Hobbes lives in Calvin’s imagination. Could not Calvin look at a few strands of rope across his lap and imagine himself tied up? I forget how the story line goes, but being tied up to the point of immobility may exist only in Calvin’s mind. Any parental comments (How did you get tied up so thoroughly that you can’t move?!) could also exist in his mind.
Bloom County is doing a mashup where Hobbes is standing in for Steve Dallas. https://www.facebook.com/berkeleybreathed/photos/a.114529165244512.10815.108793262484769/1775872079110204/?type=3&theater
Unlike in “Non Sequitur” where as Lucy, the miniature Clydesdale, is real and only talks to Danae, Hobbs is never seen alive by anyone else and yet things like this suggests there is more to this than just imagination. Maybe he is a thought-form. In Tibet they are called “Tulpas”. There is a danger of it developing its own intelligence and becomes destructive. You have to uncreate them then or else they become a danger.
Funny, I just watched an episode of Alfred Hitchcock last night where Richard Long’s character asks to be tied up to make his wife think they’ve been robbed when she returns home and finds him unable to move. She takes advantage of the situation to kill him. Luckily for Calvin, Hobbs is much nicer than that.
BE THIS GUY about 7 years ago
For an imaginary friend, Hobbes is quite skilled.
Sugar Bombs 95 about 7 years ago
Ah, this infamous storyline. The one that REALLY made people question whether Hobbes was really just in Calvin’s imagination.
bluram about 7 years ago
Calvin the ‘Great Calvini’ & Hobbes the ‘Great Comedian’, what a pair.
Bilan about 7 years ago
When mom and dad see this, they’re going to be even more perplexed than normally.
orinoco womble about 7 years ago
So much for the idea that Hobbes is “imaginary.” Calvin couldn’t tie himself up like that sitting in a chair.
Watcher about 7 years ago
And for a brief moment in time, Hobbes became real verifying Calvin’s imagination and it would carry him through the rest of his life.
A Hip loving Canadian... almost 7 years ago
Oh boy, Calvin is being knotty again.
jpayne4040 almost 7 years ago
Hobbes, you forgot the gag!
Jeff0811 almost 7 years ago
Hobbes lives in Calvin’s imagination. Could not Calvin look at a few strands of rope across his lap and imagine himself tied up? I forget how the story line goes, but being tied up to the point of immobility may exist only in Calvin’s mind. Any parental comments (How did you get tied up so thoroughly that you can’t move?!) could also exist in his mind.
Kilrwat Premium Member almost 7 years ago
Bloom County is doing a mashup where Hobbes is standing in for Steve Dallas. https://www.facebook.com/berkeleybreathed/photos/a.114529165244512.10815.108793262484769/1775872079110204/?type=3&theater
gantech almost 7 years ago
I wonder if Calvin’s mom will try to pay Hobbes to leave him like that…
BiggerNate91 almost 7 years ago
It’s not the challenge of escaping the ropes he needs to worry about, it’s the challenge of escaping the time restraint.
BiathlonNut almost 7 years ago
It is a comic; for more pleasure let’s suspend our disbelief.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 7 years ago
Unlike in “Non Sequitur” where as Lucy, the miniature Clydesdale, is real and only talks to Danae, Hobbs is never seen alive by anyone else and yet things like this suggests there is more to this than just imagination. Maybe he is a thought-form. In Tibet they are called “Tulpas”. There is a danger of it developing its own intelligence and becomes destructive. You have to uncreate them then or else they become a danger.
Number Three almost 7 years ago
Did Hobbes just make a pun?
Love this!
xxx
sugordon almost 7 years ago
Funny, I just watched an episode of Alfred Hitchcock last night where Richard Long’s character asks to be tied up to make his wife think they’ve been robbed when she returns home and finds him unable to move. She takes advantage of the situation to kill him. Luckily for Calvin, Hobbs is much nicer than that.