This was originally meant to be a longer Sunday strip, but Bill Watterson thought it would still be funny as a daily strip, with only the first four panels. Also, there was no way that the sexually explicit themes in the omitted panels would have made it past the editors.
I add my applause to Gweedo’s for your learning English. English is one of the more difficult languages to learn. Even native English speakers don’t get it right all the time.I have outed non-native speakers because they used English correctly.
BE THIS GUY almost 9 years ago
Murderous pirates DON’T smooch!
Scoutmaster77 almost 9 years ago
Good point!
Bilan almost 9 years ago
Is this an early strip? The drawing is not as good.
Farside99 almost 9 years ago
Six-year-old pirates don’t smooch! Eeeew, cooties! Maybe tiger years are like dog years and Hobbes is more advanced.
Kali39 almost 9 years ago
Ve do not SMOOSH here!
orinoco womble almost 9 years ago
Hobbes is such a tomcat…
rentier almost 9 years ago
I like Calvin and Hobbes so much, so I make the effort!!
Cronkers McGee Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Hobbes loves to smooch.
J Short almost 9 years ago
Obviously he hasn’t read Zap Comics.
Kr38or almost 9 years ago
This was originally meant to be a longer Sunday strip, but Bill Watterson thought it would still be funny as a daily strip, with only the first four panels. Also, there was no way that the sexually explicit themes in the omitted panels would have made it past the editors.
ladamson1918 almost 9 years ago
Don’t ask, Hobbes. Just don’t ask.
yimhere almost 9 years ago
….just try to smooch and say HHAAAARRRR at the same time. Could get messy.
InuYugiHakusho almost 9 years ago
Murderous pirates smooch their booty.
Chris Kenworthy almost 9 years ago
Hmm… you know, for the first time I’m starting to wonder if Hobbes is expressing feelings of Calvin’s that he can’t admit to himself. ;)
Old Texan75 almost 9 years ago
I add my applause to Gweedo’s for your learning English. English is one of the more difficult languages to learn. Even native English speakers don’t get it right all the time.I have outed non-native speakers because they used English correctly.
magicwalnut almost 9 years ago
Hobbes is obviously somewhat older than Calvin.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member almost 9 years ago
You couldn’t answer that question in a newspaper in 1986.
Back_phil almost 9 years ago
Read your history, the pirates smooched with each other.
Get over it, they didn’t act any different then those prisoners in on long jail sentences do today.
Godfreydaniel almost 9 years ago
If they were a clean band of pirates, instead of a dirty band, the girls might be more inclined to want to smooch them…..hygiene matters!
dflak almost 9 years ago
Hobbs must be a 60’s tiger: make love not war.
flowergirl19 almost 9 years ago
Hobbes is very smoochable <3
coffeeturtle almost 9 years ago
Pirates did much worse than smooching, unfortunately.
Kirk Barnes Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Squirrels!
Andrew Moore almost 9 years ago
Calvin still looks different. Is the author/cartoonist on vacation and the “other” cartoonist drawing the strip?
Number Three almost 9 years ago
The word “Smooch” even looks gross.
xxx
ChessPirate almost 9 years ago
I happen to know that ChessPirates do smooch! :-)
ChukLitl Premium Member almost 9 years ago
They’re pirates. They smooch who they want & kill who objects.
neverenoughgold almost 9 years ago
Occasionally you get one of those surprise smooches…Sometimes you take what you can get!
rentier almost 9 years ago
I learn it by reading C&H and the comments!!
Susie Derkins :D almost 9 years ago
I don’t know??? :)
Pthhht! almost 9 years ago
Murderous pirates don’t smooch? Maybe that’s why there aren’t many murderous pirates around today.
heatherjasper almost 9 years ago
Grace O’Malley comes to mind.
gforgina almost 9 years ago
Anne Bonny and Mary Read were two famous female pirates.
Snoopy_Fan almost 9 years ago
Hobbes is a pirate with a heart…
rgcviper almost 9 years ago
Hey … wonder if this strip is the precursor to G.R.O.S.S. (Get Rid Of Slimy girlS)?
toohana almost 9 years ago
Did Watterson injure his drawing hand? The usual high quality is missing.
tea62 almost 9 years ago
Hobbes is the alter ego representing Calvin’s suppressed urges, BAAAAABY!