Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 07, 2016

Because a man has to look sharp under all circumstances.

Never a dull moment in that house!

Yeah, Dad, try to explain this one.

Hobbes, the snowman!!

Weird , she didn’t recognise the nose

The levitating book gets me each time I see this strip.

I love the facial expressions in the final panel. Similar expressions but they convey differing emotions.

it’ll be a few minutes in the dryer

But . . . the Hobbes Mom sees is nowhere near the size of Dad. It’s not easy, being a realist AND a comics fan.

Even when this strip was new, I doubt half the people reading it were old enough to remember when those kind of hats were very common and expected to be worn by business men. It was so long ago that now when you see one, it’s thought of as a silly costume or hipster affectation.

I say, I say, That boy is about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.

I had meant to paste this one yesterday. I’m surprised someone hadn’t beaten me to it. Where’s commentator Hobbes?

Isn’t Dad considerably larger than Hobbes- as least the way Mom would see Hobbes?

Don’t get technical! It’s a cartoon,,,,and a darn funny one too!

That’s right, the best things have to be put on potty time.

The hat wasn’t needed. Hobbes disguised as bubbles would have been convincing enough.xxx

My North Face jacket and liner are in the wash!

I can hear the washer now…

… could be worse!

Instead of saying anything at all, Mom could have assumed Dad was being flirtatious, and slipped quickly and quietly out of her things,(thinking that ‘the boys’ were outside playing, of course),happily cannon balled into the bath, WITH “Dad” …

and the only text the last panel would THEN have contained …is a VERY LONG, HYPER-EXTENDED shriek kkkkkkk !!!

The last panel is GENIUS, though I would have loved to see what’s next. Anyway, I see I am not the only one to notice that mom assumes that’s her husband. It would meant that she see Hobbes the way Calvin does. I don’t think the hat OR the bubbles would be enough to be THAT confusing.

The last panel is GENIUS, though I would have loved to see what’s next. Anyway, I see I am not the only one to notice that mom assumes that’s her husband. It would meant that she see Hobbes the way Calvin does. I don’t think the hat OR the bubbles would be enough to be THAT confusing.

I think this old Mr. Bubble commercial may have been Bills inspiration, it’s my favorite.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgBk09vhKVc

Hmm. Wouldn’t Hobbes float? Or if waterlogged, sink? Wouldn’t the hat float? Isn’t the hat much bigger than Hobbles? Not a pretty picture.

He’s wearing a hat so that you won’t mistake him for Dagwood.