Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for June 03, 1986
June 02, 1986
June 04, 1986
Transcript:
Calvin: Hobbes. What should I do when Moe comes to beat me up in gym class? Hobbes: Well, you can always do what we tigers do when a rhino charges. Calvin: What's that? Hobbes: We scramble like maniacs for the nearest tree. Calvin: That's your advice?? To sit in a tree all day?!? Hobbes: It doesn't impress the girls, of course, but there's no sense in impressing them and then getting killed, my dad used to say...
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yeahiknow over 14 years ago
He has a dad?
Thorinca almost 14 years ago
gheeze, where’d ya’ think he came from … . I mean, “who deosn’t” … didn’t you see the “Maury” episode when they tested the DNA of several other carnivors ? …AThen Maury screched: You ARE the Dad !”
Catnat over 13 years ago
Good idea. Only I don’t think there are any trees in gym class.
yow4zip Premium Member over 13 years ago
Climb the rope.
bmonk over 13 years ago
I can tell this is an early strip—Hobbes still has his dark fingerpads. Also I like how fierce he looks in panel 2, and how introspective in the other three panels.
VRAssassinCreed about 10 years ago
I thought hobbes shared the same parents as calvin?
the calvinosaurus that calvin wanted to discover over 8 years ago
i hope calvin stuffs hobbes’ dad so they can be reunited
bluram over 8 years ago
OMG! We have witnessed the first Cowardly Tiger. I can’t wait to see Return to Oz.
BigNateRules! almost 8 years ago
Hobbes came from the jungle…Gym!
Midnite Wine over 5 years ago
But tis true…no use impressing the girls if you’re gonna be dead!..most gals dont get romantic wth corpses!
Tijaro about 4 years ago
there are so many ways to deal with Moe but if i posted them here i think the FBI would bust down my door