Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 14, 2024

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    codycab  11 months ago

    Wow! Calvin actually listened to Hobbes.

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    BE THIS GUY  11 months ago

    That seemed like a pretty cheap thrill.

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    Bilan  11 months ago

    At least Mom and Dad were truly happy. Either that or completely stunned

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    M2MM  11 months ago

    We all need to let off steam. :D

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    snsurone76  11 months ago

    I wish there was an additional panel showing Calvin literally buried under snowballs thrown by Susie. Maybe with Mom and Dad laughing.

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    Robin Harwood  11 months ago

    Modern philosophy books are full of Calvin and Hobbes strips.

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    BigDaveGlass  11 months ago

    Live by the snowball, die by the snowball…..

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    orinoco womble  11 months ago

    Calvin would fit in with the current “self-love, self-care” (self coddling) generation.

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    cracker65  11 months ago

    He’s gonna pay

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    Imagine  11 months ago

    Without night we do not appreciate day.

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    Calvinist1966  11 months ago

    This wonderful strip is included in both The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book and Calvin and Hobbes Sunday Pages 1985-95.

    In the former, Watterson states, “I don’t know why we’re programmed this way but we are.” This reflects on his earlier point that most of us can identify with Calvin.

    In the latter, Watterson states, “The choice between good and evil was a recurrent theme in the strip. Nothing tested Calvin so much as a good slushball.” At least, Calvin preferred a good slushball to an evil slushball.

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    Gandalf  11 months ago

    Calvin’s channelling Nietzsche.

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    jagedlo  11 months ago

    Just waiting for the moment that Susie retaliates and Calvin gets a snowball upside the head!

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    jvo  11 months ago

    That wasn’t Virtue, (except the card), that was Chores.

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    SquidGamerGal  11 months ago

    Well, you’ll soon have plenty of time for that as you’ll be grounded for a week!

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    Gen.Flashman  11 months ago

    Even knows to put spoon/knife on the right of the plate.

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    Just-me  11 months ago

    Living a virtuous life is an ongoing process. For me, the decisions to do so are made day by day, sometimes minute by minute.

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    gantech  11 months ago

    And of course, Susie waited there for him….

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    Paul D Premium Member 11 months ago

    Well, at least he gave it a try . . .

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    rshive  11 months ago

    True only to a point.

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    mourdac Premium Member 11 months ago

    We banned slushballs and iceballs, too deadly if hit in the face.

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    sandpiper  11 months ago

    Susie will save this one to add with the other ‘payback’ items on her list. Revenge is a dish better served cold [revision of original from Eugène Sue, 1846.] With thanks to Wiki.

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    smsrt  11 months ago

    That’s what I’m talking about Calvin.

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    ladykat  11 months ago

    Virtue, apparently, is its own reward.

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    Michael Helwig  11 months ago

    I’m surprised that Susie didn’t get up and kick the crap out of him.

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    KEA  11 months ago

    Calvin knows the word “pate”?

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    KageKat  11 months ago

    It’s the eternal debate, isn’t it?

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    formathe  11 months ago

    That’s what I call “Paying it forward”.

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    g04922  11 months ago

    LOL…. Well, at least Calvin resisted the Dark Side for a little while. Gotta love Hobbes, though.

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    Otis Rufus Driftwood  11 months ago

    Philosophy is in the eye of the beholder, whereas truth is unchanging. Also, it’s worse to take out the garbage in the winter than summer, at least to me, because the cold air let’s the smell linger on.

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    tremaine53  11 months ago

    No child Calvin’s age has EVER been known to use the word “pate”.

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    RaulMartinez  11 months ago

    Yeah but wait until Calvin marries her, she’ll get even with him the rest of his life.

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    hornacek  11 months ago

    Shouldn’t the last panel show a snowball being thrown at Calvin from off-panel (by Susie)?

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    TommyEfreeti  11 months ago

    Calv finds “earning” his snowball this way much more satisfying? :P

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    rugeirn  11 months ago

    If he can throw a snowball that hard at his age, he may have a future in baseball.

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    The Wolf In Your Midst  11 months ago

    Behold: How many commenters here have deluded themselves into believing they behaved when they were children.

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    llevikhin  11 months ago

    To thine own self be true….

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    mistercatworks  11 months ago

    No one under the age of 65 uses the word “pate”, unless they are talking about ground chicken liver.

    Virtue is its on reward but ambush is in the genes.

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    mindjob  11 months ago

    It’s like being good the month before Santa comes

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    willie_mctell  11 months ago

    Machiavelli already wrote that one.

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    mkvinc Premium Member 11 months ago

    Calvin’s mom snd dad may wonder if he was stolen and then swapped by the fairies (a common theme in fairy tales).

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    Tina Rhea Premium Member 11 months ago

    And two seconds later, Susie’s slushball flattened Calvin facedown in the snow.

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    David Rickard Premium Member 11 months ago

    Reminds me of the sequence in Schindler’s List where Amon Goth was trying to be nice. Fortunately, Calvin only has a slushball, not a rifle.

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