Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for February 07, 2020

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    BE THIS GUY  almost 5 years ago

    Nobody ever found the answer in a bottl… eh… water fountain.

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    Sugar Bombs 95  almost 5 years ago

    By “gorilla”, does Calvin mean a slang term for a big thug, or a literal gorilla? I assumed the latter as a kid.

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    ColCornish  almost 5 years ago

    Hey, Flat foot = copper. Gumshoe = private eye

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    Mr Nobody  almost 5 years ago

    Actually, a flatfoot is a cop. A private eye is a gumshoe.

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    sirbadger  almost 5 years ago

    I don’t usually associate Polka with violence.

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    Robin Harwood  almost 5 years ago

    When you get warned off the case before you have even found your first clue, you know that there is something very big going on.

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    GROG Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    If you knew Suzie like I know Suzie…

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    Deleted Account2623  almost 5 years ago

    I figure it must be difficult to narrate your own life as it’s happening when you’re being beaten up

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    Watcher  almost 5 years ago

    Come on Tracer, you have the numbers, do the math or let your gun do the talking.

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    ellisaana Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    Edit time youse guys. To go for the flow, I would’ve switched panels three and four.

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    BigDaveGlass  almost 5 years ago

    Love the comment in panel one….

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    codycab  almost 5 years ago

    The Scooby Doo gang could solve this before Calvin even came close.

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    Robin Harwood  almost 5 years ago

    Ok, here’s my guess. The Wormwood dame tricked the two guys into driving to the same place. She or her goon whacked them. Then she hired Tacer to set him up for it. When he wakes up from the working over he’ll find she’s planted evidence on him. Just a hunch.

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    !!ǝlɐ⅁ Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    I love the artwork in panel 2, with the buildings folding in on each other in the distance.

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    Red33410  almost 5 years ago

    Mrs. Thugwood strikes from out of NOWHERE!

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    rogerd.parish  almost 5 years ago

    I really enjoy this “noir” arc, but wonder how Calvin would have been familiar with the Sam Spade/Mike Hammer genre?

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    danholt  almost 5 years ago

    Shades of Nick Danger…

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    Chad Cheetah  almost 5 years ago

    Calvin’s always getting grabbed the shirt collar!

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    rshive  almost 5 years ago

    Wrong kind of drink, Calvin. I guess we’ve all had times when we felt like we needed the other kind.

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    BiathlonNut  almost 5 years ago

    The “noir” angle reminds me of “Bladerunner.”

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    WCraft Premium Member almost 5 years ago

    “The last thing I remember before blacking out was the smell of decaying lilacs – like some dime store cheap perfume…”

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    marilynnbyerly  almost 5 years ago

    Human fist. Not Gorilla Grood.

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    Snolep  almost 5 years ago

    Whooeee, ride him high, he ain’t goin’ nowhere.

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    cubswin2016  almost 5 years ago

    Being a detective is hard work. He should take lessons from Dick Tracy.

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    cheesehead  almost 5 years ago

    I love this arc.

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    dv1093  almost 5 years ago

    I’m really not nitpicking, but I think panels 3 and 4 should be reversed.

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    Sonic the Hedgehog.  almost 5 years ago

    Don’t keep using the same excuse Calvin, they’ll be on to you

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    Guilty Bystander  almost 5 years ago

    As a fan of classic radio shows like Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade, this is great stuff. FWIW, I try to never use the term “old-time radio” because (to me) that’s like calling Monet or Cezanne “old-time painters.” A well-crafted radio program written and produced by the likes of Arch Oboler, Orson Welles or Carlton Morse could be considered a work of art in its own way.

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