Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 18, 2015

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    Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago

    To all Calvin and Hobbes readers:GoComics has contacted me this past week, and they have requested that I provide a link to their comic strip archive every time that I post a comic strip here in the future, in order to help them generate more revenue.I am concerned that GoComics is struggling financially, and I would like to encourage all of you to consider upgrading to a GoComics Pro membership, for 99 cents a month, if you can afford it. It is a real bargain.By purchasing a Pro membership, you will no longer have to view the pop-up ads on GoComics, and you will receive several other benefits. For a list of the Pro benefits, please click on the link below. To upgrade to a Pro membership, click on the link below and then scroll down to click on “Upgrade Now.”Click here: www.gocomics.com/help/proI would also like to encourage everyone to visit the GoComics archives frequently. Every time you click on a GoComics page, or return to your current GoComics page, or refresh a page, or click on an ad, you are helping GoComics to obtain more advertising revenue.Thank you very much for your consideration. We all receive a lot of benefit from this site, and we all have a stake in its financial success. Please do as much as you can to help GoComics.Please feel free to share this information with other GoComics readers who do not post on Calvin and Hobbes.— Hobbes
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    BE THIS GUY  over 9 years ago

    You wear them for the extra boost of confidence they give you.

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    Susie Derkins :D  over 9 years ago

    Make yourself look cool by wearing tie.

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    Steve Bartholomew  over 9 years ago

    I would upgrade to Pro if I did not have to get the comics in my e mail. I prefer selecting the ones I want to see when I want to read them. I get several hundred e mails a day and I don’t want my favorites getting lost in the spam filter.

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    Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago

    @barticle35: With the Pro membership, all of your favorites appear on the opening page when you log in.

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    Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago

    …… or is Calvin just looking for an excuse to drop trou?

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    Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago

    To view the following strips in the archive and help GoComics generate revenue, please click on the blue archive links below. To view the strips directly, click on the images below or stretch them.Click here: Peanuts (June 29, 1988)Click here: Peanuts (February 14, 1965)Click here: Calvin and Hobbes (September 5, 1992)Click here: Ziggy (March 5, 2011)

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    Alexander the Good Enough  over 9 years ago

    This rather reminds me of a time when a brilliant but rather shy girlfriend got it into her head to completely shave “things.” She told me that the next day at work she was nervous as a cat because she was just certain that people could somehow tell.

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    Ray49FL  over 9 years ago

    if I shaved my things, I wouldn’t tell

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    Ray49FL  over 9 years ago

    so I should pay just 2 make it easier 2 read all this jib jab?

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    rentier  over 9 years ago

    A credit card is not so cheap, I didn’t need it often until now and so I didn’t buy one!!

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    dustspecks Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Life can be unfair, Calvin.

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    phylum  over 9 years ago

    it is a good thing you will not become an adult with that attitude..Susie might press charges..

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    luv2bead  over 9 years ago

    my hubby got me this subscription a while back and i love to read my favorite comics. i plan on keeping my subscription for as long as i can read the funny papers

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    neverenoughgold  over 9 years ago

    Regarding Hobbes comment, it is obvious he and I are in full agreement. There is no such thing as FREE, and I feel sorry for those who disagree. Some way, somewhere, somebody must pay to support any service. It is how the world works! For about a buck a month ($.99), you can make a difference..Regarding today’s strip, not in Calvin’s time of course; but in current times, some folks choose to wear their underwear on the outside of their clothes, or wear their pants belted at their knees with their boxers or briefs visible to all the world! For the life of me, I will never understand either concept…

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    Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago

    TimHarrod wrote: “@Hobbes: Did Bill Watterson give you permission to make this appeal in the voice of his character?”@Tim: How do you know that I’m not the real Hobbes?

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    luvdafuneez  over 9 years ago

    Will do, Hobbes.

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    Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago

    hyenajester wrote: “Do the comic strip artists get anything?”@hyenajester: Some of the money from the Pro membership goes toward supporting the comic strip artists. As GoComics says, “For only 99 cents a month you can help feed a cartoonist!”

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    neverenoughgold  over 9 years ago

    Annoying ads or by going pro, one way or another somebody needs to pay! There is no such thing as FREE!

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    ChukLitl Premium Member over 9 years ago

    Bunches less ads when you pay. Gotta get the scratch somewhere.

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    Number Three  over 9 years ago

    Maybe your Mum will notice when you next change your clothes.

    xxx

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    @Hobbes

    Done! Thanks for the prompt.

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    luvdafuneez  over 9 years ago

    Hey, thanks for the tip Gweedo! Works just great! :-D

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    andy.wood  over 9 years ago

    GoComics – consider more payment options such as PayPal, this would enable more would-be subscribers from far-flung places to go pro

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    rgcviper  over 9 years ago

    This one’s fun. Made me smile.

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    Dirty Dragon  over 9 years ago

    I’d be happy to Pay my Pals at GoComics if they’d meet me halfway and find a payment method other than a credit card. I also do not own one.

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    Longhair  over 9 years ago

    I’ve been a Pro member since I joined… love the benefits! Highly recommend everyone getting a pro membership.

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    Tackerdog  over 9 years ago

    Hobbes: done. I need Ruthie and Calvin and a few others each day. Sunday comics here are COMPLETE.

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    Tackerdog  over 9 years ago

    Also there is much greater security with a credit card than a debit card or paypal.

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