Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for January 16, 2011

Peaceful…

What a beautiful notion.

I dream about my parents and pets who have been gone for years and it is like they are still alive. Dreams are there for us to keep those we care about with us and still part of our lives.

then the mutant snowmen enter…

Sweet dreams all!

When I dream, it comes out with stuff too strange to be considered for the Twilight Zone. Gotta stay off the late evening pepperoni.

I never dream about people I know or have known. I guess that’s why my dreams are always so weird!

I wonder if there’s going to be snow goons in their dreams… sweet dreams everybody!

Sometimes when I’m dreaming I realize I’m dreaming because things are happening that are impossible in real life, so I take charge of the dream and do things I wouldn’t normally do…..like flapping my arms, take off and fly around town. I never jump off tall buildings and start flying because I think what if it’s not a dream? What gets me is my conscious mind must be in the action because logic enters the picture. If only I could make a VCR tape of my dreams!

The Best Response Award goes to Hobbes in Panel 2.

hav a nyc journey there in ur dreams…

Just perfect.

Love it! Calvin at his most endearing.

Hobbes, that’s such a wonderful explanation. Wish, I had that, when my boys were young!

As a father some of my fondest memories are of standing in the doorway to my kids rooms and seeing them as peaceful as Calvin in the last panel.

I love it!! sniff.. sniff..

My dreams are just plain weird… the battling werewolves ones are just awesome tho’ :D

I had one dream that played out very similar to a movie (or television episode), does that count as weird?

To be apart no longer.

Sweet dreams are made of this.

Good Morning, Marg, Mike & ♠Lonewolf♠!

how lovely…

**Good morning Marg! Good morning Fran! Good Morning L’Wolf! Good Morning Grog!**

Wow, that makes me sleepy again.

This is my favorite Calvin strip of all time.

Ah, childhood as it should be. Great comic.

Did anyone else have to go through signing up to GoComics all over again today???

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Sprite was the model for Hobbes, both in looks and her tendency to sneak up and pounce, according to the 10th Anniversary book. When she died, Watterson wrote this strip. We can always meet again in dreams.

Quanticobaby: Sometimes it will make you go through it again if you havent logged on for awhile. This is such a wonderful explanation. I myself have had the chance to visit with people who are no longer here and that I havent seen for years and their faces and voices are as strong and real as if it were live. The brain IS truly a marvelous device. Have a great Sunday everybody.

It has been interesting hearing you all talk about your dreams. Since my post last night I had a dream where my wife and I hosted an all night party in a beautiful old house with hardwood floors. People, food and music filled every room. I so often have dreams where people are around me in large numbers, yet in reality I am more often than not quite solitary. I suppose dreams might help to satisfy needs we don’t reach in our day to day lives when awake.

This is just the “calm before the storm”. Next episode will feature the snow goons again!! Yikes!! Pleasant dreams all!

Bill’s ideas were always so cool! I’m glad we have the re-prints here…Thanks Bill!!

They are sleeping so sweet, I’m there too!

Love the last panel!

G’Morning, Grog, Mike, Marg and everyone!

That’s so sweet my teeth are aching.

I rarely can remember my dreams, even when I consciously make an effort to try to do so.

awwww

“I’ll see you in my dreams And I’ll hold you in my dreams Someone took you right out of my arms Still I feel the thrill of your charms Lips that once were mine Tender eyes that shine They will light my way tonight I’ll see you in my dreams”

– Isham Jones/Gus Kahn, 1924

We dream when we’re asleep because it’s too distracting if we do it when we’re awake.

If I could only retain enough memory of the details of my dreams and get them on paper, I would be a world renowned author of adventure novels. I believe it is from the ability that some writers have to do this that enables some to write complex and convoluted novels, TV shows, and movie scripts.

The cat we have now often sleeps like Hobbes in this strip chin up,on his back on my pillow and snores. We love that huge cat his name is Tigger,and he tries to live up to his name.

@poindexter, very well said..

I have for years dreamed and of course still do every nite, some crazy some from the past, mostly people I have met in the past. Those that have passed away, if their face is in the dream, I can’t see their eyes, I was told ,that’s because those are the windows to their soul………………

… said Mr. Charles for the 14596th time.

when i dream i know, down to the street, what part of the city i’m in never remember any happening anywhere else like ohio or timbuktu better than the two years of shopping dreams i hate shopping

If you haven’t read it, try to find a copy of Jody Lynn Nye’s Waking in Dreamland. It’s an excellent tale of what’s going on in dreams.

Is there anything in the world better than sleeping next to your best friend in the whole wide world every single night?!? If there is, I can’t imagine what it could be!

Most of the time I don’t remember my dreams but every now and then, I dream about my dad, who passed away almost 9 years ago. He may not be close to me in the here and now but he’s always close to me in mind, heart, and spirit.

I like this explanation much better than Freud’s!

Oh this is classic and adorable!! 1 of calvins rare “cute kid” moments.

GretchensMom that is really sweet……

Lucid dreams are the best for flying.

I dream like cleo, my parents, past beloved pets, a couple of friends I have lost over the years, dreamt about carmy just the other night as a matter of fact. When I awake I feel very peaceful because they are always good dreams. And sometimes I dream of places I have been, but haven’t been to in years, mostly towns I’ve passed through on a trip or something when I was a kid. Funny how the mind works.

Good evening all I don’t know if anyone will read this. Here it goes. bmonk you did okay on what I wrote yesterday about all that snow. I had read other comments based on yesterday’s strip and commentor’s comments were more funny at times then the strip itself. Also I am surprise there is snow left after Calvin made all those snowpeople.

I tried writing my dreams down a couple times in the middle of the night so I’d remember them. When I read it the next day it was total nonesence! I know I work out alot of my problems from the day in my dreams because I’ll wake in the morning with the answer to something that was making me nuts all day.

What a wonderful concept! Thank you !

The last two panels are quite peaceful and lovely. Since it is getting late, I think I will join Calvin and Hobbes.

Happy dreams, everyone!

so sweet…

My cat died yesterday, and I’m glad I was able to remember this one and find it. We can always visit each other in dreams..