Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 21, 2021

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    BE THIS GUY  over 3 years ago

    Everybody know the soprano is the star of the opera.

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    The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover  over 3 years ago

    It’s all fun and games until the club leaders have a power struggle and those “slimy girls” end up taking over.

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    Sugar Bombs 95  over 3 years ago

    The reason Bill didn’t want Calvin and Hobbes animated is because he would have a difficult time finding suitable voice actors for the two titular characters, since each reader has a different idea of what they sound like.

    With that said, this one pretty much confirms Calvin would be voiced by a woman, since I don’t think a lot of men can do sopranos. (Except for castratos, but don’t look that up unless you want to be sickened.)

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    dadthedawg Premium Member over 3 years ago

    I love it…..

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    Renatus Profuturus Frigeridus Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Nothing compared to a roaring Tiger.

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    codycab  over 3 years ago

    Calvin must sound like a drill Sargent with a thrown out back.

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    Red33410  over 3 years ago

    “That just is ’til my voice changes!”

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    alien011  over 3 years ago

    The funny thing is, around the time his voice changes he probably doesn’t think of girls as slimy any more.

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    Its just me  over 3 years ago

    I never thought of girls as slimy etc. Always found them much more fun to play with.

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    BigDaveGlass  over 3 years ago

    If it changes, you might be a girl and not realize it…. ;-)

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    Troglodyte  over 3 years ago

    Quiet, First Tiger Hobbes, while Calvin the Bold squeaks, er speaks! :D

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    oldspacehound  over 3 years ago

    Wattterson would not allow any marketing, even though I would have like to have a stuffed Hobbes to place on a shelf.

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    tremaine53  over 3 years ago

    I’m just dying to hear the entire anthem now.

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    jagedlo  over 3 years ago

    I would love to see this in color just to see how red Calvin’s face would be in that final panel!

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    PaulAbbott2  over 3 years ago

    No comic strip character could look as indignant as Calvin

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Ooooo. Score one for the fuzzy one.

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    PoodleGroomer  over 3 years ago

    Who is more critical in leadership positions, the provider or consumer of tuna fish sandwiches?

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    The Reader Premium Member over 3 years ago

    This argument is getting pretty gross!

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    Calvinist1966  over 3 years ago

    Bill Watterson explains in “The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book” that the GROSS Club was inspired by a club he formed with the boy next door. Both clubs are notable for having only two members.

    He also explains that Calvin actually does many things in the strip which he only imagined himself doing in his real childhood.

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    thepinkbaroness  over 3 years ago

    “I’m still a serrano in choir…”

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    Calvinist1966  over 3 years ago

    There have been recent comments about me taking this strip “too literally” in accepting that Hobbes sometimes does things when Calvin isn’t around. I have tried to explain that seeing Hobbes do things when Calvin wasn’t around only made me wonder if he could be real as I knew that Calvin MIGHT be imagining what Hobbes was doing. I have also tried to explain that Calvin seems to be genuinely ignorant of the things he MIGHT have been imagining Hobbes doing which suggests that he didn’t really imagine them.

    As I have also stated, I was finally convinced that Hobbes isn’t a figment of Calvin’s imagination when I read that Watterson had been asked if Hobbes was real and had replied “More real than any kid can make up, I think.” Bill Watterson qualifies the comment as just his opinion but it shows that he did think of Hobbes as being beyond Calvin’s imagination.

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    BiggerNate91  over 3 years ago

    I’ve always imagined Calvin with a high voice.

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    SweetSinger  over 3 years ago

    Sopranos rock!

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    txmystic  over 3 years ago

    It saddens me to think how much of my life so far has been spent in meetings that devolve into bickering as quickly as this one does…

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    DCBakerEsq  over 3 years ago

    I’m the Chief Dunderhead.

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    PC200X  over 3 years ago

    This strip has always impressed me. The way each line builds on the last is such masterful writing.

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    donwestonmysteries  over 3 years ago

    I feel an immediate disbandment coming.

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    christelisbetty  over 3 years ago

    For Hobbes: Kunal Nayyar, tigers are from India, after all.

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    DanWolfie  over 3 years ago

    Let’s hope his voice doesn’t change while he’s singing soprano… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmX18C3PBq0

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    johnec  over 3 years ago

    IT’S ALL ABOUT THAT BASS, ABOUT THAT BASS, ABOUT THAT BASS (No Soprano)!

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    WilliamDoerfler  over 3 years ago

    Sexist.

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    josh_bisbee  over 3 years ago

    You’ll be liking girls by then.

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    Sailor46 USN 65-95  over 3 years ago

    The G.R.O.S.S. club works just barely more effectively as the U. S. Congress.

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    qct  over 3 years ago

    Reminds me of the guy in the hospital who was moaning and groaning when his neighbor asked him why he was in so much pain, he replied, ‘Castration, who are you here?’ To which the neighbor replied, ‘Circumcision’. To which the guy yelled,’THAT’S THE WORD, THAT’S THE WORD!!!!”

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    The_Great_Black President  over 3 years ago

    After all these years, Calvin has not gotten any older. Better see a doctor!

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