Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 10, 2024

That boy can hold a note.

No mom. Let Calvin keep it up. That way he’ll pass out and Rosalyn will have an easy time for once.

I like the auugghhhh all the way from the start to the end of the strip on the top

Already not looking good.

Hang in there Calvin, you’re wearing her down

Mom, mom, mon. Don’t you know if he passes out, that will stop the caterwauling…I mean screaming.

I love how Calvin’s whine continues between panels. You don’t see that very often.

Dare we ask what happened last time?

Actually, him passed out on the floor might be best for baby and sitter.

Calvin has a “best behaviour”?

I wonder—did Sam have any personal experience with a sitter from He11??

The little heathen is going to find a way to make the evening unforgettable!!!

Go ahead and scream, Calvin. Rosalyn always charges top dollar for having to deal with you, you might as well make her earn it!

Out cold might be preferable.

This is where a sock and duct-tape are needed.

You’d think Calvin would appreciate having a worthy opponent.

That is an Aaaauuuugghhh worthy of Peanuts!

To say that Cal’s reaction is a ‘little’ extreme is to say the sun is a light.

Last time? What did Calvin do to Rosalyn last time?

If he does pass out, he’ll be easier to bathe. (Ha, just noticed what “he’ll” turns into w / o the apostrophe. Very fitting for Calvin)

Suzie would make the best baby sitter, Calvin would be in his room strategizing for hours and avoid Suzie.

One of my nieces was like that as a toddler. Whenever she was around, I was in my car studying.

That may work for Mom, Calvin. But for Rosalyn, forget it.

Rosalyn never engages with Calvin. When she finally looks up from her homework and gets off the phone, there stands Calvin, craving some attention, fun and games. Once he’s tuckered out, then she can get back to her other things.

But Calvin’s real future is as an abalone diver

Would you be quiet woman and let Calvin pass out on the floor.

Even better, send Calvin to boarding school in Nigeria. If the crazies should kidnap Calvin, they will quickly repent their ways and turn to a more peaceful means of support such as weaving baskets.

An opera singer in the making!

I wonder if Charlie Brown can last this long… ☹️ Do you think there could be a AUGHoff between the two? Or how about Lucy? She seems to be pretty good at it. ☺️

AAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH

I am LOLing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pass Out Is A Good Start

Let him pass out. It really won’t hurt him and then he’ll be quiet.

That kid’s outdoing Joe E. Brown and Peter Potamus!

“Poor Calvin One-Note…”

It’ll be quieter.

Would not be surprised if Rosalyn never has children….

Rosalyn will have a better night if Calvin is passed out on the floor.

I guess the test of the Emergency Broadcast System from yesterday is not exactly working right?

He must think he’s Joseph of Arimathea, telling us which castle the Holy Grail is located, just before he died.

Mom should hope that Calvin passes out from a prolonged scream and is unconscious for the entire evening.

back in the days of my youth when the dinosaurs roamed I babysat for a monster-much worse than Calvin. The going rate back then was .50 cents an hour. I got $5.00!

Oh boy! This is gonna be great!

Like all little kids, it’s the only weapon he has that he can use.

I wonder if, after all these years, it is possible that Mom and Dad have ever been able to have a cogent dating moment together? Are they in jail for the misfit deeds of their child? Is Hobb’s really a safe bet to leave with a nice innocent little child like Calvin? These and so many more questions plague me.

Let him pass out, he’d be quiet for Rosalyn that way.

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… as I said before, when I was reading this strip in younger days, I thought it was funny, but now I see it as a very dark commentary about an only and lonely child: his parents are never shown giving him hugs or being playful with him.

Today’s strip, is especially alarming, when to the parents going out is more important than finding out from Cal why he hates that baby sitter so much…

The other thing I noticed, as I’m reading it nowadays, is that the parents are assuming that Cal is always lying and want him to stop his nonsense, and they never just go along with his stories just for fun.

Of course, Calvin probably can’t hear his mom over that overly long scream!

Where’s the fire?

Well, if he passes out, it ‘ll make Roze’s job easier.

Passing out is your body’s way of resuming breathing before it’s too late.

Don’t interfere. It would be a good thing.

Drop a bar of soap in there.

That mouth could hold a pot roast.

That would help Rosalyn out though.

Oh, dear. How about Hobbes? Can’t Hobbes look after Calvin?

I’m with Calvin on this one.

Calvin! Shut up or we’ll adopt her as your older sister.