Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 26, 2021

What good’s permitting

Some prophet of doom

To wipe every smile away

Life is a Cabaret, old chum,

Come to the Cabaret!

Oh how I want to be in that number…

Maybe?

You have to believe in something…..I believe I’ll have another beer.

Too bad Calvin’s chances keep slipping.

Hobbe’s heaven is Calvin’s hell??

Oh dear – was hoping to get to Moulin Rouge in Paris.

That from Hobbes is oddly specific. And surprisingly agreeable to Calvin too.

Where d’ya suppose Hobbes pulled that one out of?

Whatever gave you that idea Hobbes-or did you just make up on the spot to freak out Calvin? ;D

Hobbes’ comment made me think of “Some Like It Hot”…..

An anagram of what Calvin says in the last frame is, “Hey! One abusive evil One.”

I think Hobbes is just a little fuzzy about that concept!

All your troubles are over…

Playing musical chairs with them would be more fun.

I had my hands in the river, my feet back up on the banks

Looked up to the Lord above and said, “Hey, man thanks”

Sometimes I feel so good, I gotta scream

She said, “Gordie baby, I know exactly what you mean”

She said, she said, I swear to God she said

Oh no, no yeah

My memory is muddy, what’s this river that I’m in?

New Orleans is sinking man and I don’t wanna swim, swim

New Orleans Is Sinking – The Tragically Hip. (Released 1989)

Sounds more like Bill Clinton’s idea of Heaven.

I like this one. I saved it the last time around. It’s totally silly – which is why I like it.

“Dr. Timothy Leary’s brother, Really Leary, today announced the formation of a new religion which teaches that when you die, your soul goes to a garage in Buffalo…” (George Carlin)

Strips like this have me wondering about whether Watterson expects Hobbes to live on in the Afterlife. I originally assumed that Watterson intended Hobbes to be Calvin’s imaginary friend but later started to doubt this due to Hobbes showing a knowledge that is often beyond Calvin and making comments which Calvin doesn’t understand. In 1992, I learned that Watterson definitely doesn’t see Hobbes as an imaginary friend and I later learned that he thinks “imaginary friends are boring”.

I like to think that Calvin and Hobbes will eventually be together in Heaven as Red and Rover eventually will be in another comic strip. Calvin will probably have to spend some time in Purgatory before he enters Heaven as he expects in a later strip. Perhaps he and Hobbes will be united in Purgatory before they go to Heaven.

I’m well aware that many readers believe Hobbes is an imaginary friend although Watterson didn’t see him as such and that many readers don’t believe in any afterlife.

Are they all redheads with green eyes and long whiskers, Hobbes? (https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2021/05/21?ct=v&cti=2208697)

It’s Wednesday.

How about a joke?

2 guys meet. One asks the other, ‘’How ya been?’’.

‘’Good, I just picked up a side job to keep busy.’’

‘’Oh yeah, doing what?’’

‘’Passing out towels at the girl’s Y.’’

‘’Sounds OK, how much money?’’

‘’Two bucks an hour.’’

‘’Two? That’s not much.’’

’’It’s all I could afford.’’

When I was a kid, we thought this was hilarious.

What if Hobbes had said “Nothing”? Would that have scared Calvin?

Bill must have been a fan of the movie, Cabaret also!

Some like it hot!

Wow Calvin!

That means you’ll be girls, right?

Works for me. Never did learn the sax while I’m alive…

As a (former…) sax player, I highly endorse this view. |I’ll be planning on brushing up on the sax skills in preparation for this afterlife. (Think the band needs me to double on guitar?)

Hobbes is a girl? (Plays an instrument for an all girl cabaret). Or, when Hobbes dies becomes a girl?

Hobbes is weird, hahaha!

I had no idea this strip was so early.

Some like it Hot. Right?

You’re asking a stuffed animal about the here-after? Right…

Hi guys! I’m a new user.

Now there’s a true believer.

What, no tuna fish?

For a Tiger, Hobbes is quite a Dawg.

I like the way Hobbes thinks!

Works for me!

Calvin really was a lot less anti-girl back then.

You get a bunch of beautiful Ukrainian Easter eggs and some great hippie T-shirts.

Me under a shade tree in the garden, a cat, a book, bottle of wine; no leaf blowers, pressure washers or barking dogs allowed.

Some like it Hot

LOL!

The same thing happens to us what happened to us before we was born.

Earth could be heaven if we stopped hating.

Same things as happens to us before we’re born. Duh.