I was thinking this was one of the last strips, but this is dated 4/19/1990 and the strip ended in December 1995. So we have five more years before it ends.
I know Dad wanted to get to bed as soon as he could but it was low key sweet of him to tell Calvin and Hobbes they will have plenty of adventures together.
One wonders if this opus would be — or would have been — a good choice for Calvin & Hobbes’ final cartoon when Watterson drew the curtains on the strip.
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
Now Calvin and Hobbes have a reason to have even wilder adventures — better stories!
codycab over 4 years ago
Surely someone could try writing a book about this.
Templo S.U.D. over 4 years ago
in five/six years’ time, C&H will end (and restart)
fretlessman71 over 4 years ago
I don’t believe it – Dad actually did something right and left Calvin happy about it.
Bilan over 4 years ago
What Dad doesn’t realize that Calvin is going to try to make Chapter Two even more exciting.
enigmamz over 4 years ago
Insert Sam’s “the great tales never end” soliloquy from Two Towers HERE.
Robin Harwood over 4 years ago
Dad clearly takes his story telling duties seriously if he acts out the part where Huey is happy.
Kymberleigh over 4 years ago
Awwwww. How sweet.
Liverlips McCracken Premium Member over 4 years ago
HAMSTER HUEY! HAMSTER HUEY!
– - – - – - – - by Mabel Syrup
rentier over 4 years ago
See you today! At once! Dad is best! Best Dad!!
LeeCox over 4 years ago
Smart move, Dad!
Gary Fabian over 4 years ago
I was thinking this was one of the last strips, but this is dated 4/19/1990 and the strip ended in December 1995. So we have five more years before it ends.
rshive over 4 years ago
The historian in Calvin comes out.
Frog-on-a-Log Premium Member over 4 years ago
That was as sweet as Calvin’s morning cereal.
Troglodyte over 4 years ago
How we all wish Calvin and Hobbes didn’t end!
A Hip loving Canadian... over 4 years ago
How to build character one story at a time. Thanks Dad.
incognito over 4 years ago
Awwwwww… * Sniff! *
Aussie Down Under over 4 years ago
The NeverEnding story.
BJB over 4 years ago
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
BJB over 4 years ago
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
well-i-never over 4 years ago
Hobbes didn’t seem all that interested, until the last panel.
sallyseckman over 4 years ago
I know Dad wanted to get to bed as soon as he could but it was low key sweet of him to tell Calvin and Hobbes they will have plenty of adventures together.
Yngvar Følling over 4 years ago
Dad learned this trick from Sheherazade.
jpayne4040 over 4 years ago
Now that’s how you tell a story!
A# 466 over 4 years ago
One wonders if this opus would be — or would have been — a good choice for Calvin & Hobbes’ final cartoon when Watterson drew the curtains on the strip.
Doug Taylor Premium Member over 4 years ago
These are the ongoing stories of Spaceman Spiff.
To boldly go where no kid has gone…before!
Sportymonk over 4 years ago
Another ending. And the story continued.
https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/comments/25gtsw/eu_in_the_final_minutes_of_his_life_calvin_has/
sundogusa over 4 years ago
Started to bring a tear to my eye!
tripwire45 over 4 years ago
Wow. For once Dad got parenting right.
gantech over 4 years ago
All together now…Awwwwwww….
ekw555 over 4 years ago
But I wanted Hamster Huey!
Purple People Eater over 4 years ago
The Neverending Story
micromos over 4 years ago
Been reading this cartoon for 5 years and never saw this one before.
BiggerNate91 over 4 years ago
Secretly, Dad breathed a silent sigh of relief when Calvin made that request.
David Stevens over 4 years ago
OMG—a metacomic!
Kilrwat Premium Member over 4 years ago
I actually got a little teary re-reading this one. Didn’t have kids the first time…
KEA over 4 years ago
Nice save, dad.
DCBakerEsq over 4 years ago
Unhappily, they did end. [SIGH]
cleokaya over 4 years ago
Lovely
KenDHoward1 over 4 years ago
Kinda tugs at the heart – strings … Thanks, Watterson … :)
kab2rb over 4 years ago
Dad is right, Calvin and Hobbes story will never end, each day is adventure.
Jaime Jean M over 4 years ago
I wish I could hear a heart-warming bedtime story like that every night… it would stop those recurring covid-19 and lockdown nightmares.
josh_bisbee over 4 years ago
It’s your fault, Calvin’s Dad. you were the one that introduced him to Hampster Huey
ekke over 4 years ago
Dad’s a genius!
swanridge over 4 years ago
Awwwwww…….
Bookworm over 4 years ago
If you don’t write your story, you’re just a character in someone else’s.
PaulLeckner over 4 years ago
Childhood was when every day was a new adventure! Before electronic devices.
graham.barbara39 over 4 years ago
First time I ever saw Calvin happy at bed time. Good job Dad.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 4 years ago
But it did end. And at its best.
donwestonmysteries over 4 years ago
What about Hobbes’ breakfast? Calvin is slipping.
hornacek almost 4 years ago
While I love Watterson’s actual last strip, this would have made a perfect choice to be the last one.