Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for May 02, 2016

With parents like these, no wonder he turns to a stuffed toy for solace and comfort.

Anyone else ever wonder which branch of Calvin’s family tree has Dobie Gillis’ dad?

And I have to wonder what Calvin did this time that it will cost them $200.00 to fix!

Wait a little bit! Some children are a great pleasure to their parents, when they are grown up!!It needs a little bit of time!!

Yeah Dad…like she made that baby with her finger.

I guess the choice was between a dachshund and a wiener.

Either Or

ONLY $200? Be thankful…

I have a dachshund. He’s a lot easier than a kid.

I lean towards other comments, … these two could stand to learn basic parenting skills. the apple didn’t fall far from their tree.

Hah! This was very funny today…. but the Sears/K-Mart comic LeadingEdge posted was even more wonderful! Thank you!

Somewhere in the back of my mind, I remember a strip where Mom screams at Dad “It was your chromosome!”

They’re such great parents…

Well, I’ve never seen this one before. Calvin does indeed makes some overwhelming mischief, but I never expected his parents to go as far as to question why they had him. No wonder he needs Hobbes for support. Na matter how angry my parents were at me, they never questioned my existence……… as far as I know.

the logic used in ‘comments’ to comic strips on gocomics is always interesting. they do make me wonder sometimes how/why we think, act, respond, like we do.also i find myself somewhat surprised by the variety of conclusions reached that had not crossed my mind when just reading the strip itself. the ‘comments’ are sometimes my best mental exercise of the day as i try to figure out the possible rabbit trails that generated the ‘responses’.

Well kids, it does take two to tangle…

It takes very little effort or thought to make a child.

It takes a great deal more effort and thought to make parents…

A dachshund is half a dog high and two dogs long…….

There are many strips throughout the run that depict Calvin’s Mom as being loving, nurturing and tolerant. She keeps Hobbes clean, for example, and she sewed Calvin his “Stupendous Man” costume. She tries to watch out for Calvin’s safety, too, and fixes him hot cocoa after he’s been out in the cold.

“I know I’m bragging but, This cartoon illustrates just ONE of the thousands of reasons I/we chose to live of wonderful lives without the encumbrance of children;)”

I appreciate your candor, and those of us who love having had great kids wish that everyone who feels as you and your wife feel would have been as wise as you in not having them anyway. The world would be a lot better off.

And not everyone needs to be there to keep the species going. You didn’t have two “replacements,” and we had four, so we took care of it. And you would love them. They turned out great!

I’ve always thought that Bob Denver’s Maynard G. Krebs character(the “G” stands for “Walter”) was funnier than his “Gilligan” character.

Mom wanted a Boston Terrier, not a dachshund.

LEFT WING PATRIOT.. I’m guessing you’ve never been a parent.

Trust me Dachshunds are the Calvin’s of the dog world

I’d rather have a Dachshund myself.

Just saying.

xxx

I’m with Dad -women want babies, not children, because they’re “cute”. On the other hand, having a dog is antisocial, they should have got, oh, a tortoise.

Us too! No kids, no regrets.

@LeadingEdgeYou made a mistake. You replied to me, but I think you meant to respond to @Pacopuddy.

All I knew is that my mother told me when I was five, “I didn’t want you, your were you Fathers Idea.” Nice mom I had hun.

Private chat.

They’d have been better off — and happier — with a dog.

Yeah. Get rekt