Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 10, 2021

They might be hoping for better luck the second time around.

It wouldn’t be easy being Calvin’s younger sibling.

More girl cooties

Funny. I was thinking the same thing as Hobbes in the last panel.

Well, some years down the line, Calvin faked a younger brother named Meville in a letter to Santa Claus. In another strip, Calvin said to his mother wished to have a younger sibling (with whom his mother thought he’d have a playmate) to pulverize in order to teach who’s boss.

Nopes, Mom’s never learn, Hobbes.

At least it’s not contagious.

Truer words were never spoken than Hobbes’.

Hobbes seems to have a good grip on reality. I wonder why…

Calvin’s worst nightmare.

Does one spend several days in bed at the beginning of a pregnancy?

And if the new kid was like Calvin, they’d have four little people to keep track of.

Pray that they all didn’t fool around with a duplicator.

Never a truer word, Hobbs…….

Don’t be offended, Calvin. Mom and Dad have to think about their security and retirement future. Plus you always were just the prototype.

Calvin’s mom should have named him Alice. (Yiddish joke)

I have to wonder what that might have done for this cartoon, Calvin having a sibling. Could have been great.

Nice height on that leap, Calvin!

So… it could be stress related…

Does anyone else remember when doctors came to patients, instead of the other way around??

The strip could have a darker cast to it today, when so many are going to doctors and Emergency Rooms for one thing. In less fraught times, it was often because we were getting our butts kicked by the flu. Being a guy, I just stayed home and whined.

Oh gosh no, not another Calvin.

I came along 16 years after my brother was born.

And what’s worse, Calvin, it could be a GIRL.

Jeez, if I had Calvin, I’d have my tubes tied and have the old man neutered.

Maybe she wants a girl! grin

You are in trouble when mom decides it is time for changes in the workplace.

I’m just gonna assume they felt they had learned from raising Calvin and now had a chance to do it better.

I’m an only child and my parents referred to me as an “Only Mistake”. Imagine that. Believe It or Not! (oops)

“I’m gonna teach you a lesson, fuzzball!”

“Bring it on, meatwad!”

[FLINK!]

“Um, changed my mind…”

Overheard: “If my second child had been my first child, she would have been an only child”.

Classic!

Kind of surprised that Calvin didn’t ask Santa for an anti-air gun to shoot down the stork.

Calvin’s dad must not ever get to make love knowing what happened before?

XDD tho last panel SO cracked me up

A second pregnancy is a triumph of HOPE over experience.

Funny.

My niece told her husband after she had child # 3 that the only way she would ever be pregnant again would be if he drugged her first.

They have four kids now.

My all-time favorite Calvin & Hobbes strip.

Hobbes: " Calvin, don’t worry- if they have another kid they MIGHT not return you and just keep the new baby."

this one came to mind when I read this:

https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1985/12/29

I have to admire the mastery of the setup that Waterson demonstrates. Hobbes turns a simple trip to the doctor into something with a suspicious aspect to wind up Calvin and then lets his trenchant observation serve as the punch line. Artistry with words.

Oh, now that would have extended this strip for another decade. Hobbs now wants to hand with Calvins little sister… Calvin wants to teach sis how to blow up things… like his former friend Hobbs…

Sex will always overcome smart thinking!

Calvin did have clones and got them to do his bidding.

Love the way Calvin shoots up straight in the third panel.

Pretty good burn by Hobbes. Even if Calvin dosen’t realize it… Yet….

They have learnt their lesson, alright. For first time Calvin admits to being a baby.

And that is why I am an only child.