Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 23, 2015
Transcript:
Calvin: "I got another letter from my past self" Hobbes: "What's it say?" Calvin: "Dear future Calvin, I wrote this several days before you will receive it. You've done things I haven't done. You've seen things I haven't seen. You know things I don't know. You lucky dog! Your pal, Calvin" Calvin: "*sniff* I feel so sorry for myself two days ago" Hobbes: "Poor him. He wasn't you"
BE THIS GUY over 9 years ago
Just be grateful for how much luckier you are than you.
Linux0s over 9 years ago
“You’ve gotten into trouble I haven’t gotten into… "
Bilan over 9 years ago
♫ I am so much so much older then, I am younger than that now. ♬
orinoco womble over 9 years ago
I’m much younger than I was 30 years ago.
Richard Howland-Bolton Premium Member over 9 years ago
orinocoI knew you were really Bob Dylan!!
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 9 years ago
That’s some pretty profound thought for a 6 year old.
Ray49FL over 9 years ago
time, a concept, exists most exclusively in the grey matter of our human species.
Ray49FL over 9 years ago
unfortunately Calvin’s Mom & Dad have created the concept of bedtime.
Watcher over 9 years ago
The worst earworm song is, Yummy, Yummy, Yummy, I got love in my tummy.
The Life I Draw Upon over 9 years ago
Isn’t this what we all yearn for, to see future events, especially if we will not be able to see them.
Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago
Calvin’s empathy seems so………… so selfless.Wait……. No………..
Two days ago, it must have been very intimidating for Calvin to write a letter to someone who is so much older and wiser.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.Here is another example of Calvin realizing that he is older and wiser:Calvin and Hobbes (November 19, 1992)Peanuts (March 30, 1951)Mutts (April 10, 2012)Dark Side of the Horse (August 4, 2010)Pearls Before Swine (September 29, 2014)dflak over 9 years ago
We are all time travelers moving along at the rate of one second per second, barely keeping pace with history.
Karaboo2 over 9 years ago
Yesterday, When I Was Young.Well I knew you yesterday and you weren’t that much younger.
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
I am preparing myself by feeling sorry for myself two days from now…
cheap_day_return over 9 years ago
Days Of Future Past
ChessPirate over 9 years ago
Don’t dwell on it, Calvin. It’s all over and done with, now. And anyway, where does Future Calvin get off, feeling sorry for you? If I were you, I’d go punch him right in the nose!
mistercatworks over 9 years ago
Of course, when you become a disillusioned adult, it’s more like Tobey Keith’s lyric: "I wish I didn’t know now, what I didn’t know then.
Kakuncio over 9 years ago
Great strip for my birthday! Thank you ♥
Puddleglum2 over 9 years ago
“Wishing I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then.” – Against the Wind by Bob Seger
Susie Derkins :D over 9 years ago
You should feel happy about your past self too.
Shikamoo Premium Member over 9 years ago
Thank you, GoComics for the print of the first Calvin and Hobbes strip! That Easter Egg contest is a winner. So was I. I don’t comment here much now, but always read Watterson and have most of Bill’s books.
Hobbes Premium Member over 9 years ago
@Nun ‘Ya Bidness: Thanks for your interest and support. When my posted strips are in the first 15 comments, it avoids having to click on “see the rest of the comments” each time. But some mornings there are more than 15 comments before I get out of bed. Nevertheless, as flowergirl19 said, you can right-click on the links and open them in a new tab. Just clicking on the links to the archive helps GoComics generate revenue — you don’t have to comment on the comics in the archive, where hardly anyone will see your comments. By the way, Mutts doesn’t have an archive link because it’s not a GoComics strip.
rentier over 9 years ago
I can’t find any archive!
leopardglily about 2 years ago
I love Hobbes’s face in the last panel!
JoeManzaJr about 1 year ago
I think this is what a letter from Calvin’s future self would be like:
“Dear past me, I’m writing to inform you that I’m a cashier working at Wal*Mart and I live in a low-rent apartment all by myself. This is because back when I was you, I hardly applied myself in school, and as a result, I have a mediocre education. Don’t get me wrong, I did graduate, but unlike Susie, not with honors, not to mention I never went to college. Therefore, I am writing to you so you can have a chance to get your priorities straight, which means spending more time on schoolwork and less time playing and/or harassing girls, because I’m what will happen if you don’t. Sincerely, Future Calvin. P.S. I gave Hobbes to charity.”