Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for December 17, 2019

Hobbes doesn’t like poetry?

Calvin is a poet & don’t know it !

Calvin would have fit right in with the ‘beat generation’.

You’re not a cat Calvin. You don’t know the pleasures of curling up for a good 8 or so hour nap.;-D

Hobbes is trying to think of a poem of his own.

Hobbes must be just resting his eyes. Its a great alternative to sleeping and just as effective

Nothing irritates a cat more than disturbing it at nap time.

Why is the cat so pooped? He puts up with you, Calvin.

He’s just trying to be extra good so maybe Santa will notice!!

Very good for an extemporaneous composition, Calvin.

He’s faking and just waiting for the right moment to attack you.

One wouldn’t think that a simple nap would generate such comment.

Errr, fighting with you? (Note the last few strips from last week…)

Only a slight improvement on Vogon poetry…

It’s exhausting just being a cat. Perfection is exhausting.

I think we know the answer to that question, Calvin!

What a ham!

Needs a bass, strumming in the background.

at least it rhymed…. :p

How elegant…ish

I’m surprised Calvin’s not giving Hobbes a “Gotcha”; and of course a fight ensues.

It’s hard work sleeping like a cat!

Tiger, tiger, my mistake. I thought that you were William Blake.

Calvin has a great future writing graffiti for bathroom stalls.

Calvin’s poems about sleeping Hobbes are some of my favourite strips.

Kitty cat, kitty cat, meow, meow, meow,

Kitty cat, kitty cat, feed me now.

Hobbes is about to channel W.C. Field: Go away kid, you bother me.

I’ll bet listening to bad poetry is what made Hobbes so pooped!

Love this one. I had it enlarged, printed and displayed near my desk at school.

It was flowing so smoothly until the last line…

the answer to calvin’s question is finals

Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur…

Calvin, I’ve read William Blake. William Blake is an idol of mine. You, Calvin, are no William Blake.

He be nae Robbie Burns.

Dealing with Calvin is what probably wore him out.

Proof of descent from Vogons…

You made him pooped!

Hobbes is a cat – and that was doggerel!