Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for September 12, 2024

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    dadthedawg Premium Member about 2 months ago

    The beginning of an art career…..

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    codycab  about 2 months ago

    Calvin drew the truth. His truth.

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    Jonfield  about 2 months ago

    Yup, that’s Calvin alright

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    Sugar Bombs 95  about 2 months ago

    Kinda sucks that no one appreciates Calvin’s creativity.

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    The Calvinosaurus That Calvin Wanted To Discover  about 2 months ago

    Hopefully creativity was one of the requirements for that assignment.

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    C  about 2 months ago

    Aye yi yi

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    charliefarmrhere  about 2 months ago

    Calvin was smart enough to pack up the suitcase and leave.

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    snsurone76  about 2 months ago

    Er… wasn’t that supposed to be a portrait of Susie??

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    Bilan  about 2 months ago

    A drawing of Spaceman Spiff would’ve been much better.

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    eromlig  about 2 months ago

    Was it a Purple People Eater?

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    Jayalexander  about 2 months ago

    My kinda’ guy.

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    BJDucer  about 2 months ago

    From Calvin’s mom’s comment in the last panel, I’m betting Calvin’s dad now wishes to withdraw his inquiry of how the meeting went.

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    rasputin's horoscope  about 2 months ago

    Mom recognized Calvin from his artwork, didn’t she? Mission accomplished.

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    Calvinist1966  about 2 months ago

    When today’s strip was last reprinted four years ago – the thirtieth anniversary of its first appearance in 1990 – I commented that it reminded me of Cole Sears’s anecdote to Dr Crowe in The Sixth Sense. Cole enjoyed drawing rainbows. Dr Crowe asked him why. Cole explained that he started drawing rainbows after he drew a picture of a man with a screwdriver through his head. He explained to Dr Crowe, “After that I just drew rainbows. They don’t have parent-teacher conferences over rainbows.”

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    BigDaveGlass  about 2 months ago

    The green bogie eater doesn’t roll off the tongue like the Purple People Eater does…..

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    jimelmo  about 2 months ago

    hobbes is a pookah

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    nsr60  about 2 months ago

    Miss Wormwood told her there’s no Charles in the class.

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    MS72  about 2 months ago

    “Pick nose!”

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    MRBLUESKY529  about 2 months ago

    Why didn’t Dad go?

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    Gent  about 2 months ago

    Downhill? That the most creative kid in that steenky school. Gives him a award already.

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    SquidGamerGal  about 2 months ago

    Hoo-boy… I bet she’s not liking how many times Calvin was sent to the principal office ON THE FIRST DAY!!

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    Twelve Badgers in a Suit Premium Member about 2 months ago

    You cannot tell me he was the only six-year-old boy in an American public school class who sees himself that way.

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    rockyridge1977  about 2 months ago

    Always thinking outside the box!!!!!!

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    sandpiper  about 2 months ago

    OK, Dad. Time for aspirin and water followed by a nice cup of tea. Mom needs a little love.

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    Huckleberry Hiroshima  about 2 months ago

    Calvin and Hobbes should be in Borneo by now.

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    baskate_2000  about 2 months ago

    Calvin, on the nose!

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    elvira.alejandro  about 2 months ago

    The relief of no having Kids.

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    Vgrift85  about 2 months ago

    Ohhhh, Calvin Calvin.

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    Angry Indeed Premium Member about 2 months ago

    “These are the times that try parents’ souls” – not attributed Thomas Payne

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    Count Olaf Premium Member about 2 months ago

    But she recognized him… : )

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    royq27  about 2 months ago

    They are living in a simulation (or a comic strip) and only Calvin knows that is what he really looks like!

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    dwdl21  about 2 months ago

    It’s these arc’s I don’t get, if I was a teacher and I had a kid this creative, I’d encourage him/her not deter him/her, Hollywood would love someone like this…LOL

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    rshive  about 2 months ago

    Mom knows Calvin well. But she got more details.

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    g04922  about 2 months ago

    That is sort of scary and concerning. Is that Calvin sees himself? How does he see others around him? Will he pose a future threat to himself and others around him??

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    fritzoid Premium Member about 2 months ago

    Calvin tried to use generative A.I. to do his picture. Always looking for a shortcut…

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    mindjob  about 2 months ago

    She’s lucky Calvin was in a good mood when he drew that portrait. Hate to see what he would have drawn if he was having a bad day

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    swanridge  about 2 months ago

    Now would be a good time to discuss having another child.

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    John Jorgensen  about 2 months ago

    Are we supposed to understand what she’s described as a sign that Calvin’s a problem child? Really, his creativity and sense of humor are two of his best assets. Calvin does have his problems—the sight of Susie reeling from his casual cruelty in last Sunday’s strip was heartbreaking—but the idea that we’re supposed to be horrified by a little harmless fun like that which we see here is too much.

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    jim_pem  about 2 months ago

    We all know Calvin has a great imagination. It sounds like he’s going to eventually be saving up for some pretty crazy body modifications:

    Dye hair green

    Green whole-body tattoo

    Eye implants

    Nose gauges

    Filed teeth…

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    Robert- 50d99b]  about 2 months ago

    The beginnings of another great author, J.R.R. Tolkien, Stephen King or some author like that. Maybe Heinlein, Asimov or Le Guin.

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    locake  about 2 months ago

    That was not a meeting with the teacher, that was the open house they have at the beginning of the year. Other parents were there.

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    Old27F20  about 2 months ago

    I got a question. What’s Calvin’s mom and dad’s their family name? I know about Susie Dinkis but mom and dad?

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    bunrabbit99  about 2 months ago

    but she knew immediately that it was calvin right? success!

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    anomaly  about 2 months ago

    So it was a portrait of his inner self.

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    lnrokr55  about 2 months ago

    No surprises here! Kids with a lot of imagination struggle for a lot of reasons and are a load for parents and teachers alike. If my folks were still with us, I’m sure they’d whole heartedly agree ! ;-) .

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    EMGULS79  about 2 months ago

    At least she had no difficulty at all identifying her son’s desk.

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    Arghhgarrr Premium Member about 2 months ago

    I have always said that Calvin will grow up to be a great sci-fi and fantasy filmmaker.

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    elgrecousa Premium Member about 2 months ago

    I’m just wondering how close Calvin is to wiping out the motherly instinct from his mother.

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    Frank Farkel Premium Member about 2 months ago

    All of the great cartoonists from Mad Magazine are now gone or going, sort of like the magazine. Calvin might have been the next gen artist, if this strip hadn’t been retired years ago. The Beaver once asked Wally when life became so complicated. He replied: “I think it’s when the Yankees traded Roger Maris.” I am having a nostalgia attack.

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