin but years ago I was asked to agree to contract that a grown up Calvin must have drafted.

Spend the money on me instead…… Deeply moved!

Maybe one reason Watterson bowed out at his peak is so he wouldn’t be corrupted by writing such verse.

Greed and self-interest run the world as we know it.

dingo353: I think your comment to Grog was completely uncalled for. Everyone here knows that Marg is almost always the first person to comment on the new day’s C & H. If she doesn’t (and then maybe doesn’t the rest of the day either), people wonder where she is … and I’d say that it’s most likely out of concern for her — not out of nosiness as to where she is or what she’s doing specifically.

People really need to control themselves when it comes to insulting their fellow posters … as in DON’T do it! Before pushing that “Post Comment” button, please re-read what you just wrote and ask yourself: “Would I want someone saying this TO me … or ABOUT me … especially if it’s uncalled for?” If the answer is no, then please delete your comment and move on. The quickest way to get banned from here is bad behavior.

Well said, GretchensMom. I don’t think I can add to that.

“Love is wanting to hug and strangle your kid at the same time.” - Erma Bombeck

Nicely stated, GretchensMom. I’m sure it was out of concern.

Guess you wont be getting any breakfast at the rate you’re going, Calvin.

The amazing thing to me is how broad Calvin’s innocent-looking grin is. Talk about an ENFP with no ethics: a corrupt politician in the making for sure.

Calvin is a hook!

Calvin the budding politician - no doubt about it. Isn’t this the way they approach us and expect us to fork over?

For Calvin, this is pretty good.